# Pullbay, free: Instagram profile API

> Returns an Instagram user profile by handle (without `@`).

Pullbay'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, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
In [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt), Pullbay's best plan scores 45.8 out of 100.
This plan is free. We rank 406 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.653 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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/free
- [Instagram profile API: 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.pullbay.com/instagram/user/handle/{handle}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing#get-a-user-by-handle
- Sold by: Pullbay (https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## 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

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 70 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns an Instagram user profile by handle (without `@`).

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 666 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.27 s

## The call

- You send: handle
- Method: GET
- Path: /instagram/user/handle/{handle}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 27 fields the plan's answer can hold

type, is available, user ID, username, name, bio, profile picture, website, category, city name, private account, verified, business account, has videos, has guides, posts count, followers, following, total clips count, bio links, request ID, success, status, message, amount charged, currency, billable items

## Pullbay's plans (4)

- [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/9-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/49-monthly/llms.txt): $1.35 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/199-monthly/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 73% complete, live

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

- `GET /instagram/user/handle/{handle}`: [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

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## Pullbay: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [Scrape Everything, $119 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrape-everything/119-pack/llms.txt): $1.19 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [HasData, $119 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hasdata/119-monthly/llms.txt): $1.19 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [KonbiniAPI, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/konbiniapi/199-monthly/llms.txt): $1.244 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Upscrape, $499 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/upscrape/499-pack/llms.txt): $1.25 per 1,000, 55% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/plans.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/help-center?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing