# Needle, free: Instagram profile API

> Returns a profile by username, with the connected account’s relationship to it.

Needle's Instagram profile API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. Needle's docs list 8 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Needle through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 551 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.648 per 1,000 profiles or less.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan 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 [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack-starter-get-api-instagram-user-basic/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free
- [Instagram profile API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://needle.app/api/v1/instagram/profiles/{identity}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-instagram-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: Needle (https://needle.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: 112 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns a profile by username, with the connected account’s relationship to it.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: You may use Needle only in compliance with these terms and all applicable laws. [...] You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to access it in unauthorized ways, disrupting its operation, or using it to violate the rights of others.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1 linked account
- Expires: 7 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: identity, connectedAccountId
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/instagram/profiles/{identity}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Trial
- Who can get it: anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, profile URL, name, bio, category, location, profile picture, profile picture HD, followers, following, posts count, bio links, private account, verified

## Needle's plans (4)

- [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [Needle, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/69-monthly/llms.txt): 73% complete
- [Needle, $724 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/724-monthly/llms.txt): 73% complete
- [Needle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/contact-us/llms.txt): 73% complete

## Needle's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/v1/instagram/profiles/{identity}`: [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle's APIs (16)

- [Needle: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: company open jobs API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [KonbiniAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/konbiniapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Scrappa, free, GET /api/v2/instagram/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/free-get-api-v2-instagram-user/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Instagram API (Meta), free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instagram-api-meta/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://needle.app/api/v1/openapi?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-instagram-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing