UnifAPI pricing and alternatives: Telegram channel API

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80% complete: 4 of the 5 key fields we checkSee the 5 fields

$3.00per 1,000 channelsHalf of the 48 plans we rank by price cost $1.11 per 1,000 channels or less. This plan is cheaper than 35% of the 48 plans.Scrappa's $500 pack costs the least per 1,000 channels: $0.238.

Plan: Pay-as-you-go one of UnifAPI's 3 plans

Call: GET /telegram/channels/{username} UnifAPI's only call for this API

GET /telegram/channels/{username}Top-up, Pay-as-you-go$3.00 per 1,000

API: Telegram channel API one of UnifAPI's 68 APIs

About this item

Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
4 of the 5 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Verified, Followers.
A balance you top up. You pay any amount. You spend the whole balance on calls.
One call. You send username to GET /telegram/channels/{username}. The call returns the channel's details.
Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

UnifAPI: Telegram channel API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 channels.

	This planUnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go	Scrappa, pay as you go	TikHub, $55 monthly	ProLevelMax, top-up, Pay per use, POST /v1/run, Telegram channel info	TGStat, ₽2,100 monthly
$ per 1,000 channels	$3.00	$1.00	$1.11	$3.00	$4.179
Completeness	80%	80%	100%	60%	60%
Billing	pay first	pay as you go	monthly	pay first	monthly
Pay	any amount	per call	$55	any amount	₽2,100
Enough for	as many as you pay for	as many as you pay for	as many as you pay for	as many as you pay for	6,000 calls a month
Freshness	unknown	unknown	live	live	stored
Who can get it	anyone	anyone 18 or over	anyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list, paying it monthly from a Pay-as-you-go balance	anyone with an account, one account per person, topping up by card (USD) or Alipay (CNY)	any registered TGStat user, for up to 30 unique channels a month

Telegram channel API pricing: plans compared

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.

Product details

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

Bio
Photo
Verified
Followers
Posts, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000 channels	$3.00
Per	call
Billing	pay first

Charges
Also pays for	from the same budget: 324 other calls

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Returns a public Telegram channel or group by username: title, description, subscriber or member count, online count and avatar.

Data
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You agree not to use our services for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the service. Prohibited activities include but are not limited to: Violating any applicable laws or regulations, Infringing on intellectual property rights, Transmitting malicious code or harmful content, Attempting to gain unauthorized access to systems, Interfering with or disrupting the service. [...] You may not use our services to: [...] Send unsolicited bulk messages (spam) [...] Circumvent any access controls or usage limits [...]. Public data has different legal postures depending on jurisdiction and platform. We provide the technical access, you're responsible for downstream use.

Plan
Expires	never

Rate limit
Per second	1
Batch	1

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	username
Method	GET
Path	/telegram/channels/{username}

About the plan
Plan	Pay-as-you-go
Who can get it	anyone

The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

type, name, bio, subscribers, profile picture, verified, username