HikerAPI alternatives
HikerAPI ranks 4th of 8 in our Instagram scraping APIs ranking, with a score of 8.2. Here are the other 7, rated on the same criteria.
HikerAPI4th of 8 · Instagram scraping APIs8.2
The deepest Instagram data for the money, if you can live with how it gets it.
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1ScrapeCreatorsPay-per-request API8.7Most developers and most jobs. ScrapeCreators is broader, clearer and safer for most Instagram work; HikerAPI is cheaper per request and the place for followers and stories, if you accept its risks.ScrapeCreators review HikerAPI vs ScrapeCreators
2Bright DataLive API8.4Large companies collecting in bulk. Logged-off collection, backed by its court win over Meta. Built for bulk: async jobs, webhooks and S3 delivery. Flat per-record price, with 5,000 free records a month.Bright Data review
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
5ApifyScraper marketplace8.1No-code teams and unusual jobs. A scraper for almost every Instagram data type, on one account. No-code runs, scheduling, and Make, Zapier and n8n integrations. Third-party Actors can cost under $0.50 per 1,000 results.Apify review
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 HikerAPI 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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