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API Direct pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API, GET /v1/instagram/user

API Direct's sitellms.txtBest Instagram profile API in 2026: pricing comparedAPI Direct: Instagram profile API alternatives

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82% complete: 9 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 285 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.Scrappa, ScrapeCreators and lobstr.io are the best Instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free tier one of API Direct's 2 plans
Call: GET /v1/instagram/user one of API Direct's 2 calls for this API
API: Instagram profile API one of API Direct's 30 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from Instagram when you call the API.
  • 9 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 requests a month. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month.
  • One call. You send username or url to GET /v1/instagram/user. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

API Direct: Instagram profile API alternatives

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

API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/instagram/userEnsembleData, $200 monthly, Bronze, GET /instagram/user/basic-infoCaptapi, $275 pack, Scale Pack, GET /v1/instagram/basic-profileKeyAPI, $59 monthlyTikHub, top-up from $15,000, Advanced Enterprise $15,000+, GET /api/v1/instagram/v3/get_user_profile
$ per 1,000 profiles$6.00$5.333$5.50$5.90$6.667
Completeness82%27%82%73%64%
Billingpay as you gomonthlypay firstmonthlypay first
Payat a threshold$200$275$59$15,000
Enough foras many as you pay for1,250 calls a day50,000 calls10,000 calls a month2,250,000 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Termsanyoneanyone at least 18 years oldanyoneanyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list, onboarded by TikHub on request with the company's name, address and contact

Every Instagram profile 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 2026-10-31.

  1. apidirect.io/docs/batch
  2. apidirect.io/docs/instagram-user
  3. apidirect.io/docs/pricing
  4. apidirect.io/docs/rate-limits
  5. apidirect.io/dpa
  6. apidirect.io/endpoints
  7. apidirect.io/endpoints/linkedin-person
  8. apidirect.io/openapi.json
  9. apidirect.io/terms

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Location
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays for142 other calls: 50 requests a month each, 20 for Places Search, Place Reviews and Place Photos
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet the full profile for a single Instagram user by username or profile URL. Returns biography, follower / following counts, media count, category, external link, contact info, verification status, and “About this account” info (country the account is based in, join date, verification date, former usernames).
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 requests a month
Enough for50 calls a month
Expiresreset on the 1st of each month
Rate limit
Per second1.39
Concurrent10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendone of username or url
MethodGET
Path/v1/instagram/user
About the plan
PlanFree tier
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms
The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, bio, followers, following, posts count, verified, private account, business account, category, website, bio links, profile picture, HD profile picture, public email, business phone, account based in, joined month, join date, former usernames count, profile URL

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