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Instagram API Scraper alternatives: recorded billing and usage (2026-10)

Compare 1089 Instagram alternatives to Instagram API Scraper, ranked by 30-day users; see recorded pricing models, billing events, observation dates and public-run success.

Baseline

Instagram API Scraper (apify/instagram-api-scraper) had 829 users and 99.8% success across 914,435 public runs in 30 days.

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.30. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: Result (result)
3 additional listed charge events

Each result written to the dataset by the URL.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Compare all 1090 Instagram tools (this page shows the 50 most used alternatives).

Filters apply only to the 50 displayed alternatives (at most 50), in the original usage order. Blank thresholds include unavailable evidence; active thresholds exclude it. Recorded zero is distinct from unavailable. Success measures public-run completion, not output accuracy.

AlternativeUsers 30dSuccess 30dRuns 30dRecorded billing / observationObserved success compared with baseline
Instagram Scraper
apify/instagram-scraper
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54,00199.6%17,685,848

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.70. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Result (result)
Event details

Each result written to the dataset

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Profile Scraper
apify/instagram-profile-scraper
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34,94599.7%9,462,422

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.60. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Profile (profile)
1 additional listed charge events

Each profile written to the dataset.

  • Add-on: About account (about-account)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Reel Scraper
apify/instagram-reel-scraper
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17,88999.9%4,409,895

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.60. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: Reel (reel)
4 additional listed charge events

Each reel written to the dataset.

  • Actor start (actor-start)
  • Add-on: Shares count (shares-count)
  • Add-on: Transcript (transcript)
  • Add-on: Video download (video-download)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.09 percentage points
Instagram Post Scraper
apify/instagram-post-scraper
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16,17799.9%6,286,027

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.70. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Post (post)
2 additional listed charge events

Each post written to the dataset.

  • Post details (post-details)
  • Add-on: Music data (music-data)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.09 percentage points
Instagram Hashtag Scraper
apify/instagram-hashtag-scraper
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15,09499.4%723,497

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.60. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Result (result)
Event details

Each result written to the dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Comments Scraper
apify/instagram-comment-scraper
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7,45699.9%1,114,750

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.60. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Comment (comment)
Event details

Each comment written to the dataset

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.06 percentage points
Instagram Search Scraper
apify/instagram-search-scraper
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6,21989.5%459,950

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.70. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Result (result)
1 additional listed charge events

Each result written to the dataset.

  • Live Search Result (live-search-result)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Post & Reel Details Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-post-details
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1,65799.8%342,455

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: $0.002.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Transcript Scraper — Instagram Reels Transcript API
steadyfetch/instagram-reel-transcript-scraper
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1,63999.3%7,799

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $15.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Reel transcript (reel-transcript)
2 additional listed charge events

One Instagram reel or video transcribed: full speech-to-text, first-3-seconds hook, language, timestamped segments and the reel's metadata. The first 3 minutes of each video are included. Music-only reels are free unless you enable on-screen text extraction — then a reel with readable on-screen text delivers as a charged row. Charged only when a transcript or extracted on-screen text is delivered — expired links, text-free music-only reels and failures are never charged. A photo post or photo carousel is not a transcript: its words are read from its images under the separate 'Photo post text' event.

  • Long video minute (long-video-surcharge)
  • Photo post text (image-text)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Posts Scraper Lowcost (0.3$/1K 🤑)
sones/instagram-posts-scraper-lowcost
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1,24694.2%45,620

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.30. USD / run start: $0.005.

Selected event: post (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single post in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Fast Instagram Profile Posts Scraper 🚀
instagram-scraper/fast-instagram-post-scraper
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1,14899.8%246,532

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Processing Fee (Filtered Items) (filtered)
  • Restricted profile (restricted_profile)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.05 percentage points
Instagram Profile Scraper (Bio & Posts)
coderx/instagram-profile-scraper-bio-posts
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980100.0%122,199

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.10. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Actor Start (actor-start)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.20 percentage points
Instagram Scraper (Pay Per Result)
apidojo/instagram-scraper
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88398.4%1,265,258

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: post (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single post in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Mentions Scraper
apify/instagram-tagged-scraper
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87399.6%64,527

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.70. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Post (post)
Event details

Each post written to the dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Transcript API & Profile Scraper - AI Video to Text
apple_yang/instagram-transcripts-scraper
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783100.0%255,345

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Cost-Effective Audio-to-Text (Auto) (speech2text)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.16 percentage points
Instagram Reels Search & Trend Discovery · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-search-reels
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75798.8%43,499

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: $0.002.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Followers Count Scraper
apify/instagram-followers-count-scraper
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692100.0%159,709

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.60. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: Profile (profile)
1 additional listed charge events

Each profile written to the dataset.

  • Actor Start (actor-start)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.20 percentage points
Fast Instagram Comments Scraper API - No Duplicates
apidojo/instagram-comments-scraper-api
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60899.9%259,822

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Instagram Comment Item (dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged for each comment extracted beyond the free 15 comments included per post.

  • Instagram Post Comments Query (query-event)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.16 percentage points
Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Ads Library Scraper
jmlp/meta-ad-library-scraper
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59299.7%376,888

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.15. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single non-null result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Hashtag Analytics Scraper
apify/instagram-hashtag-analytics-scraper
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585100.0%16,382

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.30. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: Result (result)
3 additional listed charge events

Price per hashtag result returned

  • Actor start (actor-start)
  • Add-on: Top posts (top-posts)
  • Add-on: Latest posts (latest-posts)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.17 percentage points
Instagram Comments Scraper
scrapesmith/instagram-comments-scraper
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51699.8%42,106

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.04 percentage points
Instagram Hashtag Scraper
apidojo/instagram-hashtag-scraper
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45799.7%85,110

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $16.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Keyword query (keyword-query)
1 additional listed charge events

Price for processing a keyword query. Includes first ~40 results.

  • Dataset Item (dataset-item)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Fast Instagram Profile Reels Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-profile-reels-scraper
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43793.4%247,772

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Profile unavailable or restricted (restricted_profile)
  • Filtered out (date/criteria) (filtered-out)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper
goat255/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper
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43398.0%24,869

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $3.45. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: Story scraped (story-scraped)
Event details

One story delivered to the dataset: a single image or video, from the account's current stories or from inside a highlight.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Fast Instagram Scraper API - Posts, Reels, Profiles & Hashtags
apidojo/instagram-scraper-api
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40899.8%1,303,174

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.50. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Instagram Post Item (dataset-item)
6 additional listed charge events

Charged for each post extracted beyond the free posts included per query.

  • Instagram Audio/Music Query (audio-query)
  • Instagram User Profile Query (user-query)
  • Instagram Location Query (location-query)
  • Instagram Hashtag Query (tag-query)
  • Instagram Single Post Query (single-item-query)
  • Instagram Story Query (story-query)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.05 percentage points
Instagram Reel Transcript Scraper — Instagram Video Transcript
afanasenko/instagram-reel-script-extractor
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40299.1%2,359

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $75.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Reel (REEL_ANALYZED)
Event details

Charged once for each reel that is successfully analyzed, at any length up to 3 minutes. $0.075 per reel on every plan, dropping to $0.06 at the highest volume tiers. Private, deleted, photo, carousel, longer-than-3-minute, expired-link and failed reels are delivered as free rows with the reason in the error column and are not charged. Results the built-in quality check flags as low quality are delivered but not charged.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Advanced Instagram Stories Scraper (Fast)
datavoyantlab/advanced-instagram-stories-scraper
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38799.7%52,795

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $3.00. USD / run start: $0.099.

Selected event: Cost Per Username (username-request)
Event details

Cost for each scraped username

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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🔥Instagram Profile Posts Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-profile-posts-scraper
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36799.9%35,005

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Profile unavailable or restricted (restricted_profile)
  • Filtered out (filtered-out)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.12 percentage points
Instagram Profile Posts & Reels Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-posts
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35399.0%46,930

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: $0.002.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Stories Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-stories-scraper
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33996.0%30,085

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Reels Scraper from any keyword - No Login - No cookie
patient_discovery/instagram-search-reels
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33298.2%50,946

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: $0.002.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Reels Search & Viral Finder · No Login
memo23/instagram-reels-search-scraper
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30889.7%7,552

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.50. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Reel scraped (reel-scraped)
Event details

Charged once per reel returned in the search results.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Related Profiles Scraper — Similar Accounts
afanasenko/instagram-related-profiles-scraper
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30599.7%17,166

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $10.00. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: Profile (PROFILE_ANALYZED)
Event details

Charged for each Instagram profile that was successfully retrieved (from API or cache) and analyzed, regardless of whether it passed your filters.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Comments, Replies and Subscribers Scraper (No Cookie)
datadoping/instagram-comments-and-replies-scraper
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30499.8%54,442

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.55. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: comment (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single comment in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.03 percentage points
Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper · Download · No Login
memo23/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper
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29298.2%14,795

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $10.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Account scraped (account-scraped)
3 additional listed charge events

Charged once per public Instagram account processed (resolves the profile and fetches its active stories and/or highlight list). Private, missing, or invalid accounts are not charged.

  • Highlight tray (highlight-tray)
  • Media file downloaded (media-downloaded)
  • Historical story/highlight (historical-item)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Reel & Post Analytics by URL
patient_discovery/instagram-reel-analytics-by-url
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28996.1%86,124

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: $0.002.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Highlights Scraper
seemuapps/instagram-highlights-scraper
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28799.3%14,656

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $15.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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💬 Instagram Comments Scraper (No Login)
louisdeconinck/instagram-comments-scraper
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28594.9%183,075

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $4.00. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: API result (api-result)
2 additional listed charge events

Cost per comment without auth cookie

  • Actor start (init)
  • Cookie result (cookie-result)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Hashtag Scraper | Posts & Reels | No Cookies
scraping_solutions/instagram-hashtag-scraper-pro-no-cookies
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28099.4%8,947

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.25. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram AI Transcript Extractor
sian.agency/instagram-ai-transcript-extractor
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27999.1%14,050

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $28.00. USD / run start: $0.005.

Selected event: Transcribed reel (InstagramContentProcessed)
3 additional listed charge events

Fee charged for each Instagram reel or post successfully processed with AI transcription and comprehensive data extraction (30+ fields). Only charged on successful completion.

  • Fast processing upgrade (FastProcessingUpgrade)
  • Translated 1,000 characters (TranslationProcessed)
  • Extracted comments (CommentsExtraction)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Story Details Scraper
louisdeconinck/instagram-story-details-scraper
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259100.0%86,427

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $20.00. USD / run start: $0.10.

Selected event: Profiles (results)
1 additional listed charge events

Cost for each scraped profile. Stories are free, you only pay per profile, no matter how many stories the profile has.

  • Actor start (init)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.18 percentage points
Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper
intropix/instagram-posts-reels-scraper
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25799.9%45,928

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.90. USD / run start: $0.005.

Selected event: Result Item (result-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Charged per post/reel item delivered to the dataset (24-field JSON with media URLs, caption, hashtags, mentions, like, comment and view counts, and more).

  • Actor Start (actor-start)
  • Profile Scan (profile-scan)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.10 percentage points
Instagram Comments Scraper
supreme_coder/instagram-comments-scraper
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25599.6%55,565

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Comment (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Cost per comment scraped

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Meta & Instagram Ads
brilliant_gum/facebook-ads-library-scraper
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24191.5%1,753

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $15.00. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Highlights Scraper - Stories & Media
khadinakbar/instagram-highlights-scraper
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23799.5%50,391

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $3.00. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: Highlight Story Item (story-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Charged once per story item saved to the dataset when stories are expanded (includeStories enabled).

  • Highlight Record (highlight-found)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Likes Scraper (No Cookie)
datadoping/instagram-likes-scraper
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22899.1%4,835

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.55. USD / run start: Unavailable.

Selected event: user (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single user in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Profile Reels Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-profile-reels
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22199.8%22,749

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $2.50. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.01 percentage points
Instagram Hashtag Scraper
scrapesmith/instagram-hashtag-scraper
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21498.0%13,608

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $0.45. USD / run start: <$0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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🏷️Instagram Tagged Posts Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-tagged-posts-scraper
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21099.0%2,357

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $1.00. USD / run start: $0.001.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Profile Unavailable or Restricted (restricted_profile)
  • Filtered out (date/criteria) (filtered-out)

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

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Instagram Media Downloader API
igview-owner/instagram-video-downloader
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20299.9%3,027

Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT. USD / 1,000 primary events: $20.00. USD / run start: $0.010.

Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
Event details

Single result in the default dataset.

Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown

Higher observed success: +0.11 percentage points

Ranked by 30-day users, with actor ID breaking ties. Rates are recorded list-tier USD amounts per 1,000 selected primary billing events, not inferred output counts. Even matching billing units do not prove equivalent output or total cost. Pricing models, event definitions, features, run-start charges, additional charge events and platform fees can differ. Unavailable means no known recorded rate; zero event rates and explicit FREE models are shown separately. No price ranking is made. Success highlights require 20+ public runs for each tool. Public runs have different workloads, so higher observed success does not guarantee better reliability for your use case. Tools share a target-site category and may serve different tasks. You are responsible for complying with Instagram's terms and applicable law. Methodology.

Carried forward means retained from an earlier fetch; pricing and usage may have changed, or the listing may be absent from today's fetch. Unknown observation dates remain unknown. Dataset file dates and tool build dates are not tool observation dates.

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