A side-by-side look at the HasData Instagram and Instagram Data MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose HasData Instagram for social media work as a local process; choose Instagram Data for social media over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
HASDATA_API_KEY.hasdata_instagram_comments_getInstagramComments, hasdata_instagram_posts_getInstagramPosts, hasdata_instagram_profile_getInstagramProfile.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Social Media | Social Media |
| Quality signal | 57/100 · Good | 40/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | HASDATA_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 16 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View HasData Instagram | View Instagram Data |
hasdata_instagram_comments_getInstagramCommentsFetches the comments on a public post or reel by its URL and returns the post itself with its caption, media, `likesCount`, `commentsCount` and `timestamp`, then each comment with its text, like count, timestamp and author. 10 credits a callhasdata_instagram_posts_getInstagramPostsFetches the latest posts of a public Instagram account by username (handle) and returns each post with its id, shortcode, caption, type, productType, permalink, media URLs and pixel size, like and comment counts, the posting time, plus hashtags, mentions, tagged users and carousel members. 10 credi…hasdata_instagram_profile_getInstagramProfileFetches a public Instagram profile by username (handle) and returns id, full name, biography, bio links, profile picture URL, followers and following counts, the verified flag and the twelve most recent posts. 10 credits a callNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"hasdata-instagram": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@hasdata/instagram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HASDATA_API_KEY": "YOUR_HASDATA_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"instagram-data": {
"url": "https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp"
}
}
}