# lobstr.io, free: Threads post API

> Give it a profile, post, keyword or #tag, get the posts: display name, bio, like count, fediverse enabled, followers count, music title, post url and 61 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.

lobstr.io's Threads post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns all 4 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
We rank 18 plans by price. [Captapi's $9 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.09. Captapi charges for each page of results. We count 100 posts on each page to get the $0.09 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/free
- Get it: https://www.lobstr.io/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.lobstr.io/v1/runs`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.lobstr.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
- Sold by: lobstr.io (https://www.lobstr.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 72 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Give it a profile, post, keyword or #tag, get the posts: display name, bio, like count, fediverse enabled, followers count, music title, post url and 61 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
- Use data: The User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 results a month
- Expires: credits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Concurrent: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: squid (a Threads Scraper squid, crawler 7308ae543e6abc70438d6b968d3a1b38, holding the Threads profile URLs or @handles as its tasks (url)). Optional: max_results, max_unique_results_per_run, fetch_since, fetch_since_timezone
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/runs

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: professionals, not consumers

## The 66 fields the plan's answer can hold

post URL, post ID, post code, post type, source tab, scraped at, text, created at, language, topic tag, hashtags, mentions, mentioned users, mentioned accounts, like count, reply count, repost count, quote count, share count, has media, media type, media URLs, media width, media height, has audio, alt text, is GIF, has stickers, sticker count, sticker IDs, sticker URLs, music title, music artist, music song ID, links, link title, paid partnership, is pinned, is edited, is spoiler, flagged AI-generated, reply control, is reply, reply to username, thread root author username, thread root author ID, is quote post, quoted post URL, is repost, reposted post URL, author username, author ID, author name, author profile URL, author profile picture, author verified, author private account, author followers, author bio, author bio links, author profile tags, author HD profile picture, author fediverse enabled, podcast name, podcast URL, podcast platform

## lobstr.io's plans (9)

- [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/20-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $192 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/192-yearly/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $960 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/960-yearly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## lobstr.io's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/runs`: [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt)

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## lobstr.io: Threads post API alternatives

- [Captapi, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/captapi/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.09 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/threads/user/posts, Threads User Posts, full](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-threads-user-posts-threads-user-posts-full/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $1,400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/ensembledata/1400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.933 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/bright-data/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://api.lobstr.io/v1/plans
- https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
- https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
- https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
- https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
- https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
- https://docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/add-tasks.md
- https://docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/credit-cost.md
- https://docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/get-results.md
- https://docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/update-settings.md
- https://help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
- https://help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
- https://help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
- https://www.lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
- https://www.lobstr.io/pricing
- https://www.lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper
- https://www.lobstr.io/store/threads-scraper