# jsonscraper, $39.99 monthly, Personal, GET /v1/user/by/url: Instagram profile API

> Get user info by URL (by ID is faster)

jsonscraper's Personal plan for the Instagram profile API costs $1.9995 per 1,000 profiles. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. jsonscraper's docs list 1: Verified.
We haven't run jsonscraper through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
We rank 730 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 or less per 1,000 profiles. This plan costs less per 1,000 profiles than 49% of the 730 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, and 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/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly-personal-get-v1-user-by-url
- [Instagram profile API in 2026: the best of 50+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://jsonscraper.com/services/ig-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://ig.jsonscraper.com/v1/user/by/url`
- API key: with the plan, on https://jsonscraper.com/services/ig-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://github.com/jsonscraper/instagram-api-node/blob/main/docs/endpoints.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: jsonscraper (https://jsonscraper.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-11

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Verified: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $1.9995
- Per: call
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $39.99

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 96 other jsonscraper calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get user info by URL (by ID is faster)

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use services lawfully and in compliance with applicable regulations. Do not attempt unauthorized access, abuse, or service disruption. [...] Account sharing outside your organization may be restricted. [...] Prohibited use: Accessing private accounts or intentionally restricted content, or circumventing privacy settings, Credential theft or credential harvesting, Identity fraud or impersonation, Stalking, harassment or doxxing, Unlawful surveillance, Fraud or deceptive activity, Spam or unlawful direct marketing, Illegal discrimination or prohibited automated decision-making, Violation of intellectual-property or privacy rights, Using the service to facilitate unlawful activity. [...] Customers are responsible for establishing an appropriate lawful basis for their downstream processing, profiling, outreach, marketing or automated decision-making involving personal data. [...] Access to information through the Services does not itself grant customers intellectual-property rights or permission to reproduce, republish, redistribute or commercially exploit third-party content where separate authorization is required. [...] You agree not to overload infrastructure, attempt to bypass plan limits, or run abusive traffic patterns that degrade service stability for other customers.

## Plan

- Pay: $39.99
- You get: 20,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 20,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: cache_timeout
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/user/by/url

## About the plan

- Plan: Personal
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, verified, private account

## jsonscraper's plans (8)

- [jsonscraper, $39.99 monthly, Personal, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly-personal-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.9995 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $99 monthly, Business, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/99-monthly-business-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.98 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $139 monthly, Professional, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/139-monthly-professional-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.853 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $169 monthly, Corporate, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/169-monthly-corporate-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.69 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $249 monthly, Enterprise, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/249-monthly-enterprise-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.66 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $379 monthly, Executive, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/379-monthly-executive-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.516 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $649 monthly, Premier, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/649-monthly-premier-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $1.298 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [jsonscraper, $999 monthly, Ultimate, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/999-monthly-ultimate-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $0.999 per 1,000, 9% complete

## jsonscraper's calls for this API (3)

- `GET /v1/user/by/id`: [jsonscraper, $39.99 monthly, Personal, GET /v1/user/by/id](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly-personal-get-v1-user-by-id/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/user/by/url`: [jsonscraper, $39.99 monthly, Personal, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly-personal-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/user/by/username`: [jsonscraper, $39.99 monthly, Personal, GET /v1/user/by/username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly-personal-get-v1-user-by-username/llms.txt)

## jsonscraper's APIs (4)

- [jsonscraper TikTok video API pricing, 10 plans, GET /getUserFeedByID](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/jsonscraper/free-trial-get-getuserfeedbyid/llms.txt)
- [jsonscraper TikTok video API pricing, 10 plans, GET /getUserFeed](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/jsonscraper/free-trial-get-getuserfeed/llms.txt)
- [jsonscraper TikTok profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET /getUserInfoByID](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/jsonscraper/free-trial-get-getuserinfobyid/llms.txt)
- [jsonscraper TikTok profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET /getUserInfo](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/jsonscraper/free-trial-get-getuserinfo/llms.txt)
- [jsonscraper TikTok profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET /getBasicUserInfo](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/jsonscraper/free-trial-get-getbasicuserinfo/llms.txt)
- [jsonscraper Instagram post API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly/llms.txt)
- [jsonscraper Instagram profile API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/jsonscraper/39-99-monthly-personal-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt)

## jsonscraper: Instagram profile API alternatives

[jsonscraper alternatives: other Instagram profile API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/jsonscraper-alternatives.txt)

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 profiles.

- [lobstr.io, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/20-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Stophy, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/stophy/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [Openhandle, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/openhandle/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [API.SH, top-up from $15](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/api-sh/top-up-from-15/llms.txt): $2.00 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 2026-11-11.

- https://evelode.com/downloads/ig-scraper-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://github.com/jsonscraper/instagram-api-node/blob/main/docs/endpoints.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://jsonscraper.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://jsonscraper.com/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://jsonscraper.com/services/ig-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://jsonscraper.com/services/tiktok-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://jsonscraper.com/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jsonscraper/instagram-api-node/main/docs/guide.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jsonscraper/instagram-api-node/main/docs/responses.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://www.postman.com/_api/collection/52903714-fe84d353-0a19-431f-a39d-1c2640d96fb0?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing