Instagram Posts Scraper Lowcost (0.3$/1K 🤑)

Cost-optimized Instagram scraper for public profiles. Extract posts, captions, engagement metrics, coauthors, and media without authentication. HTTP-only (no browser), 10x cheaper than alternatives. S

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

social mediadeveloper toolsotherinstagrampostslowcost

$0.00038

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.0003 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /sones/instagram-posts-scraper-lowcost for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
usernames*	array	List of Instagram usernames, @usernames, or profile URLs. Example: natgeo, @nike, https://www.instagram.com/instagram/
postsPerProfile	integer	Maximum number of posts to export per profile. The Actor stops as soon as this exact limit is reached. default 24
newerThan	string	Pagination cutoff for incremental scraping. Accepts ISO date/time, YYYY-MM-DD, or Unix timestamp. The Actor stops once a fetched page has no posts newer than this cutoff. This is not a strict per-post filter.
proxy	object	Apify proxy configuration to avoid blocking
delayBetweenProfiles	integer	Minimum global delay between starting profiles. This prevents request bursts across concurrent workers. default 250
delayBetweenRequests	integer	Delay between pagination requests for the same profile default 500
maxRetries	integer	Number of retry attempts on request failure default 3
maxConcurrentProfiles	integer	Maximum number of profiles scraped concurrently. Lower values are slower but reduce Instagram blocking. default 10

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/sones/instagram-posts-scraper-lowcost","input":{"usernames":["instagram"],"newerThan":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","proxy":{"useApifyProxy":true}},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /sones/instagram-posts-scraper-lowcost -i '{"usernames":["instagram"],"newerThan":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","proxy":{"useApifyProxy":true}}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/sones/instagram-posts-scraper-lowcost", input: {"usernames":["instagram"],"newerThan":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","proxy":{"useApifyProxy":true}}, wait: false })

Try it

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