# RocketAPI, free, 100 free API calls, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username: Instagram profile API

> Retrieve user information by username.

RocketAPI's Instagram profile API on its 100 free API calls plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 9 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
In [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt), RocketAPI's best plan scores 55.3 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/rocketapi/free-100-free-api-calls-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username
- [Instagram profile API: 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://rocketapi.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://v1.rocketapi.io/instagram/user/get_info_by_username`
- API key: with the plan, on https://rocketapi.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.rocketapi.io/api/instagram/user/get_info_by_username/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: RocketAPI (https://rocketapi.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 82%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve user information by username.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: We assume that you use the Website Platform and Services legally and ethically and that you have obtained permission, if necessary, to use it on the targeted websites and/or other data sources. [...] We may immediately suspend your use of the Website, Platform, Configurations and/or Services if we are contacted by your targeted data extraction source, website, or repository and asked to cease all extraction activity. [...] The Data Controller is solely responsibility for the accuracy, quality, and legality of Personal Data and the means by which it acquires personal data.

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 100 requests
- Enough for: 100 calls, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 32
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.90 s

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: POST
- Path: /instagram/user/get_info_by_username

## About the plan

- Plan: 100 free API calls
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 42 fields the plan's answer can hold

status, user ID, user primary key, username, name, private account, profile picture, profile picture ID, verified, has anonymous profile picture, posts count, followers, following, bio, website, IGTV video count, total clips count, profile picture HD, has highlights, has guides, call to action enabled, street address, business contact method, category, city ID, city name, business phone, public email, public phone country code, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, location ID, business account, account type, category shown, public contacts shown, bio links, account badges, pronouns, memorialized, account transparency details shown

## RocketAPI's plans (6)

- [RocketAPI, free, 100 free API calls, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/free-100-free-api-calls-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [RocketAPI, €49 monthly, Mini, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/49-monthly-mini-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt): $1.103 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [RocketAPI, €99 monthly, Startup, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/99-monthly-startup-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt): $1.114 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [RocketAPI, €299 monthly, Business, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/299-monthly-business-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt): $0.673 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [RocketAPI, €499 monthly, Enterprise, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/499-monthly-enterprise-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt): $0.561 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [RocketAPI, contact us, Need more?, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/contact-us-need-more-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt): 82% complete

## RocketAPI's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username`: [RocketAPI, free, 100 free API calls, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/free-100-free-api-calls-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt)
- `POST /instagram/user/get_web_profile_info`: [RocketAPI, free, 100 free API calls, POST /instagram/user/get_web_profile_info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/free-100-free-api-calls-post-instagram-user-get-web-profile-info/llms.txt)

## RocketAPI's APIs (2)

- [RocketAPI: Instagram post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/rocketapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RocketAPI: Instagram profile API pricing, 6 plans, POST /instagram/user/get_info_by_username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/rocketapi/free-100-free-api-calls-post-instagram-user-get-info-by-username/llms.txt)

## RocketAPI: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [EveryInfra, $1,000 pack, Flagship ($1,000 top-up)](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/everyinfra/1000-pack-flagship-1000-top-up/llms.txt): $0.556 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [ScrapeBadger, $129 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapebadger/129-monthly/llms.txt): $0.573 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [ChocoData, $49 monthly, Pro, POST /api/v1/{site}/batch](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/chocodata/49-monthly-pro-post-api-v1-site-batch/llms.txt): $0.598 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [GetSocialAPI, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/getsocialapi/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.598 per 1,000, 82% 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 2026-10-30.

- https://docs.rocketapi.io/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.rocketapi.io/api/instagram/user/get_info_by_username/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.rocketapi.io/legal/data-processing-agreement?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.rocketapi.io/legal/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.rocketapi.io/migration-from-rapidapi/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://rocketapi.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing