# Apify alternative Scrape profiles and pages, paid per call. Use Apify’s scrapers alongside other scraper APIs from one TaskFuel balance. Compare what each returns and what it costs. The Fiber AI Instagram lookup was tested once on a public account. The Icypeas LinkedIn tool is priced here and was not run. The Apify price is an estimate. Provider in the worked example: Fiber AI. Price shown for this route: 4¢ per profile. ## Compare Apify alternatives. TaskFuel provides access to the providers below. A direct Apify account is included for context, and the Apify tool is priced as an estimate. We publish this comparison and sell access through TaskFuel. Scraper API options, billing and trade-offs. Prices as of 2 November 2026. | Option | Price and billing | Strength | Good to know | Available through TaskFuel | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Apify (Direct provider account) | $19 / month. Monthly plan plus pay-per-event usage. Starter plan with $19 of usage credit, plus pay as you go. Free plan: $0 with $5 of monthly credit. The Instagram Profile Scraper costs $2.60 per 1,000 profiles on Free and $2.30 on Starter. | A large store of ready-made scrapers, billed per result. | Starter is $19 a month plus pay as you go. The free plan includes $5 of monthly credit. | No | | Apify (Instagram Profile Scraper) | About $0.0026 / profile (estimated). Estimated per-profile price. Estimated from Apify’s published Free plan price of $2.60 per 1,000 Instagram profiles. Not a charge we have made. | Public Instagram profiles from Apify’s own scraper. | The price is an estimate from Apify’s published rate, not a charge we have made. | Testing | | Fiber AI (Instagram profile) | $0.04 / profile. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One public profile: bio, counts and account type. | One public Instagram profile with its bio, counts and account type. | One profile per call. The same API also covers TikTok, X, YouTube and LinkedIn profiles. | Yes | | Icypeas (LinkedIn company page) | $0.01 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One LinkedIn company page by URL. | A LinkedIn company page scraped by URL, with its details. | Priced for this guide and not run in our test. | Yes | - [Apify: provider reference](https://apify.com/pricing). Checked 2026-11-02. - [Apify: provider reference](https://apify.com/apify/instagram-profile-scraper). Checked 2026-11-02. - [Fiber AI: provider reference](https://docs.fiber.ai). Checked 2026-11-02. - [Icypeas: provider reference](https://docs.icypeas.com). Checked 2026-11-02. ## What it can do ### Instagram profile lookup One public profile by handle. Our test returned the bio, follower, following and post counts, and account type. Price: $0.04 / profile. ### LinkedIn company page A company page scraped by URL, with its details. Price: $0.01 / page. ### Apify Instagram Profile Scraper Public Instagram profiles from Apify’s store. The price is an estimate. Price: About $0.0026 / profile (estimated). ## A real example Tested on 2026-11-02 through Fiber AI. We looked up NASA’s public Instagram profile by handle. Fiber AI returned the bio, follower and post counts and the account type. Your agent asked: Look up the NASA Instagram profile Returned in this test: - Followers: 104.4 million - Posts: 4,986 - Account: Verified business account - Bio: Making the seemingly impossible, possible. Charged in this test: $0.04. One public profile, one lookup. ## Try the API request Use your TaskFuel API key as TASKFUEL_API_KEY in your terminal or server. Keep it out of browser code. ### 1. Check the price This request checks the price without paying. This is the exact Instagram lookup from the test. ```sh curl --fail-with-body https://app.taskfuel.ai/v1/call \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKFUEL_API_KEY" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-binary @- <<'TASKFUEL_REQUEST' { "url": "https://mpp.orthogonal.com/fiber/v1/instagram/profile", "method": "POST", "body": { "handle": "nasa" }, "dryRun": true } TASKFUEL_REQUEST ``` ### 2. Run the request Review amount_usd in the quote. To pay and run, change dryRun to false and add maxAmountUsd with that approved amount inside the same JSON object. Keep the inputs unchanged; this limit applies to one call. ### 3. Read the result Read output.displayName, bio, followerCount, followingCount, postCount, isVerified and externalUrl. [Setup and API reference](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/) · [Job polling and timeout recovery](https://app.taskfuel.ai/using.md) ## Connect your agent Read the [setup guide](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/setup/) and choose the connection your agent supports. Use one TaskFuel account and prepaid balance. Inspect the provider and request quote before a paid call, then review the returned response and recorded charge. ## When to use it ### Read a public profile in one call. Ask your agent for a creator’s bio, follower count and account type from their handle. ### Weigh a per-call price against a per-result one. Apify bills about $0.0026 per profile on its Free plan. Our Fiber AI lookup cost $0.04 per profile on 2 November 2026. ### See whether an account is verified. Our lookup showed NASA as a verified business account with 4,986 posts and 90 accounts followed. ## Questions ### Do I need an Apify account? No. Your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance, so there is nothing else to sign up for. ### What does a profile lookup cost? Our Fiber AI lookup cost $0.04 on 2 November 2026. Apify’s Instagram Profile Scraper costs $2.60 per 1,000 profiles on its Free plan and $2.30 on Starter, as published that day. Your agent shows the price for your own request before it pays. ### What does the Apify estimate mean? It is Apify’s published per-profile rate, shown as a price estimate. It is not a charge we have made. ### Can it scrape sites other than Instagram? The Fiber AI API also covers TikTok, X, YouTube and LinkedIn profiles. Our test covered one Instagram profile. ## Related tool guides - [Compare Firecrawl and Apify side by side](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-vs-apify/) - [Pull places and reviews from Google Maps](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/google-maps-scraper-api/) - [Look up available professional profile data](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/linkedin-profiles-without-account/) - [Compare Firecrawl alternatives for extracting pages](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-alternative/) - [Search public posts on X](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/x-search/) ## Reference - [Read this guide on the website](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/apify-alternative/). - [Browse providers and capabilities](https://taskfuel.ai/catalog/). - [Pricing](https://taskfuel.ai/pricing/). - [Agent instructions](https://taskfuel.ai/llms.txt).