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lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: Threads profile API

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100% complete: all 5 key fields we checkSee the 5 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 34 plans by price. lobstr.io's $500 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.50.
Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs lobstr.io's only call for this API
API: Threads profile API one of lobstr.io's 27 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from Threads when you call the API.
  • All 5 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for 100 results.
  • One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done. Or the provider sends the answer to your webhook.
  • Who can get it: professionals, not consumers. Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: Threads profile API alternatives

The table starts with lobstr.io's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to lobstr.io's.

lobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyAnyAPI, free trial keyScrapeCreators, $497 packSignalQub, $448 packBright Data, $499 monthlySocial Fetch, $2,430 yearly
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.40$0.00$0.994$1.28$1.30$1.35
Completeness100%80%100%100%100%100%
Billingyearlyfreepay firstpay firstmonthlyyearly
Pay$4,800$0$497$448$499$2,430
Enough for1,000,000 results a monthabout 45 calls, once500,000 calls350,000 calls384,000 results a month150,000 calls a month
Freshnessliveunknownlivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumersanyone 18 or over, with no account, for business or professional use, not in an embargoed jurisdiction or on a restricted-party listanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreementanyoneanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyone, for an organisation, someone with the authority to bind it

Threads profile 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 2026-10-29.

  1. api.lobstr.io/v1/plans
  2. docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
  3. docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
  4. docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
  5. docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
  6. docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
  7. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/add-tasks.md
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/credit-cost.md
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/get-results.md
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/update-settings.md
  11. help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
  12. help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
  13. help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
  14. lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
  15. lobstr.io/pricing
  16. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/threads-scraper

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Verified
  • Followers
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 72 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitch68 data points per post. [...] plus the author's handle, name, avatar, verified badge, follower count and bio on every single row.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use dataThe 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 get100 credits a month
Enough for100 results a month
Expirescredits 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 second2
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
The call
You sendsquid (a Threads Scraper squid, crawler 7308ae543e6abc70438d6b968d3a1b38, holding the Threads profile URLs or @handles as its tasks (url)), max_results "1". Optional: max_unique_results_per_run
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers
The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, user ID, name, profile URL, profile picture, verified, private account, followers, bio, bio links, profile tags, HD profile picture, fediverse enabled

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