Data # Instamart scraper alternative: Swiggy Instamart data by pin code You can get Swiggy Instamart prices and stock by pin code without writing a scraper. Rewalto reads Instamart at a smaller set of pin codes than Blinkit or Zepto, says which, and sells the records with their pin code and time. ![](https://rewalto.com/_next/image?url=%2Fbrand%2Fog%2Fguides-instamart-scraper-alternative.png&w=3840&q=75) In this guide 1. [The short answer](#short-answer) 2. [What Rewalto holds for Instamart today](#what-rewalto-holds) 3. [Why coverage comes first on Instamart](#coverage-first) 4. [What an Instamart record holds](#what-you-get) 5. [What you would maintain yourself](#the-upkeep) 6. [Comparing Instamart with Blinkit and Zepto](#comparing-apps) 7. [A worked example: a price check in Bengaluru and Hyderabad](#worked-example) 8. [Reading a missing record correctly](#reading-a-gap) 9. [Questions to settle before you choose](#before-you-choose) 10. [Getting the data](#how-to-get-it) 11. [When your own collection is the better answer](#when-to-build) 12. [What the data does not say](#limits) 13. [Questions](#questions) [Explore datasets](https://rewalto.com/data) By [Varun Mahajan](https://rewalto.com/about), FounderPublished 26 October 2026Last updated 26 October 2026Part of the [quick commerce data and api](https://rewalto.com/guides/quick-commerce-api-india) guideMore on [quick commerce](https://rewalto.com/insights/category/quick-commerce) ## The short answer Yes, for the pin codes Rewalto holds. You can get Swiggy Instamart prices, MRP and stock by pin code without writing a scraper. Rewalto reads Instamart every day at a smaller set of pin codes than Blinkit or Zepto, lists which ones, and sells the records with their pin code and time. You pay only for records delivered. ## What Rewalto holds for Instamart today Read the coverage before anything else on this page. It comes straight from the Rewalto data catalogue and the dark-store map, so it is the current answer to the question that matters most for Instamart: is my city, and my pin code, in the set? The current pin codes, refresh and rate for Swiggy Instamart are read from the Rewalto data catalogue each time this page is served. The [commerce data page](https://rewalto.com/data/commerce) lists them too. ## Why coverage comes first on Instamart Instamart, like the other quick-commerce apps, shows a different shelf to each address: the dark store serving the pin code decides what is listed, what it costs and whether it is in stock. A dataset is only useful for the places it reads. On Blinkit and Zepto, Rewalto holds a wide set of pin codes across many cities. On Instamart the set is smaller, and this guide does not pretend otherwise. So the first step is a short check. Write down the cities and pin codes your question is about. Compare them with the held list in the catalogue. If they match, the dataset will very likely be quicker and cheaper than any collection you build. If they do not, ask for the missing pin codes and decide whether your question can wait for an answer. ## What an Instamart record holds One record is one product, at one pin code, at one moment. It holds the selling price the shopper was shown, the printed MRP, the discount between the two, and whether the product could be added to a basket. It names the pin code and the time it was read. A product that was not read is simply absent; it is never recorded as out of stock, so a gap in reading cannot pass for a gap on the shelf. The same readings feed Instamart’s entries in other datasets: search results for the words shoppers type, each brand’s share of the shelf at a pin code, and the Instamart dark stores Rewalto’s weekly sweeps have found. Each is listed in the [commerce data](https://rewalto.com/data/commerce) catalogue with its own status. ## What you would maintain yourself This guide is not about how to collect from Instamart. It is about the work that never ends once a collection exists, which is the real cost of building one. - Picking addresses that stand for your market, and keeping them right as Instamart changes which store serves where. - Spotting a change to the app’s pages on the day it happens. - Keeping a product that was not read apart from one that was out of stock. - Recognising one product across days when its name or pack changes. - Keeping every reading with its time and place so a number can be traced. - Owning the question of the terms of use of what is read. With a dataset the supplier does this work and states the coverage and refresh where you can check them. Your team keeps the judgement: what a price gap or a stockout means for your products, and what to do next. ## Comparing Instamart with Blinkit and Zepto Many teams want Instamart beside Blinkit and Zepto, to see the same product across apps. That comparison is only fair at places all three apps were read. Because Rewalto’s Instamart set is smaller, start from the pin codes Instamart is held at, then check which of those Blinkit and Zepto also hold. Match the pack and the time as well as the place; the [guide to comparing apps fairly](https://rewalto.com/guides/same-product-different-price-across-apps) walks through it. For the networks themselves, the [dark-store comparisons](https://rewalto.com/data/dark-stores/compare) set Swiggy Instamart’s store counts beside Blinkit’s, Zepto’s and the other apps’, city by city, from the latest weekly count. ## A worked example: a price check in Bengaluru and Hyderabad A beverages brand hears from its sales team that a rival is cheaper on Instamart in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Before anyone changes a price, the brand wants to see it. The first step is not a scraper; it is the held list. If Rewalto holds Instamart pin codes in both cities, the brand reads the price and stock records for its own pack and the rival’s, at those pin codes, for the last fortnight. Each record says what the listing showed, where and when. The brand can see whether the gap is real, whether it is the same pack size, whether it holds every day or only during a sale, and whether the rival was even in stock while it was cheaper. A gap that appears only while the rival is out of stock is not a price problem at all. If one of the two cities is not held, the honest answer is that the dataset cannot settle the question there yet. Ask for the pin codes through the catalogue, and in the meantime decide on the evidence from the city that is covered, saying clearly which city it came from. ## Reading a missing record correctly Because the Instamart set is smaller, missing records matter more here than on the larger apps. A product with no record at a pin code on a given day can mean three different things: the pin code is not held, the pin code was held but the product did not appear in what was read, or the reading that day failed. None of these means the product was out of stock, and none of them is a price of zero. Keep the three apart in anything you show to someone else. The [guide to reading missing data](https://rewalto.com/guides/not-checked-is-not-empty) explains how, and the catalogue tells you which pin codes are held, so the first of the three can always be ruled in or out before you start. ## Questions to settle before you choose - Which cities and pin codes does the decision depend on, and which of them are held for Instamart today? - Do you need Instamart alone, or the same products on Blinkit and Zepto as well? - Is history from before today needed, or only a current reading? - Which fields matter: price, MRP, discount, stock, search or dark stores? - Is a daily reading often enough for the decision you are making? If most of your answers point at pin codes Rewalto already holds, start with the dataset. If they point elsewhere, ask for those pin codes first, and only build when the answer cannot wait. ## Getting the data Read it in the dashboard by choosing Instamart, the pin codes and the days; the cost is shown before you download. Developers use the API with a key, following the [data API documentation](https://rewalto.com/developers/docs/data). The [command line and MCP server (preview)](https://rewalto.com/developers/docs/cli-mcp) give the same records to a script or an AI agent. Credits are charged only for what is delivered. Where a read has no published rate yet, the quote is shown and has to be approved before anything runs. An empty answer costs nothing, so a small first question is a safe way to test the fit. ## When your own collection is the better answer If your question lives at pin codes Rewalto does not hold and cannot wait, or needs a field Rewalto does not read, or needs readings more often than daily, your own collection may be the only route. Plan for the upkeep listed above from the first day. Otherwise, check the held list, ask for what is missing, and use the time a scraper would take on the analysis instead. There is also a middle path. Some teams keep a small collection of their own for one or two places the dataset does not reach, and read everything else from the dataset. That keeps the upkeep small and the comparison fair, as long as both sources keep the pin code and the time beside every reading and nobody blends them into one figure without saying so. If you take this route, label each number with where it came from, so a reader can tell a Rewalto reading from your own and check either one later. ## What the data does not say The records show what Instamart displayed at the pin codes and times read. They are not Swiggy’s figures and not sales, and they cover only the pin codes read. Prices are as listed, before coupons, bank offers, membership prices and delivery fees. Rewalto has no relationship with Swiggy. Read the [guide to coverage and freshness](https://rewalto.com/guides/check-dataset-coverage-and-freshness) before building on any dataset. ## Questions ### Is there a Swiggy Instamart API for prices? Rewalto's API is not Swiggy's own. Rewalto reads Instamart's public pages itself and sells the records through its API, dashboard and MCP server (preview). Rewalto has no relationship with Swiggy. ### How many pin codes does Rewalto read on Instamart? Fewer than on Blinkit or Zepto. The current number, and the day it was measured, are read live onto this page from the catalogue, which also lists each pin code. ### Can I ask for my pin code to be added? Yes. Ask through the data catalogue with the pin codes you need. You get a written answer; adding a pin code is not promised on this page. ### What does an Instamart record contain? The product, the pin code, the time of the reading, the selling price, the MRP, the discount between them, and whether the product could be bought. ### What does it cost? Credits are charged only for records delivered. Where a read has no published rate, the quote is shown and must be approved before it runs. 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