# Aves API, free: Instagram profile API

> Instagram Scraper API lets you gather public data of an account from Instagram as structured JSON via our solid infrastructure.

Aves API's Instagram profile API on its Free Test plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 6 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Following.
We rank 336 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack-starter-get-api-v2-instagram-user/llms.txt), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/free
- [Best Instagram profile API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://avesapi.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.avesapi.com/instagram/view-profile`
- API key: with the plan, on https://avesapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.avesapi.com/instagram-profile-scraper-api
- Sold by: Aves API (https://avesapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 55%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Instagram Scraper API lets you gather public data of an account from Instagram as structured JSON via our solid infrastructure.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /instagram/view-profile

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Test
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, total time taken, bio, website, followers, following, name, business account, professional account, business category, category key, category, private account, verified, profile picture, profile picture HD

## Aves API's plans (4)

- [Aves API, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Aves API, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/50-pack/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Aves API, $125 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/125-pack/llms.txt): $1.25 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Aves API, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/500-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live

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

- `GET /instagram/view-profile`: [Aves API, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/free/llms.txt)

## Aves API's APIs (2)

- [Aves API: SERP API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/aves-api/free/llms.txt)
- [Aves API: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/aves-api/free/llms.txt)

## Aves API: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/50-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $100, Standard, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-100-standard-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetchlayer/250-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 73% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://avesapi.com/pricing
- https://avesapi.com/terms/
- https://docs.avesapi.com
- https://docs.avesapi.com/instagram-profile-scraper-api
- https://docs.avesapi.com/master.md