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SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API, POST /v1/prism/profiles

SocialCrawl's sitellms.txtBest instagram profile API in 2026

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73% complete: 8 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 215 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.Scrappa, ScrapeCreators and lobstr.io are the best instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of SocialCrawl's 5 plans
Call: POST /v1/prism/profiles one of SocialCrawl's 3 calls for this API
API: Instagram profile API one of SocialCrawl's 32 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from Instagram when you call.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 100 results. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send items to POST /v1/prism/profiles. You can also send include, since, posts_limit, comments_top_posts, comments_per_post and comments_select_by. The call returns a profile for each account you send.
  • Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: Instagram profile API alternatives

The table starts with SocialCrawl's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to SocialCrawl's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

SocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, POST /v1/prism/profilesSocial Fetch, $59 pack, Growth, GET /v2/instagram/profiles/{profile}, Get Instagram profileHasData, $590 yearlySociaVault, $199 packEnsembleData, $1,400 monthly, Platinum, GET /instagram/user/info
$ per 1,000 profiles$2.658$2.36$2.458$2.653$2.80
Completeness73%82%64%73%18%
Billingpay firstpay firstyearlypay firstmonthly
Pay£299$59$590$199$1,400
Enough for150,000 results25,000 calls20,000 calls a month75,000 callsabout 16,666 calls a day
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or overanyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind itanyoneanyoneanyone

Every instagram profile API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. socialcrawl.dev/docs/caching.md
  2. socialcrawl.dev/docs/credits.md
  3. socialcrawl.dev/docs/endpoint-pricing.md
  4. socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits.md
  5. socialcrawl.dev/legal/terms-and-conditions
  6. socialcrawl.dev/llms.txt
  7. socialcrawl.dev/openapi/prism.json
  8. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin
  9. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin.md
  10. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/prism/profiles
  11. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/prism/profiles.md
  12. socialcrawl.dev/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Location, not in the answer
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 677 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchBatch profile lookup for handle vetting.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for100 results, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Concurrent50
Batch50
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You senditems. Optional: include, since, posts_limit, comments_top_posts, comments_per_post, comments_select_by
MethodPOST
Path/v1/prism/profiles
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone 18 or over
The 27 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits consumed, credits remaining, request ID, from cache, replayed, user ID, Facebook ID, username, name, bio, bio links, website, profile picture, full-size profile picture, followers, following, posts count, verified, private account, business account, public email, contact email, last post date, engagement rate, status, custom ID

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