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DataXAPI pricing and alternatives: Zhihu profile API

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100% complete: all 4 key fields we checkSee the 4 fields
$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 21 plans by price. EveryInfra's $500 pack costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.50.
Plan: Free credit one of DataXAPI's 7 plans
Call: GET /v1/zhihu/users/get DataXAPI's only call for this API
API: Zhihu profile API one of DataXAPI's 44 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the profile from Zhihu when you call the API.
  • All 4 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get $0.10 of credit once, enough for 50 calls. Credit never expires.
  • One call. You send username to GET /v1/zhihu/users/get. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Who can get it: anyone with an email address, one free credit per email. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

DataXAPI: Zhihu profile API alternatives

The table starts with DataXAPI's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to DataXAPI's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

DataXAPI, $500 packQovia, top-up
$ per 1,000 profiles$1.667$1.00
Completeness100%100%
Billingpay firstpay first
Pay$500any amount
Enough for300,000 callsas many as you pay for
Freshnesslivelive
Who can get itanyone with an accountanyone with an account

Zhihu 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 2026-11-01.

  1. dataxapi.com
  2. dataxapi.com/acceptable-use
  3. dataxapi.com/apis/zhihu/users/get.md
  4. dataxapi.com/docs/billing.md
  5. dataxapi.com/docs/rate-limits/
  6. dataxapi.com/llms.txt
  7. dataxapi.com/pricing.md
  8. dataxapi.com/terms

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Followers
  • Posts
Price
$ per 1,000 profiles$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Repeat free24 hours
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 223 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet a Zhihu user's profile by the handle in its address: name, headline, follower count, answer and article counts.
Data
Freshnesslive
Use dataYou must use the data lawfully, including the laws on personal data that apply to you. You may not use the service to build files on individuals, to harass or track a person, to send unsolicited messages, or to resell access to the service as it is. [...] Public availability does not create unrestricted republication, resale, database or model-training rights. You must establish rights for your intended use and meet the duties you owe your own users. [...] Access to data does not by itself grant rights to redistribute, resell or train on the underlying content. [...] What you may not do: Retrieve private accounts, private messages, deleted content or anything else that is not public, get around sign-in, access, payment or rights restrictions, submit platform passwords, cookies or private login credentials. Harass, stalk or track a person, or expose a private identity or private contact details, build files on individuals for surveillance, for discriminatory decisions or to infer sensitive traits, collect data about minors in a way that puts them at risk. Collect, disclose or trade personal information without a proper basis, infringe copyright, trademarks or other rights, present the availability of an endpoint as official authorization or as unrestricted permission. Fake engagement, spam or unsolicited messages, fraud, impersonation, any unlawful activity, or helping others get around a restriction that has been imposed. Attack the service or anyone else's systems, try to reach another account, spread malware, get around rate limits, run up costs on purpose, or sell or rent API keys. Resell access to the service as it is, or let your account serve as an unrestricted anonymous channel for others. Sign up repeatedly, or use false email or identity links, to receive free credit more than once, falsify payment, complaint or authorization evidence.
Plan
Pay$0
You get$0.10
Enough for50 calls, once
Expiresnever
The call
You sendusername
MethodGET
Path/v1/zhihu/users/get
About the plan
PlanFree credit
Who can get itanyone with an email address, one free credit per email
The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, profile URL, bio, profile picture, followers, answer count, article count, request ID, amount charged, credits remaining, from cache, replayed, result status, warnings, unavailable fields, fetched at, endpoint, approximate numbers

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