# instapi.co, free: Instagram profile API

> Public profile for an Instagram account: bio, links, follower, following and post counts, verified, private and business flags, category and public contact info. Works for private accounts too.

instapi.co's Instagram profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 8 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We haven't run instapi.co through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 466 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.809 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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instapi-co/free
- [Instagram profile API: 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://instapi.co/api/instagram/users/{username}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://instapi.co/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: instapi.co (https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 73%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search Instagram · Get a user's posts

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Public profile for an Instagram account: bio, links, follower, following and post counts, verified, private and business flags, category and public contact info. Works for private accounts too.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/instagram/users/{username}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, user ID, bio, website, bio links, followers, following, posts count, verified, private account, business account, account type, category, public email, business phone, business address, profile picture, credits remaining

## instapi.co's plans (2)

- [instapi.co, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [instapi.co, top-up from $1](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instapi-co/top-up-from-1/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 73% complete

## instapi.co's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/instagram/users/{username}`: [instapi.co, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt)

## instapi.co's APIs (2)

- [instapi.co: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt)
- [instapi.co: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt)

## instapi.co: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [YepAPI, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/instagram/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/yepapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-instagram-user/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [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
- [Parse, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/parse/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Socialintel, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialintel/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 64% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://instapi.co/api/help?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://instapi.co/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing