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Parse pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API

Parse's sitellms.txtBest Instagram profile API in 2026: pricing comparedParse: Instagram profile API alternatives

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64% complete: 7 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 281 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 Parse's 6 plans
Call: GET /scraper/83bac21b-efd3-4274-a70d-f8c54a03ae0b/get_user_profile Parse's only call for this API
API: Instagram profile API one of Parse's 52 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from Instagram when you call the API.
  • 7 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 200 credits, enough for 200 calls.
  • One call. You send username to GET /scraper/83bac21b-efd3-4274-a70d-f8c54a03ae0b/get_user_profile. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Parse: Instagram profile API alternatives

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

Parse, $1,000 monthlySocial Fetch, $59 pack, Growth, GET /v2/instagram/profiles/{profile}, Get Instagram profile, fullSocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, POST /v1/prism/profilesTikHub, $55 monthly, RPS Level 10, GET /api/v1/instagram/v3/get_user_profileEnsembleData, $1,400 monthly, Platinum, GET /instagram/user/detailed-info
$ per 1,000 profiles$10.00$7.08$8.001$8.88$9.333
Completeness64%82%73%64%73%
Billingmonthlypay firstpay firstmonthlymonthly
Pay$1,000$59£15$55$1,400
Enough for100,000 calls a monthabout 8,333 calls2,500 resultsas many as you pay for5,000 calls a day
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind itanyone 18 or overanyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list, paying it monthly from a Pay-as-you-go balanceanyone

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 2026-10-31.

  1. api.parse.bot/marketplace/apis/18cae41e-bd58-4adb-9e85-553a0c333a65
  2. docs.parse.bot/examples
  3. docs.parse.bot/marketplace
  4. parse.bot
  5. parse.bot/pricing
  6. parse.bot/terms

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location, not in the answer
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 4,155 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet public profile information for an Instagram user. Returns biography, follower/following counts, media count, profile picture URL, verification status, and bio links. Works only for public profiles.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataIn connection with the Platform, you must not: Use the Platform in any way that violates applicable law or third-party terms of service, including to access, copy, or distribute third-party content without proper authorization. [...] Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any technical measures employed by third-party services (including login requirements, access controls, or CAPTCHAs), except where such measures are completed as presented in the ordinary course (e.g., solving a CAPTCHA), in compliance with law and the third-party service’s terms. [...] Generate automated traffic at a volume or rate that could reasonably be considered abusive, harmful, or a denial-of-service attack. [...] Reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works of, sell, rent, lease, loan, timeshare, distribute or otherwise exploit any portion of the Platform except as expressly authorized herein, without Parse’s express prior written consent. [...] Parse does not claim ownership of such third-party content, and you are solely responsible for ensuring that your access to and use of that content complies with applicable laws and the rights and terms of the relevant third party.
Plan
Pay$0
You get200 credits
Enough for200 calls
Rate limit
Per second0.083
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendusername
MethodGET
Path/scraper/83bac21b-efd3-4274-a70d-f8c54a03ae0b/get_user_profile
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, bio, bio links, website, profile picture, followers, following, posts count, verified, private account, has reels

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