Bright Data alternatives
Bright Data ranks 2nd of 8 in our Instagram scraping APIs ranking, with a score of 8.4. Here are the other 7, rated on the same criteria.
Bright Data2nd of 8 · Instagram scraping APIs8.4
The safe pick for bulk, contract-backed collection, but it can’t search and has no follower lists.
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1ScrapeCreatorsPay-per-request API8.7Most developers and most jobs. ScrapeCreators covers more of Instagram and is cheaper at volume; Bright Data is the one to take through procurement for bulk collection.ScrapeCreators review Bright Data vs ScrapeCreators
3InflushipInfluencer data API8.3Profiles, posts and reels at scale, billed after use. Profiles with up to 50 recent posts in one $0.0018 call. Billed after use: no minimum, no card to start, failed calls free. A direct line to its founders and solutions engineers, whatever you spend.Influship review
4HikerAPIPay-per-request API8.2Followers, stories and the deepest Instagram data. Followers, stories, likers and locations, which most rivals don’t sell. $1 per 1,000 requests, falling to $0.60 at volume. Official SDKs in four languages.HikerAPI review
5ApifyScraper marketplace8.1No-code teams and unusual jobs. Apify goes deeper on every platform if you’ll vet each scraper; Bright Data gives you one price and one workflow for bulk jobs.Apify review Bright Data vs Apify
6TikHubPay-per-request API7.6Instagram plus TikTok and Chinese platforms. 93 Instagram endpoints, including stories and followers. From $0.001 a request with a $5 minimum. The same key covers TikTok and Chinese platforms.TikHub review
7EnsembleDataLive API7.1Teams already on it for TikTok. Says it collects public data without fake accounts. Unit costs documented per endpoint, and an open incident log. Official Python and Node SDKs.EnsembleData review
8Data365Live API7.0Scheduled monitoring on a monthly contract. Stories, follower lists and four kinds of search. Auto-update tasks for scheduled monitoring. Named support manager and onboarding calls.Data365 review
How we compared them
Every Instagram scraping APIs gets a score out of 10 and a rating on each of these criteria, so Bright Data and its alternatives are judged the same way.
- Reliability
- How often a request comes back complete and correct.
- Accuracy
- How close the numbers are to what the platform shows live.
- Coverage
- Which data types and fields it returns.
- Price
- What it costs per 1,000 results on the cheapest plan you can start on.
- Speed
- How long a typical request takes.
- Ease of use
- Docs, SDKs, trial, support and what users tell us.
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