# ReefAPI, free: Instagram profile API

> public profile facts and first-page recent posts

ReefAPI's Instagram profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 7 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We rank 233 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack-starter-get-api-v2-instagram-user/llms.txt), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/free
- [Best Instagram profile API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://reefapi.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.reefapi.com/instagram/v1/profile`
- API key: with the plan, on https://reefapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://reefapi.com/docs/instagram#ep-profile
- Sold by: ReefAPI (https://reefapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 64%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 584 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: public profile facts and first-page recent posts

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You are solely responsible for how you use the data you retrieve and for ensuring your use complies with all applicable laws, third-party terms, and the rights of others (including data-protection, intellectual-property, and anti-spam laws) in your jurisdiction and your users'. You will not use the Service to break the law, infringe rights, send spam, or build a competing bulk-redistribution product. [...] Don't attempt to circumvent authentication, rate limits, or credit metering, don't probe, scan, or stress the Service except your own account within posted limits. [...] Where a source requires attribution, we surface it in the response meta, honor it.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: username, user_id
- Method: POST
- Path: /instagram/v1/profile

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, bio, followers, following, verified, private account, account type, business account, professional account, category, profile picture, website, user ID, recent posts, posts count

## ReefAPI's plans (11)

- [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/15-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/50-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/200-monthly/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $33.75 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/33-75-quarterly/llms.txt): $1.125 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $112.50 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/112-50-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $90 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/90-yearly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $300 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/300-yearly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 64% complete, live

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

- `POST /instagram/v1/profile`: [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)

## ReefAPI's APIs (25)

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- [ReefAPI: company open jobs API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ats-jobs/v1/company_jobs, company_jobs (Lever)](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ats-jobs-v1-company-jobs-company-jobs-lever/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: company open jobs API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ats-jobs/v1/company_jobs, company_jobs (Workable)](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ats-jobs-v1-company-jobs-company-jobs-workable/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: company open jobs API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ziprecruiter/v1/jobs_by_company](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ziprecruiter-v1-jobs-by-company/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ats-jobs/v1/job_detail, job_detail (Ashby)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ats-jobs-v1-job-detail-job-detail-ashby/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /global-jobs/v1/jobs/detail, jobs/detail (Catho)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-global-jobs-v1-jobs-detail-jobs-detail-catho/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ats-jobs/v1/job_detail, job_detail (Greenhouse)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ats-jobs-v1-job-detail-job-detail-greenhouse/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /global-jobs/v1/jobs/detail, jobs/detail (Gupy)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-global-jobs-v1-jobs-detail-jobs-detail-gupy/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /indeed/v1/job](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-indeed-v1-job/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ats-jobs/v1/job_detail, job_detail (Lever)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ats-jobs-v1-job-detail-job-detail-lever/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /reed/v1/detail](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-reed-v1-detail/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: job posting details API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ziprecruiter/v1/job_detail](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ziprecruiter-v1-job-detail/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: news API pricing, 11 plans, POST /bing/v1/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: news API pricing, 11 plans, POST /news-article/v1/news_search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/reefapi/free-post-news-article-v1-news-search/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: job postings API pricing, 11 plans, POST /global-jobs/v1/jobs/search, jobs/search (Catho)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-global-jobs-v1-jobs-search-jobs-search-catho/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job postings API pricing, 11 plans, POST /global-jobs/v1/jobs/search, jobs/search (Gupy)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-global-jobs-v1-jobs-search-jobs-search-gupy/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: job postings API pricing, 11 plans, POST /global-jobs/v1/jobs/search, jobs/search (StepStone)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-global-jobs-v1-jobs-search-jobs-search-stepstone/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job postings API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ats-jobs/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ats-jobs-v1-search/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: job postings API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ziprecruiter/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-ziprecruiter-v1-search/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: job postings API pricing, 11 plans, POST /seek/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-seek-v1-search/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: Glassdoor review API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/glassdoor-review-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: company discovery API pricing, 11 plans, POST /indeed/v1/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-indeed-v1-company-search/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: company discovery API pricing, 11 plans, POST /google-maps/v1/place/nearby](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-google-maps-v1-place-nearby/llms.txt)
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- [ReefAPI: Instagram post API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: Instagram profile API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: similar jobs API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-job-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: Reddit post API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: Reddit profile API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: email verification API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: Threads post API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: Threads profile API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: Trustpilot review API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/trustpilot-review-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: X post API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: phone validation API pricing, 11 plans, POST /phone-validate/v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/reefapi/free-post-phone-validate-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: phone validation API pricing, 11 plans, POST /phone-validate/v1/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/reefapi/free-post-phone-validate-v1-validate/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: YouTube channel API pricing, 11 plans, POST /youtube/v1/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: YouTube channel API pricing, 11 plans, POST /youtube/v1/channel_about](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-about/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: YouTube channel video API pricing, 11 plans, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: YouTube channel video API pricing, 11 plans, POST /youtube/v1/channel_videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-videos/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: X profile API pricing, 11 plans, POST /twitter/v1/profile](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/reefapi/free-post-twitter-v1-profile/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: X profile API pricing, 11 plans, POST /twitter/v1/user_by_id](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/reefapi/free-post-twitter-v1-user-by-id/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: SERP API pricing, 11 plans, POST /bing/v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-bing-v1-search/llms.txt)
- [ReefAPI: SERP API pricing, 11 plans, POST /bing/v1/videos](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-bing-v1-videos/llms.txt)

## ReefAPI: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $599, Ultra, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-599-ultra-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [HasData, $2,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hasdata/2490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.692 per 1,000, 64% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://reefapi.com
- https://reefapi.com/_next/static/chunks/app/pricing/page-560e08c02e869119.js
- https://reefapi.com/docs
- https://reefapi.com/docs/instagram
- https://reefapi.com/docs/instagram.md
- https://reefapi.com/pricing
- https://reefapi.com/refunds
- https://reefapi.com/terms