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Instagram scrapers compared

1131 tools that scrape Instagram, ranked by real usage over the last 30 days. Success rate is the share of public runs that finished successfully in the last 30 days. Summed reported actor users: 187,476. Users may overlap across tools; this is not a count of unique people or buyers, or search volume.

At a glance: 1131 tools; 60 of 60 displayed tools have recorded 30-day run completion (20+ public runs). Dataset file date: 2026-10-20; individual observation dates vary or are unknown.

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.

Current recommendations use only tools fetched in this dataset with a known observation date. Carried-forward and unknown-date records remain in comparisons but cannot be current picks.

Pricing coverage among 60 displayed tools: 60 with a recorded primary-event rate; 0 with an unavailable primary-event rate; 0 with an explicit FREE model. Primary-event rates use the recorded billing units below; different events are not equivalent results.

Comparison evidence

Sorting covers only the displayed subset (at most 60 tools), not the entire store or every matching actor. Success means run completion, not output accuracy. Review sorting uses review count, not rating. Unknown evidence stays last; ties retain original order.

ToolUsers 30dObserved run completion 30dRuns 30dUSD / 1,000 primary eventsUSD / run startReview count (rating shown)Last run
Instagram Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
54,00199.6%17,685,848$2.70Selected event: Result (result)
Event details

Each result written to the dataset

Unavailable602 reviews · rating 4.72026-10-19
Instagram Profile Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-profile-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
34,94599.7%9,462,422$2.60Selected event: Profile (profile)
1 additional listed charge events

Each profile written to the dataset.

  • Add-on: About account (about-account)
Unavailable175 reviews · rating 4.72026-10-19
Instagram Reel Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-reel-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
17,88999.9%4,409,895$2.60Selected 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)
$0.001103 reviews · rating 4.42026-10-19
Instagram Post Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-post-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
16,17799.9%6,286,027$1.70Selected event: Post (post)
2 additional listed charge events

Each post written to the dataset.

  • Post details (post-details)
  • Add-on: Music data (music-data)
Unavailable138 reviews · rating 4.32026-10-19
Instagram Hashtag Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-hashtag-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
15,09499.4%723,497$2.60Selected event: Result (result)
Event details

Each result written to the dataset.

Unavailable91 reviews · rating 3.52026-10-19
Instagram Comments Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-comment-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
7,45699.9%1,114,750$2.60Selected event: Comment (comment)
Event details

Each comment written to the dataset

Unavailable69 reviews · rating 4.42026-10-19
Instagram Search Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-search-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
6,21989.5%459,950$2.70Selected event: Result (result)
1 additional listed charge events

Each result written to the dataset.

  • Live Search Result (live-search-result)
Unavailable32 reviews · rating 4.82026-10-19
Instagram Post & Reel Details Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-post-details
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
1,65799.8%342,455$2.50$0.0022 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Transcript Scraper — Instagram Reels Transcript API
steadyfetch/instagram-reel-transcript-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
1,63999.3%7,799$15.00Selected 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)
Unavailable0 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram Posts Scraper Lowcost (0.3$/1K 🤑)
sones/instagram-posts-scraper-lowcost
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
1,24694.2%45,620$0.30$0.0058 reviews · rating 4.82026-10-19
Fast Instagram Profile Posts Scraper 🚀
instagram-scraper/fast-instagram-post-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
1,14899.8%246,532$1.00Selected 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)
<$0.00110 reviews · rating 4.72026-10-19
Instagram Profile Scraper (Bio & Posts)
coderx/instagram-profile-scraper-bio-posts
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
980100.0%122,199$1.10Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Actor Start (actor-start)
$0.0019 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Scraper (Pay Per Result)
apidojo/instagram-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
88398.4%1,265,258$0.50Unavailable36 reviews · rating 4.72026-10-19
Instagram Mentions Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-tagged-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
87399.6%64,527$2.70Selected event: Post (post)
Event details

Each post written to the dataset.

Unavailable13 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram API Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-api-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown · alternatives
82999.8%914,435$2.30Selected event: Result (result)
3 additional listed charge events

Each result written to the dataset by the URL.

  • Actor start (actor-start)
  • Search result (search-result)
  • Add-on: Date filter (filter-applied)
$0.00134 reviews · rating 3.02026-10-19
Instagram Transcript API & Profile Scraper - AI Video to Text
apple_yang/instagram-transcripts-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
783100.0%255,345$1.00Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Cost-Effective Audio-to-Text (Auto) (speech2text)
Unavailable13 reviews · rating 4.52026-10-19
Instagram Reels Search & Trend Discovery · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-search-reels
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
75798.8%43,499$2.50$0.0023 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Followers Count Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-followers-count-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
692100.0%159,709$2.60Selected event: Profile (profile)
1 additional listed charge events

Each profile written to the dataset.

  • Actor Start (actor-start)
$0.00122 reviews · rating 4.82026-10-19
Fast Instagram Comments Scraper API - No Duplicates
apidojo/instagram-comments-scraper-api
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
60899.9%259,822$0.50Selected 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)
Unavailable11 reviews · rating 3.82026-10-19
Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Ads Library Scraper
jmlp/meta-ad-library-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
59299.7%376,888$0.15Unavailable11 reviews · rating 4.92026-10-19
Instagram Hashtag Analytics Scraperby Apify
apify/instagram-hashtag-analytics-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
585100.0%16,382$2.30Selected 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)
$0.00112 reviews · rating 4.12026-10-19
Instagram Comments Scraper
scrapesmith/instagram-comments-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
51699.8%42,106$0.50<$0.00119 reviews · rating 4.02026-10-19
Instagram Hashtag Scraper
apidojo/instagram-hashtag-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
45799.7%85,110$16.00Selected event: Keyword query (keyword-query)
1 additional listed charge events

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

  • Dataset Item (dataset-item)
Unavailable16 reviews · rating 3.42026-10-19
Fast Instagram Profile Reels Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-profile-reels-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
43793.4%247,772$1.00Selected 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)
<$0.0013 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper
goat255/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
43398.0%24,869$3.45Selected 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.

$0.0012 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Fast Instagram Scraper API - Posts, Reels, Profiles & Hashtags
apidojo/instagram-scraper-api
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
40899.8%1,303,174$0.50Selected 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)
Unavailable9 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Reel Transcript Scraper — Instagram Video Transcript
afanasenko/instagram-reel-script-extractor
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
40299.1%2,359$75.00Selected 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.

Unavailable0 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-20
Advanced Instagram Stories Scraper (Fast)
datavoyantlab/advanced-instagram-stories-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
38799.7%52,795$3.00Selected event: Cost Per Username (username-request)
Event details

Cost for each scraped username

$0.0996 reviews · rating 4.72026-10-19
🔥Instagram Profile Posts Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-profile-posts-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
36799.9%35,005$1.00Selected 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)
<$0.0011 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Profile Posts & Reels Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-posts
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
35399.0%46,930$2.50$0.0020 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram Stories Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-stories-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
33996.0%30,085$2.50<$0.0011 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Reels Scraper from any keyword - No Login - No cookie
patient_discovery/instagram-search-reels
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
33298.2%50,946$2.50$0.0024 reviews · rating 4.22026-10-19
Instagram Reels Search & Viral Finder · No Login
memo23/instagram-reels-search-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
30889.7%7,552$1.50Selected event: Reel scraped (reel-scraped)
Event details

Charged once per reel returned in the search results.

<$0.0012 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Related Profiles Scraper — Similar Accounts
afanasenko/instagram-related-profiles-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
30599.7%17,166$10.00Selected 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.

Unavailable2 reviews · rating 4.02026-10-19
Instagram Comments, Replies and Subscribers Scraper (No Cookie)
datadoping/instagram-comments-and-replies-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
30499.8%54,442$1.55Unavailable7 reviews · rating 2.92026-10-19
Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper · Download · No Login
memo23/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
29298.2%14,795$10.00Selected 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)
<$0.0011 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Reel & Post Analytics by URL
patient_discovery/instagram-reel-analytics-by-url
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
28996.1%86,124$2.50$0.0022 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Highlights Scraper
seemuapps/instagram-highlights-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
28799.3%14,656$15.00<$0.0011 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
💬 Instagram Comments Scraper (No Login)
louisdeconinck/instagram-comments-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
28594.9%183,075$4.00Selected event: API result (api-result)
2 additional listed charge events

Cost per comment without auth cookie

  • Actor start (init)
  • Cookie result (cookie-result)
$0.00111 reviews · rating 4.52026-10-19
Instagram Hashtag Scraper | Posts & Reels | No Cookies
scraping_solutions/instagram-hashtag-scraper-pro-no-cookies
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
28099.4%8,947$1.25Unavailable5 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram AI Transcript Extractor
sian.agency/instagram-ai-transcript-extractor
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
27999.1%14,050$28.00Selected 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)
$0.00512 reviews · rating 2.32026-10-19
Instagram Story Details Scraper
louisdeconinck/instagram-story-details-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
259100.0%86,427$20.00Selected 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)
$0.109 reviews · rating 2.32026-10-19
Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper
intropix/instagram-posts-reels-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
25799.9%45,928$1.90Selected 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)
$0.0051 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Comments Scraper
supreme_coder/instagram-comments-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
25599.6%55,565$1.00<$0.0014 reviews · rating 3.62026-10-19
Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Meta & Instagram Ads
brilliant_gum/facebook-ads-library-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
24191.5%1,753$15.00$0.0011 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Highlights Scraper - Stories & Media
khadinakbar/instagram-highlights-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
23799.5%50,391$3.00Selected 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)
<$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram Likes Scraper (No Cookie)
datadoping/instagram-likes-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
22899.1%4,835$1.55Unavailable8 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Profile Reels Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-profile-reels
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
22199.8%22,749$2.50<$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram Hashtag Scraper
scrapesmith/instagram-hashtag-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
21498.0%13,608$0.45<$0.0016 reviews · rating 4.22026-10-19
🏷️Instagram Tagged Posts Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-tagged-posts-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
21099.0%2,357$1.00Selected 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)
$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram Media Downloader API
igview-owner/instagram-video-downloader
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
20299.9%3,027$20.00$0.0101 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Boolean Search Scraper | Posts & Reels
scraping_solutions/instagram-boolean-search-scraper-posts-reels
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
20097.7%4,270$1.55Selected event: Matching Instagram result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

One Instagram post or Reel matching the complete Boolean query and configured filters, saved to the default dataset.

  • Instagram search page (search-page)
Unavailable4 reviews · rating 3.92026-10-19
Instagram Posts, Reels & Comments Scraper [NO LOGIN] ✅
unseenuser/IG-posts
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
19999.7%1,508$5.00Unavailable5 reviews · rating 4.72026-10-19
Instagram Reels Transcript Scraper | Audio to Text
scraping_solutions/instagram-reels-transcript-scraper-audio-to-text
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
19998.5%1,027$2.80Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • AI audio minute (audio-minute)
Unavailable2 reviews · rating 5.02026-10-19
Instagram Related Profiles Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-related-profiles
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
18095.0%4,280$2.50Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
2 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Scrape facebook profile (scrape-fb-profile)
  • Filtered out item (filtered-out)
<$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
🔥 Instagram Profile Scraper
instagram-scraper/instagram-profile-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
17799.8%14,379$2.50Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • scrape facebook profile (scrape-fb-profile)
<$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram User Search Scraper
khadinakbar/instagram-user-search-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
16594.4%1,022$5.00Selected event: Instagram user found (user-found)
Event details

One unique public Instagram user matched by keyword search, validated against filters, and saved to the dataset.

<$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19
Instagram Related Users Scraper
thenetaji/instagram-related-user-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
16199.3%13,603$4.00Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Cost per item collected. Each unit covers processing, cleaning, analysis, and storage.

  • Add-on: Enriched profile (enriched-profile)
$0.0054 reviews · rating 2.22026-10-19
Instagram User Scraper · Fast & Affordable
apidojo/instagram-user-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
15498.5%57,560$20.00Selected event: Keyword Search Query (list-query)
2 additional listed charge events

Charged when searching Instagram users by keyword. Includes first 40 user profiles (2 pages) in the base price. Ideal for discovering influencers and building prospect lists.

  • Profile Query (single-item-query)
  • User Profile Item (dataset-item)
Unavailable13 reviews · rating 3.62026-10-19
Instagram Highlights Scraper · No Login
data-slayer/instagram-highlights-scraper
Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown
146100.0%4,227$2.50Selected event: result (apify-default-dataset-item)
1 additional listed charge events

Single result in the default dataset.

  • Highlight with stories included (highlight-content-album)
<$0.0010 reviews · rating 0.02026-10-19

Download the Instagram comparison CSV (60 displayed tools). Includes snapshot_date (the dataset file date, not tool observation), observed_on (blank when unknown), observation_status (fetched, carried_forward or unknown), carried_forward, usage, recorded runs and reviews (blank when unavailable; 0 means recorded zero), success rate (0–1), pricing model, primary event and its listed USD price per 1,000 events (per_k). This primary-event rate is not total cost: run-start and additional charges may apply, and events can differ between tools. Unknown prices and success rates are blank; FREE identifies an explicit free pricing model.

Success rate is shown only for tools with 20+ runs in 30 days; below 90% is highlighted. Prices are list prices for Apify's free plan (paid plans are cheaper). Rates are per 1,000 primary events in the recorded unit named beside each rate; an unavailable billing unit is labeled explicitly. Different billing events do not imply equivalent results. Run-start and additional charges, plus your workload, determine total cost. Unavailable means the snapshot did not provide the value; an explicit FREE model is separate from a zero listed event rate. You are responsible for complying with Instagram's terms and applicable law. How we measure.

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