# SocQ, top-up from $5: Instagram profile API

> Retrieve public Instagram profiles for one or more usernames, returning normalized identity, biographies, links, account flags, and visible follower, following, and post counts.

SocQ's Instagram profile API on its Starter plan. It costs $3.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 7 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
Half of the 336 plans we rank by price cost $1.579 per 1,000 profiles or less. This plan is cheaper than 34% of the 336 plans.
[Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack-starter-get-api-v2-instagram-user/llms.txt), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5
- [Best Instagram profile API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://socq.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.socq.ai/v1/instagram/profiles`
- API key: with the plan, on https://socq.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socq.ai/api-manual/instagram/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: SocQ (https://socq.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 64%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $3.00
- Per: result
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 170 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve public Instagram profiles for one or more usernames, returning normalized identity, biographies, links, account flags, and visible follower, following, and post counts.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $5
- Expires: never

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: usernames
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/instagram/profiles

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, platform, profile URL, username, name, bio, bio links, website, profile picture, verified, private account, category, business account, professional account, followers, following, posts count

## SocQ's plans (2)

- [SocQ, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [SocQ, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socq/contact-us/llms.txt): 64% complete

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

- `POST /v1/instagram/profiles`: [SocQ, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)

## SocQ's APIs (33)

- [SocQ: Bluesky post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Bluesky profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Douyin profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Douyin user video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-user-video-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Facebook post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: SERP API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: company open jobs API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Snapchat profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/snapchat-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Threads post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Threads profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: TikTok profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: TikTok video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Truth Social post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Truth Social profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Twitch profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Twitch video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-video-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: X profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Xiaohongshu profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-profile-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Xiaohongshu user note API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-user-note-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Facebook page API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/facebook/pages](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/socq/top-up-from-5-starter-post-v1-facebook-pages/llms.txt)
- [SocQ: Facebook page API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/facebook/profiles](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/socq/top-up-from-5-starter-post-v1-facebook-profiles/llms.txt)

## SocQ: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [CreatorCrawl, $299 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/creatorcrawl/299-pack/llms.txt): $2.99 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [Captapi, $72 yearly, Starter, GET /v1/instagram/basic-profile](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/captapi/72-yearly-starter-get-v1-instagram-basic-profile/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [ProLevelMax, top-up, Pay per use, POST /v1/run, Instagram user info by username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/prolevelmax/top-up-pay-per-use-post-v1-run-instagram-user-info-by-username/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 45% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-01.

- https://docs.socq.ai/api-manual/agent-api/agent-api.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.socq.ai/api-manual/linkedin/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.socq.ai/capability-catalog.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/apis/instagram/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/apis/linkedin/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing
- https://socq.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-profile-api-pricing