# CarryFeed, top-up from $5: Instagram profile API

> Read a bounded public Instagram profile snapshot (up to 12 first-page posts), photo post or Reel through a logged-out Cloudflare browser.

CarryFeed's Tools balance plan for the Instagram profile API costs $5.00 per 1,000 profiles. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. CarryFeed's docs list 1: Bio.
We haven't run CarryFeed through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
We rank 633 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.96 or less per 1,000 profiles. This plan costs less per 1,000 profiles than 26% of the 633 plans.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 profiles: $0.022. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 profiles a month: about $2.72.
[lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt), [KonbiniAPI](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/konbiniapi/499-monthly/llms.txt) and [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5
- [Instagram profile API: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://carryfeed.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.carryfeed.com/api/instagram/resolve`
- API key: with the plan, on https://carryfeed.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.carryfeed.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: CarryFeed (https://carryfeed.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Bio: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $5.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Read a public Instagram profile or post · Download YouTube video · Download TikTok video

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Read a bounded public Instagram profile snapshot (up to 12 first-page posts), photo post or Reel through a logged-out Cloudflare browser.

## Data

- Freshness: 5 minutes
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Public links, source material, and downloads: Public-tool results may include third-party text, profile context, metadata, or media links. CarryFeed does not own that material and does not grant you a license to reuse it. Public availability does not eliminate copyright, privacy, publicity, trademark, contractual, or other rights. Download, quote, save, transform, or republish third-party material only when you have a lawful basis and the required permission. Do not use CarryFeed to bypass access controls, privacy settings, paywalls, authentication, technical restrictions, or platform rules. Prohibited uses: Spam, artificial amplification, platform manipulation, engagement farming, deceptive identities, impersonation, or misleading attribution. Unsolicited or automated replies, likes, follows, direct messages, surveillance, harassment, or collection intended to target people abusively. Bulk or abusive scraping, rate-limit evasion, credential theft, unauthorized account access, or interference with CarryFeed or another service. Infringing, illegal, fraudulent, threatening, privacy-invasive, or harmful content or activity. Removing source context in a misleading way or presenting public or AI-assisted material as evidence it is not. Reverse engineering or reselling the service in a way that violates law, these terms, or third-party platform rules.

## Plan

- Pay: $5
- You get: $5
- Enough for: 1,000 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, requestId, maxCostMicros
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/instagram/resolve

## About the plan

- Plan: Tools balance
- Who can get it: anyone with a Google account who is at least 13 and able to form a binding agreement where they live ("Sign in or create an account. Continue with Google", "You must be at least 13 and able to form a binding agreement where you live")

## The 3 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, bio, recent posts

## CarryFeed's plans (2)

- [CarryFeed, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, 5 minutes
- [CarryFeed, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/carryfeed/30-pack/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, 5 minutes

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

- `POST /api/instagram/resolve`: [CarryFeed, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)

## CarryFeed's APIs (8)

- [CarryFeed: Bluesky post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Bluesky profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Threads post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Threads profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: X post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: X profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)

## CarryFeed: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [Captapi, $10 pack, Starter Pack, GET /v1/instagram/basic-profile](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/captapi/10-pack-starter-pack-get-v1-instagram-basic-profile/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [ScraperSocial, top-up from $5, Top-up on the Monthly plan, GET /v1/instagram/channel-stats, Instagram channel-stats with fresh](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapersocial/top-up-from-5-top-up-on-the-monthly-plan-get-v1-instagram-channel-stats-instagram-channel-stats-with-fresh/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/50-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [QuanticData, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/quanticdata/299-monthly/llms.txt): $5.023 per 1,000, 64% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://api.carryfeed.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/instagram-viewer?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing