# ScrapeGuys, free: Instagram post API

> Read public Instagram data over the same async API as the rest of ScrapeGuys: the posts of a public profile, one page at a time, and one post's full record with a page of its comments.

ScrapeGuys's Free plan for the Instagram post API costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. ScrapeGuys's docs list 4: Text, Media, Author, Audience.
We haven't run ScrapeGuys through [our Instagram post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 308 plans for Instagram post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.178 or less per 1,000 posts. [See the best free Instagram post API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 posts: $0.0018. Zapi charges for each page of results. We count 12 posts on each page to get the $0.0018 price. [Influship's Usage-based credits plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/influship/pay-as-you-go-usage-based-credits-get-v1-raw-instagram-profile-username/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 posts a month: $0.36.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of posts. ShortsIntel's $10 pack costs less up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[FetchLayer](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Influship](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/influship/pay-as-you-go-usage-based-credits-get-v1-raw-instagram-profile-username/llms.txt) and [Refetcher](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/refetcher/top-up/llms.txt) are the best Instagram post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/free
- [Instagram post API in 2026: the best of 30+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapeguys.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scrapeguys.com/api/v1/social-scraper/instagram/profile-posts/`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapeguys.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapeguys.com/docs/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing#profile-posts
- Sold by: ScrapeGuys (https://scrapeguys.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Audience: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 12
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Google Flights · MakeMyTrip Flights · Cleartrip Flights · Paytm Flights · MakeMyTrip Bus · Google Hotels · Agoda · Booking.com · MakeMyTrip Hotels · Expedia · Goibibo · Cleartrip Hotels · Destination Search · Rate Shop · Cheapest Room · Hotel Details · Post with comments

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Read public Instagram data over the same async API as the rest of ScrapeGuys: the posts of a public profile, one page at a time, and one post's full record with a page of its comments.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: [...] we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service and, per your agreement, the deliverables for your organization's internal business purposes. [...] In addition, you shall not: violate any applicable law or third-party right, [...] resell or redistribute raw deliverables except as your agreement expressly permits, or use deliverables to harvest personal data or track private individuals.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 requests
- Enough for: 1,000 pages

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: cursor
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/social-scraper/instagram/profile-posts/

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with the legal capacity to contract, the Instagram scopes are added to a key on request

## The 21 fields the plan's answer can hold

post code, post ID, post URL, post type, text, created at, image, alt text, product type, author ID, author username, author name, author verified, author followers, author following, author posts count, author bio, author profile picture, author private account, next cursor, has more

## ScrapeGuys's plans (8)

- [ScrapeGuys, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/15-monthly/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.066 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $319 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/319-monthly/llms.txt): $0.053 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $144 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/144-yearly/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $792 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/792-yearly/llms.txt): $0.055 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $3,192 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/3192-yearly/llms.txt): $0.044 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/contact-us/llms.txt): 67% complete, live

## ScrapeGuys's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/social-scraper/instagram/profile-posts/`: [ScrapeGuys, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)

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- [ScrapeGuys: Instagram post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: Instagram profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: TikTok profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: TikTok video API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: X post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: X profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeGuys: YouTube channel API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
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## ScrapeGuys: Instagram post API alternatives

- [FetchLayer, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.042 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [herascrape, top-up from $5, Prepaid balance, from $5, GET /users/{user_id}/posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/herascrape/top-up-from-5-prepaid-balance-from-5-get-users-user-id-posts/llms.txt): $0.044 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [upAPI, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/upapi/499-monthly/llms.txt): $0.045 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Scrape Everything, $119 pack, Growth, POST /v1/instagram/reels](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrape-everything/119-pack-growth-post-v1-instagram-reels/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://scrapeguys.com/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/docs/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/products/instagram-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing