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Context.dev pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API

Context.dev's sitellms.txtBest Instagram profile API in 2026

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82% complete: 9 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 233 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 Context.dev's 12 plans
Call: POST /v1/web/scrape Context.dev's only call for this API
API: Instagram profile API one of Context.dev's 11 APIs

About this item

  • A copy at most 3 days old. You get profiles from Context.dev's copy of Instagram.
  • 9 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits a month, enough for 1,000 calls.
  • One call. You send url to POST /v1/web/scrape. You set formats.parse to "true", parseParams.type to "prebuilt" and parseParams.parser to "instagram-profile". You can also send maxAgeMs, timeoutOpts.milliseconds, timeoutOpts.behavior, zdr, tags and policies. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over, one unpaid organization per person. Keep data: with conditions. Use data: with conditions.

Context.dev: Instagram profile API alternatives

The table starts with Context.dev's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to Context.dev's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most a week old.

Context.dev, $9,500 yearlyReefAPI, $1,200 yearlylobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyFetchLayer, $500 monthlyHikerAPI, top-up from $599, Ultra, GET /v1/user/by/url
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.317$0.333$0.40$0.50$0.60
Completeness82%64%73%73%82%
Billingyearlyyearlyyearlymonthlypay first
Pay$9,500$1,200$4,800$500$599
Enough for2,500,000 calls a month300,000 calls a month1,000,000 results a month1,000,000 calls a monthas many as you pay for
Freshness3 dayslivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone aged 18 or overanyoneprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyone

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 2026-10-29.

  1. docs.context.dev/account/billing
  2. docs.context.dev/account/credits
  3. docs.context.dev/api-reference/people/enrich
  4. docs.context.dev/api-reference/web-scraping/scrape.md
  5. docs.context.dev/optimization/rate-limits
  6. docs.context.dev/optimization/responsible-use
  7. docs.context.dev/people/overview
  8. docs.context.dev/scrape/freshness-and-caching.md
  9. docs.context.dev/scrape/prebuilt-parsers.md
  10. docs.context.dev/scrape/prebuilt-parsers/instagram-profile.md
  11. context.dev/people-enrichment
  12. context.dev/pricing
  13. context.dev/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$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forLogo Link · from the same budget: Scrape · Map URLs · Crawl Website · Search Web · Search People · Answers · Search Companies · Retrieve Brand · Search Brands · Extract Styleguide · Search News · Parse File · Batches · Monitor runs · Enrich Person
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$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet an Instagram profile with its stats, similar accounts, and latest posts.
Data
Freshness3 days
Keep dataAs a user of the Services, you agree not to: [...] Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
Use dataThe Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. [...] As a user of the Services, you agree not to: [...] Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise. [...] "Customer IP" means the queries, prompts, URLs, instructions, and other content you submit to the Services, together with the results returned in response. You retain any rights you hold in that content. [...] API access does not grant a license to reuse third-party material.
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 credits a month
Enough for1,000 calls a month
Rate limit
Concurrent2
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median1.64 s
The call
You sendurl, formats.parse "true", parseParams.type "prebuilt", parseParams.parser "instagram-profile". Optional: maxAgeMs, timeoutOpts.milliseconds, timeoutOpts.behavior, zdr, tags, policies
MethodPOST
Path/v1/web/scrape
About the plan
PlanFree Tier
Who can get itanyone aged 18 or over, one unpaid organization per person
The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, bio, profile picture, website, bio links, followers, following, posts count, verified, private account, business account, professional account, category, business address, street address, city name, ZIP code, latitude, longitude, related profiles, recent posts, success, request ID, credits consumed, credits remaining, from cache

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