# TrueScrape, free: Telegram channel API

> Public Telegram channel or group metadata including its name, description, avatar, verification status, subscriber or member count, and public media counters.

TrueScrape's Telegram channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 4 of the 5 key fields we check: Photo, Verified, Followers, Posts.
We haven't run TrueScrape 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/truescrape/free
- Get it: https://truescrape.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.truescrape.com/v1/telegram/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://truescrape.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://truescrape.com/docs/playground?op=telegram-channel&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: TrueScrape (https://truescrape.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 80%
- Photo: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 258 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Public Telegram channel or group metadata including its name, description, avatar, verification status, subscriber or member count, and public media counters.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not: Build or train biometric identification systems. [...] Surveil, track or profile individuals. [...] Harass, stalk, dox or intimidate. [...] Re-identify or de-anonymise. [...] Resell personal data. You may build a product on this API. You may not operate a people-search, background-check or dossier service on it, or sell the personal information of the individuals in a response as a product in itself. [...] Discriminate unlawfully. [...] Target children. [...] Attack anyone.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle. Optional: cache_max_age
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/telegram/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, description, profile picture, channel URL, verified, subscribers, photos count, videos count, links count, files count

## TrueScrape's plans (5)

- [TrueScrape, free](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/25-pack/llms.txt): $1.25 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/100-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/500-pack/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/contact-us/llms.txt): 80% complete, live

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

- `GET /v1/telegram/channel`: [TrueScrape, free](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)

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- [TrueScrape: Bluesky post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Bluesky profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
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- [TrueScrape: Facebook post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: GitHub profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Instagram post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Instagram profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn Ad Library API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-ad-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Reddit post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Reddit profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Snapchat profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/snapchat-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Telegram channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Telegram channel post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Threads post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Threads profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: TikTok profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: TikTok video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Truth Social post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Truth Social profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Twitch profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Twitch video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-video-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
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## TrueScrape: Telegram channel API alternatives

- [TikHub, top-up from $15,000](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/tikhub/top-up-from-15000/llms.txt): $0.833 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Scrape Everything, $449 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/scrape-everything/449-pack/llms.txt): $0.898 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [Scrapall, $499 pack](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/scrapall/499-pack/llms.txt): $0.998 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ProLevelMax, $10,000 pack, Enterprise $10,000+ top-up (15% bonus), POST /v1/run, Telegram info for several channels](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/prolevelmax/10000-pack-enterprise-10000-top-up-15-bonus-post-v1-run-telegram-info-for-several-channels/llms.txt): $1.044 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://truescrape.com/docs/api/linkedin?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/legal/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=telegram-channel-api-pricing