# SocialKit, free: Instagram post API

> The Instagram Channel Posts API retrieves all posts from an Instagram profile — images, videos, and carousels — with cursor-based pagination. Each item includes media URLs, view/like/comment counts, captions, and author details.

SocialKit's Instagram post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 5 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
We rank 65 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) 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](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt) and [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) are the best instagram post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free
- [Best instagram post API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/channel-posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/instagram-channel-posts-api
- Sold by: SocialKit (https://www.socialkit.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 20
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 46 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The Instagram Channel Posts API retrieves all posts from an Instagram profile — images, videos, and carousels — with cursor-based pagination. Each item includes media URLs, view/like/comment counts, captions, and author details.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits a month
- Enough for: 20 pages a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.67
- Concurrent: n/a
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: limit, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /instagram/channel-posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

profile URL, username, post ID, post code, post URL, post type, text, like count, comment count, view count, created at, thumbnail, carousel, carousel media count, author ID, author username, author name, author verified, author profile picture, count on page, has more, next cursor

## SocialKit's plans (12)

- [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/30-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/49-pack/llms.txt): $0.163 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/249-pack/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.121 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/39-monthly/llms.txt): $0.108 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $95 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/95-monthly/llms.txt): $0.095 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $210 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/210-monthly/llms.txt): $0.07 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $243.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/243-60-yearly/llms.txt): $0.085 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $327.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/327-60-yearly/llms.txt): $0.076 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $798 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/798-yearly/llms.txt): $0.067 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocialKit, $1,764 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/1764-yearly/llms.txt): $0.049 per 1,000, 83% complete

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

- `GET /instagram/channel-posts`: [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit's APIs (12)

- [SocialKit: Instagram post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: Instagram profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit: 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
- [ScrapeBadger, $2,990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapebadger/2990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [HasData, $2,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/hasdata/2490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.058 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TikHub, top-up from $15,000, Advanced Enterprise $15,000+, GET /api/v1/instagram/v1/fetch_user_posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/tikhub/top-up-from-15000-advanced-enterprise-15000-get-api-v1-instagram-v1-fetch-user-posts/llms.txt): $0.069 per 1,000, 0% complete

## 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.

- https://api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/instagram-channel-posts-api
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
- https://www.socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
- https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- https://www.socialkit.dev/terms