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SocialKit pricing and alternatives: Instagram profile API

SocialKit's sitellms.txtBest instagram profile API in 2026

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55% complete: 6 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 SocialKit's 12 plans
Call: GET /instagram/channel-stats SocialKit's only call for this API
API: Instagram profile API one of SocialKit's 12 APIs

About this item

  • A copy at most 5 minutes old. You get profiles from SocialKit's copy of Instagram.
  • 6 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 20 credits a month, enough for 10 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Unused credits do not roll over.
  • One call. You send url to GET /instagram/channel-stats. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: no API terms.

SocialKit: Instagram profile API alternatives

The table starts with SocialKit's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to SocialKit's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most an hour old.

SocialKit, $1,764 yearlyFetchLayer, top-upSociaVault, $399 packlobstr.io, $20 monthlyAnysite, $200 monthly
$ per 1,000 profiles$1.96$1.99$1.995$2.00$2.00
Completeness55%73%73%73%73%
Billingyearlypay firstpay firstmonthlymonthly
Pay$1,764any amount$399$20$200
Enough for75,000 calls a monthas many as you pay for200,000 calls10,000 results a month100,000 calls a month
Freshness5 minuteslivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyoneprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdiction

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. api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
  2. docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
  3. docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/instagram-channel-stats-api
  4. docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
  5. socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
  6. socialkit.dev/pricing
  7. socialkit.dev/terms

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • 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
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Start fee$0.00
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 46 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe Instagram Channel Stats API retrieves comprehensive profile statistics and metadata for Instagram accounts, including follower counts, post counts, bio information, and verification status.
Data
Freshness5 minutes
Keep datano API terms
Use datano API terms
Plan
Pay$0
You get20 credits a month
Enough for10 calls a month
Expiresdo not roll over
Rate limit
Per second0.67
Concurrentn/a
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl
MethodGET
Path/instagram/channel-stats
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

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

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