Instagram · 3rd of 11 by usage
Instagram Story Downloader
Scrape and optionally download Instagram stories for specified usernames using Playwright. Also obtain metadata for stories, such as story id, publish date, expiry date, mentions, links and etc.
- Rating
- 5.0 (2)
- Price
- $0.01 per result
- Runs to date
- 8,639
- Teams using it
- 342
- Last updated
- 2026-05-18T07:29:41.538Z
Run it from the API
POST · run and wait for the datasetcURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawlerbros~instagram-story-downloader/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "maxItems": 50 }' \
-G --data-urlencode "token=$APIFY_TOKEN"Billed $0.01 per result. The call returns the dataset directly, so there is nothing to poll for a run of this size.
Instagram Story Downloader vs the other Instagram scrapers
All 11 are ours and all are maintained, so the choice is about fit rather than quality. 6 of them cost less per result.
| Scraper | Price | Runs | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instagram Story Downloaderthis page | $0.01 | 8,639 | 5.0 (2) |
| Instagram Keyword Search Scraper | $0.005 | 38,612 | 4.3 (19) |
| Instagram Transcript Scraper | $0.01 | 18,664 | 4.5 (7) |
| Instagram Followers & Following Scraper | $0.01 | 4,128 | 4.2 (4) |
| Instagram Downloader Api | $0.005 | 2,858 | 5.0 (1) |
| Instagram Post Scraper | $0.001 | 2,530 | 5.0 (1) |
| Instagram Profile Scraper | $0.005 | 2,280 | 5.0 (1) |
| Instagram Comment Scraper | $0.005 | 1,089 | 5.0 (1) |
| Instagram Keyword Scraper | $0.005 | 869 | not yet rated |
| Instagram Tagged Posts Scraper | $0.01 | 411 | 5.0 (2) |
| Instagram Hashtag Scraper | $0.01 | 385 | 5.0 (2) |