# fetcher.sh, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), GET /api/user/handle/{handle}: Instagram profile API

> A public profile you do not manage. Not the Meta Graph API. Worked query: `handle=nasa`. Comparison: /blog/instagram-api-alternatives.

fetcher.sh's Pay per call (x402) plan for the Instagram profile API costs $4.00 per 1,000 profiles. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields: Bio, Photo, Links, Contact and 7 more. fetcher.sh's docs list none of the 11.
We haven't run fetcher.sh through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
We rank 661 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.99 or less per 1,000 profiles. This plan costs less per 1,000 profiles than 34% of the 661 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.
[Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialinsider/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of profiles. Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan costs more up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[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 [EveryInfra](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/everyinfra/10-pack/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetcher-sh/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-api-user-handle-handle
- [Instagram profile API in 2026: the best of 50+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://fetcher.sh/prices?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/handle/{handle}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://instagram.fetcher.sh/user-handle?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: fetcher.sh (https://fetcher.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $4.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: A public profile you do not manage. Not the Meta Graph API. Worked query: `handle=nasa`. Comparison: /blog/instagram-api-alternatives.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/user/handle/{handle}

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per call (x402)
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username

## fetcher.sh's plans (2)

- [fetcher.sh, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), GET /api/user/handle/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetcher-sh/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-api-user-handle-handle/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [fetcher.sh, top-up from $1, Prepaid credits, GET /api/user/handle/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetcher-sh/top-up-from-1-prepaid-credits-get-api-user-handle-handle/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 0% complete

## fetcher.sh's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /api/user/{id}`: [fetcher.sh, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), GET /api/user/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetcher-sh/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-api-user-id/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/user/handle/{handle}`: [fetcher.sh, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), GET /api/user/handle/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetcher-sh/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-api-user-handle-handle/llms.txt)

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- [fetcher.sh: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans, GET /api/user/handle/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetcher-sh/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-api-user-handle-handle/llms.txt)

## fetcher.sh: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [KonbiniAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/konbiniapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $200 monthly, Bronze, GET /instagram/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/ensembledata/200-monthly-bronze-get-instagram-user-info/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [SocialListeningAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 91% complete
- [SocialToAI, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/200-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 36% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://fetcher.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.sh/docs.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.sh/prices?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.sh/topup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://instagram.fetcher.sh/user-handle.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing