HikerAPI pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API, GET /a2/user

HikerAPI's site llms.txt Best instagram profile API in 2026

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45% complete: 5 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields

$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 215 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 one of HikerAPI's 5 plans

Call: GET /a2/user one of HikerAPI's 11 calls for this API

API: Instagram profile API one of HikerAPI's 2 APIs

About this item

Live. You get the profile from Instagram when you call.
5 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Followers, Following, Posts.
Nothing to pay. You get 100 requests.
One call. You send username to GET /a2/user. The call returns the account's profile.
Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

HikerAPI: Instagram profile API alternatives

The table starts with HikerAPI's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to HikerAPI's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

	HikerAPI, top-up from $599, Ultra, GET /a2/user	lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly	FetchLayer, $500 monthly	HasData, $2,490 yearly	ScrapeCreators, $497 pack
$ per 1,000 profiles	$0.60	$0.50	$0.50	$0.692	$0.994
Completeness	45%	73%	73%	64%	73%
Billing	pay first	monthly	monthly	yearly	pay first
Pay	$599	$1,000	$500	$2,490	$497
Enough for	as many as you pay for	2,000,000 results a month	1,000,000 calls a month	300,000 calls a month	500,000 calls
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	anyone	professionals, not consumers	anyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)	anyone	anyone legally able to enter into a binding agreement

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.

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

Bio
Photo
Links, not in the answer
Contact, not in the answer
Location, not in the answer
Verified, not in the answer
Followers
Following
Posts
Likes, not in the answer
Views, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000 profiles	$0.00
Per	call
Billing	free

Charges
Also pays for	from the same budget: 100 other calls

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Get user object

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You may use the Site and the Services only for lawful purposes. You may not transmit, post, store, distribute, display or present any information, software, data, file or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation. [...] You may not use the Site or the Services to: Post content or information that is obscene, hateful, threatening, defamatory, includes child pornography, or creates a risk to anyone’s privacy or safety. Promote, do or further any unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or malicious activity. Solicit personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. Transmit unsolicited commercial messages (Spam), junk mail, pyramid schemes, chain letters or similar materials or information. Upload or transmit viruses, worms or other malicious code. Violate or infringe anyone’s intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets. For instance, You may not use the Site or the Services to provide pirated or counterfeit works, information to circumvent copyright protection devices or links to such works or information or impermissibly use someone else’s copyrighted work or trademarks. Violate or infringe anyone’s privacy or publicity rights, such as impersonating another person or entity or posting images of someone without their permission. Forge or otherwise manipulate headers, tags or identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal that You send or receive on or through the Site or the Services. Falsely express or imply that HikerAPI sponsors, endorses or is otherwise affiliated with You or Your content. Violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation including export, intellectual property and privacy laws. Interfere with, circumvent, disable or attempt to interfere with, circumvent or disable the Site or the Services, the proper working of the Site or the Services, security features of the Site or the Services, or the equipment connected to the Site or the Services. Impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or HikerAPI systems or networks. Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site or the Services (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion of the Site). Create a database by downloading and storing the Content or any part thereof. Violate this Agreement or encourage or assist anyone else to violate this Agreement.

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	100 requests
Enough for	100 calls

Rate limit
Batch	1

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	username
Method	GET
Path	/a2/user

About the plan
Plan	Free
Who can get it	anyone

The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, bio, name, followers, following, profile picture, profile picture HD, posts count, recent posts