# SocQ, top-up from $5: Instagram post API

> Collect public Instagram posts for one or more usernames, returning normalized captions, author details, media, hashtags, mentions, timestamps, and visible engagement.

SocQ's Instagram post API on its Starter plan. It costs $1.70 per 1,000 posts. It returns 5 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
Half of the 134 plans we rank by price cost $0.151 per 1,000 posts or less. This plan is cheaper than 5% of the 134 plans.
[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/socq/top-up-from-5
- [Best Instagram post API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://socq.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.socq.ai/v1/instagram/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://socq.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socq.ai/api-manual/instagram/posts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: SocQ (https://socq.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $1.70
- Per: result
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 170 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Collect public Instagram posts for one or more usernames, returning normalized captions, author details, media, hashtags, mentions, timestamps, and visible engagement.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $5
- Expires: never

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: usernames. Optional: callback_url, results_limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/instagram/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 23 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post code, post URL, created at, text, author ID, author username, author name, author URL, author profile picture, author verified, author private account, like count, comment count, share count, view count, image, video, thumbnail, video duration, hashtags, mentions, scraped at

## SocQ's plans (2)

- [SocQ, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $1.70 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [SocQ, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socq/contact-us/llms.txt): 83% complete

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

- `POST /v1/instagram/posts`: [SocQ, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)

## SocQ's APIs (33)

- [SocQ: Bluesky post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Bluesky profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Douyin profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Douyin user video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-user-video-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Facebook post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: SERP API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: company open jobs API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Snapchat profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/snapchat-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Threads post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Threads profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: TikTok profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: TikTok video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Truth Social post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Truth Social profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Twitch profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Twitch video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-video-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: X profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Xiaohongshu profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Xiaohongshu user note API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-user-note-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Facebook page API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/facebook/pages](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/socq/top-up-from-5-starter-post-v1-facebook-pages/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Facebook page API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/facebook/profiles](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/socq/top-up-from-5-starter-post-v1-facebook-profiles/llms.txt)

## SocQ: Instagram post API alternatives

- [Bright Data, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/bright-data/top-up/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $192 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/lobstr-io/192-yearly/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Captapi, $275 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/275-pack/llms.txt): $1.65 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Zembra, top-up from $612](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/zembra/top-up-from-612/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 17% 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 2026-11-01.

- https://docs.socq.ai/api-manual/agent-api/agent-api.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.socq.ai/api-manual/linkedin/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.socq.ai/capability-catalog.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/apis/instagram/posts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/apis/linkedin/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing