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SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: Instagram post API, GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full

SocialCrawl's sitellms.txtBest instagram post API in 2026

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83% complete: 5 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe rank 65 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.003. Litescrape charges for each page of results. We count 50 posts on each page to get the $0.003 price.Captapi, ScrapeCreators and Scrappa are the best instagram post API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of SocialCrawl's 5 plans
Call: GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full one of SocialCrawl's 2 calls for this API
API: Instagram post API one of SocialCrawl's 32 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the posts from Instagram when you call.
  • 5 of the 6 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 20 pages. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send one of handle or user_id to GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full. You can also send cursor and limit. The call returns the account's posts.
  • Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: Instagram post API alternatives

The table starts with SocialCrawl's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 posts closest to SocialCrawl's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

SocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/fulllobstr.io, $100 monthlyEnsembleData, $800 monthlyBright Data, $499 monthlyCaptapi, $9 monthly
$ per 1,000 posts$1.107$1.00$1.067$1.30$1.35
Completeness83%67%67%100%100%
Billingpay firstmonthlymonthlymonthlymonthly
Pay£299$100$800$499$9
Enough for30,000 pages100,000 results a month25,000 results a day384,000 results a monthabout 6,666 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or overprofessionals, not consumersanyoneanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyone at least 18 years old

Every instagram post API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

  1. socialcrawl.dev/docs/caching.md
  2. socialcrawl.dev/docs/credits.md
  3. socialcrawl.dev/docs/endpoint-pricing.md
  4. socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits.md
  5. socialcrawl.dev/legal/terms-and-conditions
  6. socialcrawl.dev/llms.txt
  7. socialcrawl.dev/openapi/instagram.json
  8. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/instagram/profile-posts-full
  9. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/instagram/profile-posts-full.md
  10. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin
  11. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin.md
  12. socialcrawl.dev/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Text
  • Media
  • Engagement
  • Analytics
  • Author
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00
Perpage of 12
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 677 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchReturns a creator's recent posts with views, likes, comments, and the per-post share count merged in wherever the upstream exposes it: in a single call.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for20 pages, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Concurrent50
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendone of handle or user_id. Optional: cursor, limit
MethodGET
Path/v1/instagram/profile/posts/full
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone 18 or over
The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits consumed, credits remaining, request ID, from cache, replayed, next cursor, has more, page size, post ID, post URL, post type, created at, text, like count, comment count, view count, media, carousel count, pinned, location, hashtags, mentions, author username, author name, author picture, share count, shares coverage

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