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Captapi pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API, GET /v1/instagram/basic-profile

Captapi's sitellms.txt
82% complete: 9 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 196 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
Plan: Free one of Captapi's 4 plans
Call: GET /v1/instagram/basic-profile one of Captapi's 2 calls for this API
API: Instagram profile API one of Captapi's 14 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from Instagram when you call.
  • 9 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 100 calls.
  • One call. You send userId to GET /v1/instagram/basic-profile. You can also send cache and cacheMaxAge. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Captapi: Instagram profile API alternatives

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

Captapi, $9 monthly, Starter, GET /v1/instagram/basic-profileSocialCrawl, £49 pack, Growth, POST /v1/prism/profilesEnsembleData, $800 monthly, Gold, GET /instagram/user/basic-infoSocial Fetch, $225 monthly, Scale, GET /v2/instagram/profiles/{profile}, Get Instagram profile, fullSociaVault, $29 pack
$ per 1,000 profiles$4.50$3.267$4.267$4.50$4.833
Completeness82%73%27%82%73%
Billingmonthlypay firstmonthlymonthlypay first
Pay$9£49$800$225$29
Enough for2,000 calls a month20,000 results6,250 calls a day50,000 calls a month6,000 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years oldanyone 18 or overanyoneanyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind itanyone

Instagram profile API pricing: plans compared

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. captapi.com/apis/instagram-basic-profile
  2. captapi.com/apis/linkedin-profile
  3. captapi.com/docs
  4. captapi.com/legal/acceptable-use
  5. captapi.com/legal/terms
  6. captapi.com/llms.txt
  7. captapi.com/openapi.json
  8. captapi.com/pricing

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
Repeat free24 hours
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 178 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchInstagram profile by user ID or @handle — camelCase schema aligned with Channel Details (followers, externalUrl, businessAddress).
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service, or data obtained through it, to: Harm or target individuals — stalking, harassment, doxxing, re-identification of anonymous users, or building profiles used to threaten, intimidate, or discriminate against people. Process personal data unlawfully — in violation of the GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, or other applicable data-protection laws, including using public personal data for a purpose the individual would not reasonably expect without a lawful basis. Enable unlawful discrimination — such as decisions about credit, employment, housing, or insurance based on protected characteristics. Infringe intellectual property — reproduce or redistribute content in violation of copyright, trademark, or database rights. Send spam or run deceptive campaigns — unsolicited bulk messaging, phishing, fraud, or impersonation. Circumvent controls — bypass authentication, rate limits, or access restrictions on any platform, or attempt to access non-public data. Break the law — any use that is illegal in your jurisdiction or that facilitates illegal activity. Resell or clone the Service — resell raw API access as a standalone substitute for Captapi or build a directly competing data API. [...] You must have a lawful basis for your processing, honor deletion and opt-out requests from data subjects, keep appropriate security, and comply with the terms of any platform you interact with.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for100 calls, once
Rate limit
Per second0.67
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You senduserId. Optional: cache, cacheMaxAge
MethodGET
Path/v1/instagram/basic-profile
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified
The 44 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, platform, profile URL, user ID, user primary key, username, name, bio, bio with entities, followers, following, posts count, highlights count, has reels, private account, verified, business account, professional account, category, category shown, profile picture, profile picture HD, standard profile picture, website, Facebook ID, pronouns, bio links, account transparency details shown, embeds disabled, age restricted, business address, city name, city ID, street address, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, business contact method, related profiles, like and view counts disabled, followers approximate, following approximate, posts count approximate, fetched at

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