# Serpent API, free: Instagram post API

> Read Instagram profiles and recent posts as structured JSON with bio, follower and engagement data.

Serpent API's Instagram post API on its Free calls plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics.
You get up to 10 pages in all.
We rank 127 plans by price. [EveryInfra's $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/everyinfra/500-pack-monthly-top-up-discount-10-off-from-500/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.0025. EveryInfra charges for each page of results. We count 200 posts on each page to get the $0.0025 price.
[FetchLayer](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Captapi](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) and [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt) are the best Instagram post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/free
- [Best Instagram post API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://apiserpent.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://apiserpent.com/api/social/instagram/profile`, Instagram Profile with recent posts
- API key: with the plan, on https://apiserpent.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://apiserpent.com/docs#instagram-profile
- Sold by: Serpent API (https://apiserpent.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Quick Search · Deep Search · News · Images · Videos · AI Ranking Combined · AI Ranking Single Engine · LinkedIn Company · LinkedIn Posts · LinkedIn Job Search · LinkedIn Job Details · LinkedIn Profile · LinkedIn Full Profile · LinkedIn Profile Search · Google Maps Quick Place Search · Google Maps Deep Place Search · Google Maps Place Details · Google Maps Reviews · YouTube Search · YouTube Video Details · YouTube Channel Details · YouTube Playlist Videos · Amazon Search · Amazon Product · Amazon Bestsellers · TikTok Profile · TikTok Video · TikTok Hashtag · TikTok Search · TikTok Music · X Post · X Profile · Reddit Subreddit Listing · Reddit Comments · Reddit Search · Reddit User · Reddit Community · eBay Search listings · eBay Item details · eBay Seller profile · eBay Seller listings · eBay Product reviews · eBay Seller feedback

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Read Instagram profiles and recent posts as structured JSON with bio, follower and engagement data.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit, "You agree NOT to use the Service to: [...] Scrape, copy, or store data in violation of third-party terms"
- Use data: You may use the API for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms and applicable laws. [...] You agree NOT to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws or regulations, Infringe on intellectual property rights of others, Distribute malware, spam, or harmful content, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers, Resell or redistribute the Service without authorization, Use automated means to abuse or overload the Service, Deliberately obtain discounted volume pricing for a completed workload and then seek a refund of the qualifying payment to retain that discount without paying the applicable Default rate. Refund requests alone, or ordinary API usage, are not abuse, any request is reviewed individually under our Cancellation & Refund Policy and applicable law, Open or operate more than one account in order to claim free searches, introductory pricing, or any promotional benefit more than once, Scrape, copy, or store data in violation of third-party terms, Submit sensitive personal data in query strings, including health, financial account, government identification, biometric, or similar special-category information [...] Free searches are for evaluation purposes only. [...] You retain ownership of any content you create using data obtained through the Service, subject to third-party rights.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 10 pages, once
- Expires: after 12 months of account inactivity

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10,000
- Per second: 0.028
- Concurrent: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username, include_posts "true". Optional: include_post_details, include_contact, include_business, include_reels_info, include_profile_detail
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/social/instagram/profile

## About the plan

- Plan: Free calls
- Who can get it: one account per person or organisation, for evaluation

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, post code, thumbnail, media type, post URL, created at, text, like count, comment count, view count, children, music, location

## Serpent API's plans (6)

- [Serpent API, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $10, Default, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-10-default-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts/llms.txt): $0.033 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $100, Growth, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-100-growth-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $500, Scale, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500-scale-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts/llms.txt): $0.023 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $1,000, Enterprise, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-1000-enterprise-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts/llms.txt): $0.023 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, contact us, Custom limits, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/contact-us-custom-limits-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

## Serpent API's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /api/social/instagram/profile`, Instagram Profile with recent posts: [Serpent API, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/free/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/social/instagram/profile`, Instagram Profile with recent posts, full: [Serpent API, top-up from $10, Default, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts, full](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-10-default-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts-full/llms.txt)

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- [ReefAPI, $33.75 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reefapi/33-75-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.022 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
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## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

- https://apiserpent.com/docs
- https://apiserpent.com/docs#instagram-profile
- https://apiserpent.com/faq
- https://apiserpent.com/instagram-api
- https://apiserpent.com/linkedin-api
- https://apiserpent.com/pricing
- https://apiserpent.com/terms