TwittrAPI vs GetXAPI: Price per Call, Plans, Monitoring (2026)

GetXAPI and TwittrAPI both sell access to public X data per API call, without an X developer account. The differences are the price per call, how you prepay and what each covers.

We run TwittrAPI. GetXAPI details below come from its own pages, checked on 14 October 2026. Each number links to its source.

At a glance (as of October 2026)

TwittrAPIGetXAPI

Billing unitPer API callPer standard call

Price per call$0.0001 (Standard)$0.001 per standard call^{as of Oct 2026}

Price per 1,000 calls$0.065 to $0.10$0.33 to $1.00 per 1,000 standard calls^{as of Oct 2026}

Per 1,000 tweets, 20 per call$0.00325 to $0.005$0.05 per 1,000 tweets at about 20 tweets per call^{as of Oct 2026}

How you payPrepaid balance, no subscription$1.00 per 1,000 standard calls with top-ups from $10, which do not expire^{as of Oct 2026}; or Pro $15/month ($0.50 per 1,000 calls), Growth $49/month ($0.41 per 1,000 calls), Scale $99/month ($0.33 per 1,000 calls)^{as of Oct 2026}

Credit expiryBalance does not expireTop-ups do not expire; unused plan credits roll over while the plan is active and expire if it lapses^{as of Oct 2026}

Free credit$0.10 test credit, 7 days$0.10 credit for new accounts, no card required^{as of Oct 2026}

PaymentCrypto (USDT or USDC on Polygon, USDT on Tron, or Litecoin); card top-upscard or crypto; monthly plans add bonus credits for crypto^{as of Oct 2026}

Rate limit30 requests/s after the first top-up; 50 to 1,000 booked; 3,000 on requestNot stated on its pricing page

Account monitoringWebhooks; $19/month for 10 accounts (Real-time, checked at least every 1 s)account monitoring with webhooks: about 15 s detection, about 2 s on the fast tier (Growth plan and above)^{as of Oct 2026}; $19/month for 6 accounts up to $249/month for 150^{as of Oct 2026}

EndpointsReads across users, tweets, search, lists, communities and trends73 endpoints, 9 of them for monitoring^{as of Oct 2026}

Write endpoints for your own accountsOn requestwrite endpoints (posting, likes, follows, DMs)^{as of Oct 2026}

MCP for AI agentsHosted, sign-in with OAuth; also localan MCP server you run with npx @getxapi/mcp^{as of Oct 2026}

AuthX-API-KEY headerAuthorization: Bearer header

Per 1,000 tweets assumes 20 tweets per search or timeline call, as other providers count. Monthly plans count as if used in full.

Price per call

At its published per-call price, a standard GetXAPI call costs $0.001 per standard call^{as of Oct 2026}. A call on TwittrAPI costs $0.0001 at the Standard price that every account gets. That is about 10x less per call than GetXAPI's top-up price, and about 3x less than its largest monthly plan used in full.

Search and timelines. GetXAPI counts $0.05 per 1,000 tweets at about 20 tweets per call^{as of Oct 2026}. At the same 20 tweets per call, 1,000 tweets cost $0.005 on our Standard price ($0.00325 to $0.005 across our tiers). X decides the real page size, so measure with your own queries.

How you prepay. GetXAPI sells top-ups and monthly plans; its lower rates need a subscription. Our price drops with the size of your top-ups and the balance never expires (pricing). GetXAPI also has an intro offer: Starter: $5 once for about 4,500 calls, valid 30 days, once per account^{as of Oct 2026}.

Where GetXAPI is the better fit

More endpoints: 73 endpoints, 9 of them for monitoring^{as of Oct 2026}, including Spaces downloads and X Articles.
Monitoring on a flat plan: account monitoring with webhooks: about 15 s detection, about 2 s on the fast tier (Growth plan and above)^{as of Oct 2026}, $19/month for 6 accounts up to $249/month for 150^{as of Oct 2026}.

Where TwittrAPI is the better fit

Price per call: $0.0001 against $0.001 per standard call^{as of Oct 2026}, without a subscription.
Monitoring speed classes: webhooks within 1, 5 or 60 s for any public account, $19/month for 10 accounts (Real-time, checked at least every 1 s) (monitoring).
Hosted MCP with OAuth: connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor by URL (hosted MCP).
Refunds on 400, 408, 409 or 5xx responses.
Crypto without a fee (USDT or USDC on Polygon, USDT on Tron, or Litecoin).

Write endpoints for your own accounts (posting, replies, likes, follows) are available on request.

Switching

Both use a key in a header and return JSON, so a switch is mostly paths and field names. Our endpoints are in the reference. To compare cost on your own workload, run the same queries on both and divide what you paid by the tweets you got.

TwittrAPI is not affiliated with X Corp. Reading data needs no X account.

Frequently asked questions

Is TwittrAPI cheaper per call than GetXAPI?

On published prices, yes: $0.0001 per call on our Standard price against $0.001 per standard call^{as of Oct 2026} on GetXAPI. GetXAPI's monthly plans lower its price to $0.33 to $1.00 per 1,000 standard calls^{as of Oct 2026}.

What do 1,000 tweets cost?

At 20 tweets per call: $0.00325 to $0.005 on TwittrAPI, $0.05 per 1,000 tweets at about 20 tweets per call^{as of Oct 2026} on GetXAPI.

Do I need a subscription?

Not on either. GetXAPI has top-ups and optional monthly plans. We have a prepaid balance only.

Does either need an X developer account?

No. Both issue their own API keys.

TwittrAPI vs GetXAPI: price per call, plans, monitoring (2026)