# ScrapeWhale, free: Instagram profile API

> Profile name, bio, follower/following counts, verification, category, website and bio links, read from the public profile with no login.

ScrapeWhale's Instagram profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. ScrapeWhale's docs list 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Following.
We haven't run ScrapeWhale through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 559 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.667 per 1,000 profiles or less. [See how many Instagram profile API plans are free.](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.
[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 [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack-starter-get-api-instagram-user-basic/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free
- [Instagram profile API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://scrapewhale.dev/api/v1/social/instagram/profile`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/instagram-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScrapeWhale (https://scrapewhale.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 44 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Profile name, bio, follower/following counts, verification, category, website and bio links, read from the public profile with no login.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/social/instagram/profile

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up for an account, no credit card

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, bio, followers, following, verified, category, external URL, bio links, private account, business account, profile picture

## ScrapeWhale's plans (4)

- [ScrapeWhale, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $9.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/9-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $19.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/19-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.046 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $49.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/49-90-pack/llms.txt): $8.317 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours

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

- `GET /api/v1/social/instagram/profile`: [ScrapeWhale, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)

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- [ScrapeWhale: Facebook page API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Google Ads Transparency API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ad-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
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- [ScrapeWhale: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /api/v1/brand](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapewhale/free-get-api-v1-brand/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
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- [ScrapeWhale: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: TikTok Shop product API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-shop-product-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
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- [ScrapeWhale: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapeWhale: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, POST /v1/prism/profiles](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-post-v1-prism-profiles/llms.txt): $8.001 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [TikHub, top-up from $5.55, Pay-as-you-go, GET /api/v1/instagram/v3/get_user_profile](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/tikhub/top-up-from-5-55-pay-as-you-go-get-api-v1-instagram-v3-get-user-profile/llms.txt): $8.88 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $100 monthly, Wood, GET /instagram/user/basic-info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/ensembledata/100-monthly-wood-get-instagram-user-basic-info/llms.txt): $8.889 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [RedFox, top-up from CNY 100](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/redfox/top-up-from-cny-100/llms.txt): $8.974 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 2026-11-07.

- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/instagram-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/linkedin-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing