Apify exports Instagram comments. Adlicio tells you what they mean.
Apify's Instagram comment scraper actors pull the comments under a post into JSON, billed per result. Adlicio collects the same comments through your own browser session and ranks the recurring pains, desires, and objections into ad-ready angles.
Apify's Instagram comment scrapers are cloud actors: you paste post URLs, the actor runs on Apify's infrastructure, and you download the comments as JSON or CSV. Pricing is per scraped comment plus platform usage, and results depend on what Instagram serves to data-center traffic.
If you need comment datasets across many accounts for a dashboard or a model, and you're comfortable managing runs and parsing output, an actor is the right shape.
Adlicio: Built in, plus ChatGPT & Claude integration
Best for
Apify for Instagram: Technical teams collecting IG data at scale
Adlicio: Media buyers mining competitor comment sections
When Apify for Instagram is not the right tool for the job
The classic use for an Instagram comment scraper in marketing is competitor research: what are people asking under their best ads, what do they complain about, what convinced them. An export gives you the comments; it doesn't answer those questions.
Adlicio answers them directly. It collects the comments in your browser and clusters the language into angles and objections you can lift into creative. The step you'd otherwise do by hand in a spreadsheet is the product.
So far Adlicio has read 10,443,865+ comments and reviews across 9+ public sources for 10,000+ marketers.
“Compared to other tools, the price is incredibly low for the quality it delivers. Exceptional value for money. Highly recommended!”
Mitran Marian, Chrome Web Store review
Apify for Instagram alternative FAQ
Does Adlicio need my Instagram login credentials?
It uses your own browser session, the same one you're already logged into. Nothing is shared with a third-party cloud scraper, and there are no cookies to export.
Is per-result pricing cheaper on Apify?
For pure bulk export, often yes. But the export is half the job; Adlicio's plans include the analysis that turns comments into usable angles, which is where the time actually goes.
Can Adlicio scrape reels and ads comments too?
Yes. Public Instagram posts and reels work, including the comment sections under competitors' ad posts.
What about other platforms?
The same workflow covers TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Amazon, and 9+ other comment and review sources, so competitor research isn't siloed per network.