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InsightSocial 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 15 plans by price. EveryInfra's $500 pack costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.50.
Plan: Free one of InsightSocial's 10 plans
Call: GET /v1/zhihu/profile InsightSocial's only call for this API
API: Zhihu profile API one of InsightSocial's 59 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • All 4 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits a month, enough for 50 calls. Monthly credits reset at the start of each calendar month and don't roll over.
  • One call. You send handle to GET /v1/zhihu/profile. You can also send dry_run. The call returns the account's profile.
  • Who can get it: anyone with a Google account. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

InsightSocial: Zhihu profile API alternatives

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

InsightSocial, $95.88 yearlyEveryInfra, $1,000 pack, Flagship ($1,000 top-up)AnyAPI, top-up from $10
$ per 1,000 profiles$7.99$0.556$1.20
Completeness100%100%100%
Billingyearlypay firstpay first
Pay$95.88$1,000$10
Enough for1,000 calls a monthabout 1,798,561 callsabout 8,333 calls
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyone 18 or over, for business or professional use, not in an embargoed jurisdiction or on a restricted-party list

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. api.insightsocial.app/v1/endpoints
  2. api.insightsocial.app/v1/openapi.json
  3. insightsocial.app/docs/api-reference/zhihu/profile.md
  4. insightsocial.app/docs/caching
  5. insightsocial.app/docs/credits.md
  6. insightsocial.app/docs/data-availability.md
  7. insightsocial.app/docs/endpoint-pricing
  8. insightsocial.app/docs/rate-limits.md
  9. insightsocial.app/pricing
  10. insightsocial.app/privacy-policy
  11. insightsocial.app/social-media-api/linkedin
  12. insightsocial.app/social-media-api/zhihu/profile

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 freenever
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 230 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchReturns a public Zhihu account: name, headline, avatar, follower count, and how many answers and articles it wrote.
Data
Use dataYou are responsible for using InsightSocial in compliance with the terms of service of each platform or site you scrape, and with applicable law (including data protection laws such as GDPR and CCPA where they apply to you) [...] You agree not to use the Service to harvest personal data for harassment, stalking, mass unsolicited contact, or any unlawful purpose.
Plan
Pay$0
You get500 credits a month
Enough for50 calls a month
Expiresmonthly credits reset at the start of each calendar month and don't roll over
Rate limit
Per second1
Concurrent10
The call
You sendhandle. Optional: dry_run
MethodGET
Path/v1/zhihu/profile
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone with a Google account
The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

replayed, user ID, username, name, headline, bio, profile picture, followers, profile URL, answer count, article count

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