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Instagram New Posts Monitor API - Schedule It, Pay for Changes

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Watch Instagram profiles on a schedule: only posts you have not seen, or whose counts moved, are billed; unchanged posts come back free. A last-7-days window, a feed-check tick per profile, optional monthly pass.

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