# TwittrAPI vs Apify Twitter scrapers: pricing, limits, endpoints (2026)

> Popular Apify Twitter scrapers charge per tweet from your Apify usage; TwittrAPI is a REST API charged per call. Prices, minimums, free usage and when each fits. Checked October 2026.

HTML page: https://www.twittrapi.com/compare/apify
Competitor facts checked on 2026-10-10.

Apify is a platform for running scrapers, called actors. Several independent developers publish Twitter/X actors there, and you pay per result plus your Apify plan. TwittrAPI is a REST API: you send a request and get the data back in the response, priced per call.

We run TwittrAPI. Apify details below come from apify.com and its Store API, checked on 10 October 2026; each number links to its source. Actors are run by their authors, not by Apify, and each sets its own price and rules.

## Popular Twitter actors (as of October 2026)

The four most popular Twitter actors in Apify's own popularity sort when we checked.

| Actor | Price | Notable limits |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tweet Scraper V2 (apidojo) | $0.40 per 1,000 tweets (as of October 2026) | at least 50 tweets per query (as of October 2026); 1 concurrent run with up to 5 queries (as of October 2026); no single tweets or conversations; free-plan users get 5 runs of 10 items a month, no API access (as of October 2026) |
| Twitter Scraper Unlimited (apidojo) | $0.40 to $2.00 per 1,000 items, plus per-query fees (as of October 2026) | Tiered by volume |
| Tweet Scraper, pay per result (kaitoeasyapi) | $0.18 to $0.25 per 1,000 tweets, depending on your Apify plan (as of October 2026) | See the actor page |
| Twitter User Scraper (apidojo) | $0.40 per 1,000 users, plus per-query fees (as of October 2026) | minimum 5 items per run (as of October 2026) |

Results are paid from Apify platform usage. The Free plan includes $5 of usage per month (as of October 2026); paid plans are Starter $19, Scale $199, Business $999 per month (monthly billing) (as of October 2026).

## TwittrAPI vs Tweet Scraper V2

| | TwittrAPI | Apify Tweet Scraper V2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Model | REST API, one request, one response | Actor run; results land in a dataset |
| Price | $0.065 to $0.09 per 1,000 calls | $0.40 per 1,000 tweets (as of October 2026), paid from Apify usage |
| Minimum | One call | at least 50 tweets per query (as of October 2026) |
| Single tweet by ID | Yes, one call ([`GET /simpletweet/{tweetId}`](https://www.twittrapi.com/docs/reference/simpletweet-tweetid)) | Not offered by this actor |
| Replies, followers, lists, communities, trends | Yes | Tweets only; other actors cover users and followers |
| Free start | $0.10 test credit, 14 days | $5 of usage per month (as of October 2026); this actor allows free users 5 runs of 10 items a month, no API access (as of October 2026) |
| Concurrency | 30 requests/s per key after the first top-up | 1 concurrent run with up to 5 queries (as of October 2026) |
| Auth | `X-API-KEY` header | Apify API token |
| Output | X's own JSON, passed through | Flat camelCase items (`text`, `likeCount`, `author`) |
| Exports, scheduling, integrations | Build them yourself | Built into Apify |

For a page of 20 tweets, which is our default `count` (X decides the real number), 1,000 tweets take 50 calls: $0.00325 to $0.0045 on TwittrAPI against $0.40 per 1,000 tweets (as of October 2026) on this actor. That assumes full pages, so measure with your own queries.

## Where Apify is the better fit

- **No code.** Start a run in the browser, download CSV or JSON, or send it to Google Sheets.
- **Scheduling and integrations** are part of the platform.
- **Clean output.** Items are flat objects, ready for a spreadsheet.
- **One platform for many sites**, if you scrape more than X.

## Where TwittrAPI fits better

- **Request-response use**: bots, dashboards and backends that need one answer per request.
- **Small lookups**, such as one tweet or one profile, which some actors do not offer or price per query.
- **Cost at volume**, because a page of results is one call.
- **More endpoint types in one place**: replies, followers, lists, communities, trends, job listings.

If you like Apify as a platform, you can also call TwittrAPI from your own code and keep your scheduling elsewhere. Try it with the $0.10 test credit from [/start](https://www.twittrapi.com/start). Our endpoint reference is in the [docs](https://www.twittrapi.com/docs/reference).

TwittrAPI is not affiliated with X Corp. or Apify. Reading data needs no X account; optional [account actions](https://www.twittrapi.com/docs/account-actions) use your own X session cookie and proxy.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much do Apify Twitter scrapers cost?

The most popular actor, apidojo's Tweet Scraper V2, lists $0.40 per 1,000 tweets (as of October 2026). Other popular actors list $0.18 to $0.25 per 1,000 tweets, depending on your Apify plan (as of October 2026) (kaitoeasyapi) or $0.40 to $2.00 per 1,000 items, plus per-query fees (as of October 2026) (apidojo's Twitter Scraper Unlimited). This is paid from your Apify usage; the Free plan includes $5 of usage per month (as of October 2026).

### Can I fetch a single tweet with Apify?

Not with Tweet Scraper V2: its page says single-tweet fetching and conversation scraping are not offered and that each query must return at least 50 tweets per query (as of October 2026). Other actors handle single tweets at their own prices.

### Is an API or a scraper better for real-time use?

An API call returns in one request. An Apify actor runs as a job that you start and then read the dataset from. For dashboards and bots that need an answer per request, an API is simpler; for scheduled bulk exports, an actor works well.

### Can I use TwittrAPI from Apify or no-code tools?

TwittrAPI is a plain REST API with an X-API-KEY header, so any tool that can make HTTP requests can call it. Step-by-step recipes for n8n and Make are on [Twitter/X data in n8n and Make](https://www.twittrapi.com/use-cases/no-code).


## Sources

- [Apify: Tweet Scraper V2 (apidojo)](https://apify.com/apidojo/tweet-scraper)
- [Apify Store API, Twitter actors by popularity](https://api.apify.com/v2/store?search=twitter&sortBy=popularity&limit=12)
- [Apify: Twitter User Scraper (apidojo)](https://apify.com/apidojo/twitter-user-scraper)
- [Apify pricing](https://apify.com/pricing)
- [Apify: Twitter Scraper Unlimited (apidojo)](https://apify.com/apidojo/twitter-scraper-lite)
- [Apify: Tweet Scraper pay-per-result (kaitoeasyapi)](https://apify.com/kaitoeasyapi/twitter-x-data-tweet-scraper-pay-per-result-cheapest)