# ScrapeGuys, free: Instagram profile API

> Read public Instagram data over the same async API as the rest of ScrapeGuys: the posts of a public profile, one page at a time, and one post's full record with a page of its comments.

ScrapeGuys's Free plan for the Instagram profile API costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. ScrapeGuys's docs list 6: Bio, Photo, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We haven't run ScrapeGuys through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 640 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.96 or less per 1,000 profiles. [See the best free Instagram profile API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 profiles: $0.022. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 profiles a month: about $2.72.
[Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialinsider/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of profiles. Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan costs more up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[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 [EveryInfra](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/everyinfra/10-pack/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free
- [Instagram profile API in 2026: the best of 50+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapeguys.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scrapeguys.com/api/v1/social-scraper/instagram/profile-posts/`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapeguys.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapeguys.com/docs/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing#profile-posts
- Sold by: ScrapeGuys (https://scrapeguys.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 55%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Google Flights · MakeMyTrip Flights · Cleartrip Flights · Paytm Flights · MakeMyTrip Bus · Google Hotels · Agoda · Booking.com · MakeMyTrip Hotels · Expedia · Goibibo · Cleartrip Hotels · Destination Search · Rate Shop · Cheapest Room · Hotel Details · Post with comments

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Read public Instagram data over the same async API as the rest of ScrapeGuys: the posts of a public profile, one page at a time, and one post's full record with a page of its comments.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: [...] we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service and, per your agreement, the deliverables for your organization's internal business purposes. [...] In addition, you shall not: violate any applicable law or third-party right, [...] resell or redistribute raw deliverables except as your agreement expressly permits, or use deliverables to harvest personal data or track private individuals.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 requests
- Enough for: 1,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: cursor
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/social-scraper/instagram/profile-posts/

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with the legal capacity to contract, the Instagram scopes are added to a key on request

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, verified, private account, followers, following, posts count, bio, profile picture

## ScrapeGuys's plans (8)

- [ScrapeGuys, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/15-monthly/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.79 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $319 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/319-monthly/llms.txt): $0.638 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $144 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/144-yearly/llms.txt): $2.40 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $792 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/792-yearly/llms.txt): $0.66 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, $3,192 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/3192-yearly/llms.txt): $0.532 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeGuys, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/contact-us/llms.txt): 55% complete, live

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

- `POST /api/v1/social-scraper/instagram/profile-posts/`: [ScrapeGuys, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)

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- [ScrapeGuys: Instagram profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapeguys/free/llms.txt)
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## ScrapeGuys: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $300 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reefapi/300-yearly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Thordata, $1,500 pack, 3,000,000 Credits, POST /builder, Ins - Scrape personal information via username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/thordata/1500-pack-3000000-credits-post-builder-ins-scrape-personal-information-via-username/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $1,000, Enterprise, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile, full](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-1000-enterprise-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-full/llms.txt): $0.504 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 2026-11-10.

- https://scrapeguys.com/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/docs/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/products/instagram-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapeguys.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing