# Context.dev, free: Instagram profile API

> Get an Instagram profile with its stats, similar accounts, and latest posts.

Context.dev's Instagram profile API on its Free Tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 9 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We rank 233 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/context-dev/free
- [Best Instagram profile API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.context.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.context.dev/v1/web/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.context.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.context.dev/scrape/prebuilt-parsers/instagram-profile
- Sold by: Context.dev (https://www.context.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 82%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: Logo 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

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get an Instagram profile with its stats, similar accounts, and latest posts.

## Data

- Freshness: 3 days
- Keep data: As 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 data: The 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 get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 1,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.64 s

## The call

- You send: url, formats.parse "true", parseParams.type "prebuilt", parseParams.parser "instagram-profile". Optional: maxAgeMs, timeoutOpts.milliseconds, timeoutOpts.behavior, zdr, tags, policies
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/web/scrape

## About the plan

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

## Context.dev's plans (12)

- [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/20-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $950 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/950-monthly/llms.txt): $0.38 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/200-yearly/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $900 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/900-yearly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $3,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/3000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $5,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/5000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.417 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, $9,500 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/9500-yearly/llms.txt): $0.317 per 1,000, 82% complete, 3 days
- [Context.dev, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/contact-us/llms.txt): 82% complete, 3 days

## Context.dev's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/web/scrape`: [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)

## Context.dev's APIs (11)

- [Context.dev: company discovery API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: people search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: people enrichment API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/person-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: reverse email lookup API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: web search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: G2 review API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/g2-review-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: Instagram profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: TikTok profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: TikTok video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by domain](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-domain/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by email](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-email/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by name](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-name/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by ticker](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-ticker/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by transaction](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-transaction/llms.txt)

## Context.dev: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $599, Ultra, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-599-ultra-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 82% 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://docs.context.dev/account/billing
- https://docs.context.dev/account/credits
- https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/people/enrich
- https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/web-scraping/scrape.md
- https://docs.context.dev/optimization/rate-limits
- https://docs.context.dev/optimization/responsible-use
- https://docs.context.dev/people/overview
- https://docs.context.dev/scrape/freshness-and-caching.md
- https://docs.context.dev/scrape/prebuilt-parsers.md
- https://docs.context.dev/scrape/prebuilt-parsers/instagram-profile.md
- https://www.context.dev/people-enrichment
- https://www.context.dev/pricing
- https://www.context.dev/terms