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Instadata vs instapi.co

Both are hosted Instagram APIs with MCP. Both skip the Meta app. The difference is coverage and price.

At a glance.

	Instadata	instapi.co
Price	$5 per 1,000 credits	About $10 per 1,000 requests ($1 = 100 credits, 1 credit = 1 request)
Free tier	25 credits, no card	Check their site
Coverage	28 endpoints, 9 families	Search, profiles, posts
Reel transcripts	Yes	—
AI media parsing	Reel summary endpoint	Yes (a strength)
Ads library	Yes	—
Collaborations	Yes	—
Async jobs / webhooks	Yes	—
MCP	Hosted, OAuth or key	Yes
Failed calls	Errors are never charged. Empty results, including private, deleted, or no video, are free up to 25 a day, then 1 credit.	Check their terms

Simple modelOne credit per request is easy to reason about.
AI media parsingIf you mainly want a model's read of images and video, they built for that.
Core readsSearch, profiles and posts are solid for many apps.

List priceHalf the list price. $5 versus about $10 per 1,000 for standard reads.
TranscriptsVerbatim spoken words from reels. Transcript API
Ads and collabsFor competitor research, creator vetting and brand monitoring.
Jobs and webhooksFire off a large batch and get notified when it is done. Pagination and jobs · Webhooks
Agent toolsPrices and units in every tool description. list_endpoints is free. MCP server

instapi.coYou need AI media parsing out of the box and only core reads.
InstadataYou want broader coverage, transcripts, ads or collabs, or a lower per-call list price.

For 1-credit reads, yes: $5 per 1,000 versus about $10 per 1,000. Heavier calls (transcripts) cost more credits on Instadata. Compare per task.

Yes.

Instadata gives 25 free credits, no card.

instapi.co details checked on 3 Nov 2026. Tell us if anything changed.