# Exepal, pay as you go: Instagram profile API

> Instagram profile lookup: followers, bio, category, verified, engagement rate, avg likes/comments/views, posting cadence, recent posts, follower history and 30-day growth where tracked

Exepal's x402 plan for the Instagram profile API costs $10.00 per 1,000 profiles. Exepal's docs list 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Links, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We haven't run Exepal through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 591 plans we rank by price cost $1.90 per 1,000 profiles or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 profiles than 13% of the 591 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.
[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/exepal/pay-as-you-go
- [Instagram profile API: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.exepal.com/v1/social/instagram`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://exepal.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing#social-profile
- Sold by: Exepal (https://exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $10.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Instagram profile lookup: followers, bio, category, verified, engagement rate, avg likes/comments/views, posting cadence, recent posts, follower history and 30-day growth where tracked

## Data

- Freshness: 72 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use Exepal to break the law, infringe others' rights, send spam, harass people, collect personal data unlawfully, attack or overload websites or our infrastructure, or resell raw access to the API as a competing service. You are responsible for how you use results, including data about third parties, and for complying with the terms of the websites and platforms you ask our tools to read.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle. Optional: maxAgeHours
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/social/instagram

## About the plan

- Plan: x402
- Who can get it: anyone with a USDC wallet on Base

## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, following, posts count, average views, view rate, profile URL, name, bio, verified, business account, category, website, followers, engagement rate, average likes, average comments, posting cadence, last post date, days since last post, follower tier, posts analysed, recent posts, follower history, follower growth, follower growth percent, growth period days, growth period start, serving source, fetched at, max age hours, platform

## Exepal's plans (4)

- [Exepal, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 72 hours
- [Exepal, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/exepal/5-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 72 hours
- [Exepal, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/exepal/20-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 72 hours
- [Exepal, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/exepal/50-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 72 hours

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

- `POST /v1/social/instagram`: [Exepal, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

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- [Exepal: Bluesky profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: tech stack API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: domain WHOIS API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: email verification API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: phone validation API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/read](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/exepal/free-trial-post-v1-read/llms.txt)
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- [Exepal: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/company-enrich](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-company-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/company-enrich/batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-company-enrich-batch/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/leads](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-leads/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/leads/deep](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-leads-deep/llms.txt)

## Exepal: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [ScrapeWhale, $9.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/9-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours
- [Virlo, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/virlo/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Influship, pay as you go, MPP, GET /v1/raw/instagram/profile/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/influship/pay-as-you-go-mpp-get-v1-raw-instagram-profile-username/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Parse, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/parse/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 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 2026-11-07.

- https://api.exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://api.exepal.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/tools/social-profile-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing