# glim.sh, free: Telegram channel API

> A channel ref (`@handle` or t.me URL) returns channel info + recent posts.

glim.sh's Telegram channel API on its Free credit plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 3 of the 5 key fields we check: Bio, Verified, Followers.
We haven't run glim.sh through our Telegram channel API benchmark yet.
This plan is free. We rank 106 plans for Telegram channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.394 per 1,000 channels or less.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly-max-get-v1-social-media-telegram-channel-lookup-username/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.022.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/free
- Get it: https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://glim.sh/api/v1/telegram/get`
- API key: with the plan, on https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=telegram&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: glim.sh (https://glim.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 60%
- Bio: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search tweets with advanced query operators - body param is query · Fetch a tweet with thread context, or a user profile · Search Reddit posts by keyword query · Fetch a Reddit post with comments, subreddit feed, or user · Run a semantic web search with ranked results · Fetch a web page as clean extracted content · Search GitHub repos, conversations, discussions, or code · Fetch GitHub repo metadata, files, PRs, issues, or discussions · Search Amazon product listings · Fetch Amazon product details by ASIN · Fetch a cleaned YouTube transcript · Search Telegram channels and indexed public posts · Search tweets (paginated) - body param is q, not query · Fetch multiple tweets by id (comma-separated ids) · Fetch replies to a tweet · Fetch quote tweets of a tweet · Fetch users who retweeted a tweet · Fetch the full thread context of a tweet · Fetch the attached Twitter article of a tweet · Fetch a single tweet by id · Search Twitter user profiles by keyword · Check the follow relationship between two users · Fetch multiple users by id (comma-separated ids) · Fetch a user's recent tweets · Fetch a user's mentions timeline · Fetch a user's followers · Fetch the accounts a user follows · Fetch a user's verified followers · Fetch a single user profile by @handle or id · Fetch tweets from a list · Fetch the member profiles of a Twitter list · Fetch trending topics (by WOEID) · LLM chat completion (OpenAI-compatible, streaming supported) · Anthropic Messages API compatible LLM inference (streaming supported)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: A channel ref (`@handle` or t.me URL) returns channel info + recent posts.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: No unlawful use, and no use that violates the rights of others. Data is retrieved from publicly available sources on your behalf. You are responsible for how you use it, including compliance with the source platforms' terms and applicable law. No attempts to disrupt, overload, or reverse the service's payment gating.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 200 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: ref. Optional: query, before, after, limit, include_comments, comment
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/telegram/get

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credit
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in at glim.sh/app with an email code: new accounts get $1 of free calls

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, bio, subscribers, verified, link

## glim.sh's plans (3)

- [glim.sh, free](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [glim.sh, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [glim.sh, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/top-up/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, live

## glim.sh's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/telegram/get`: [glim.sh, free](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)

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- [glim.sh: Telegram channel API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Telegram channel post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
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- [glim.sh: X post API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/users/{ref}/tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-users-ref-tweets/llms.txt)

## glim.sh: Telegram channel API alternatives

- [DataXAPI, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/dataxapi/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [Social Fetch, $59 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/social-fetch/59-pack/llms.txt): $2.36 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/socialcrawl/49-pack/llms.txt): $3.267 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [ProLevelMax, top-up, Pay per use, POST /v1/run, Telegram channel messages](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/prolevelmax/top-up-pay-per-use-post-v1-run-telegram-channel-messages/llms.txt): $5.10 per 1,000, 60% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://glim.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=changelog&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=introduction&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=payments&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=telegram&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing