# GetSocialAPI, free: Instagram profile API

> Pull live data from Instagram and Facebook through one REST API — no scrapers to run, no sessions to babysit.

GetSocialAPI's Instagram profile API on its Free trial 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 haven't run GetSocialAPI through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 406 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.653 per 1,000 profiles or less.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least 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 [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/free
- [Instagram profile API: 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://getsocialapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.getsocialapi.com/v1/ig/user/username_info/{username}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://getsocialapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing#pricing
- Its API docs: https://getsocialapi.com/docs/api/instagram/user/get_info_by_username/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: GetSocialAPI (https://getsocialapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## 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: from the same budget: Instagram Info by id · Instagram User search · Instagram Similar accounts · Instagram User posts · Instagram Tagged posts · Instagram Stories · Instagram Highlights · Instagram Followers · Instagram Following · Instagram About this account · Instagram Media info · Instagram Likes · Instagram Comments · Instagram Search reels · Instagram Highlight stories · Instagram Hashtag info · Instagram Hashtag search · Instagram Hashtag posts · Instagram Location info · Instagram Location posts · Facebook Resolve link · Facebook Resolve profile · Facebook Profile overview · Facebook Group members · Facebook Contacts & About · Facebook Followers · Facebook Followings · Facebook Friends · Facebook Group posts · Facebook Feed (user or group)

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Pull live data from Instagram and Facebook through one REST API — no scrapers to run, no sessions to babysit.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: We assume that you use the Website, Platform and Services legally and ethically and that you have obtained permission, if necessary, to use it on the targeted websites and/or other data sources

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests
- Enough for: 100 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 32
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /ig/user/username_info/{username}

## About the plan

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

## The 47 fields the plan's answer can hold

status, account type, bio, bio with entities, bio links, followers, following, name, has highlights, highlights tray type, user ID, business account, private account, verified, posts count, profile picture, profile picture HD, profile picture ID, total clips count, username, category, category shown, business phone, public email, public phone country code, public contacts shown, website, Facebook ID, has anonymous profile picture, latest reel media, call to action enabled, opal enabled, eligible for text app activation badge, show text post app badge, regulated C18, memorialized, pronouns, account badges, business contact method, city name, city ID, ZIP code, street address, has videos, has guides, location ID, account transparency details shown

## GetSocialAPI's plans (6)

- [GetSocialAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [GetSocialAPI, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.98 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [GetSocialAPI, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.99 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [GetSocialAPI, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.598 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [GetSocialAPI, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/499-monthly/llms.txt): $0.499 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [GetSocialAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 82% complete, live

## GetSocialAPI's calls (1)

- `GET /ig/user/username_info/{username}`: [GetSocialAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/free/llms.txt)

## GetSocialAPI's APIs (1)

- [GetSocialAPI: Instagram profile API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/free/llms.txt)

## GetSocialAPI: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Thordata, $1,500 pack, 3,000,000 Credits, POST /builder, Ins - Scrape personal information via profile URL](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/thordata/1500-pack-3000000-credits-post-builder-ins-scrape-personal-information-via-profile-url/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [ChocoData, $100 monthly, Custom $100, POST /api/v1/{site}/batch](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/chocodata/100-monthly-custom-100-post-api-v1-site-batch/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 55% 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 2026-11-04.

- https://getsocialapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://getsocialapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing#pricing
- https://getsocialapi.com/about?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://getsocialapi.com/docs/api/instagram/user/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://getsocialapi.com/docs/api/instagram/user/get_info_by_username/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://getsocialapi.com/docs/legal/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://getsocialapi.com/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing