# SocialToAI, free: Instagram profile API

> Get any public Instagram account by handle and get back name, bio, followers and following, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP.

SocialToAI's Free plan for the Instagram profile API costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. SocialToAI's docs list 4 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Verified, Followers, Following.
We haven't run SocialToAI through [our Instagram profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 591 plans for Instagram profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.90 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 [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/free
- [Instagram profile API: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://socialtoai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_profile`
- API key: with the plan, on https://socialtoai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://socialtoai.com/instagram-user-profile-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: SocialToAI (https://socialtoai.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 36%
- Bio: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Repeat free: 5 minutes
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 215 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get any public Instagram account by handle and get back name, bio, followers and following, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use the service lawfully and within the published rate limits. Do not try to identify the people behind anonymised comments, do not resell or share keys, and do not use the service to harass anyone. You are responsible for complying with the laws that apply to your use of the data.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 50 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: platform "instagram", username
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/user_profile

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in with a Google account or an email code

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, profile URL, bio, verified, followers, following, request ID, fetched at, replayed, credits used, credits remaining

## SocialToAI's plans (4)

- [SocialToAI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/10-pack/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/50-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/200-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/user_profile`: [SocialToAI, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialtoai/free/llms.txt)

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## SocialToAI: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [SociaVault, $79 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/sociavault/79-pack/llms.txt): $3.95 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Scrapio, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapio/79-monthly/llms.txt): $3.95 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [KonbiniAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/konbiniapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $200 monthly, Bronze, GET /instagram/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/ensembledata/200-monthly-bronze-get-instagram-user-info/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 18% 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://socialtoai.com/docs/credits-and-billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/docs/data-and-usage?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/instagram-user-profile-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/linkedin-user-profile-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socialtoai.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing