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TwittrAPI vs Sorsa API: price per request, plans, history (2026)

Sorsa sells monthly request plans; TwittrAPI bills per call from a prepaid balance. Prices in the same unit, rate limits, monitoring and search history, checked October 2026.

TwittrAPIChecked Competitor facts as of October 2026

Every number links to its source on the provider's own pages.

TwittrAPI vs Sorsa: prepaid vs monthly plans — Bar chart of the price per 1,000 API calls: TwittrAPI $0.065–$0.10, Sorsa $1.40–$4.90. Published prices as of October 2026.
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  1. At a glance (as of October 2026)
  2. Price in the same unit
  3. Where Sorsa is the better fit
  4. Where TwittrAPI is the better fit
  5. Switching
  6. Frequently asked questions

Sorsa and TwittrAPI both sell read access to public X data per request, without an X developer account. Sorsa sells monthly plans with a request quota. We bill per call from a prepaid balance.

We run TwittrAPI. Sorsa 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)

Billing unitPer API callPer request, whatever it returns
Price per 1,000 calls$0.065 to $0.10$1.40 to $4.90 per 1,000 requestsas of Oct 2026
Per 1,000 tweets, search and timelines$0.00325 to $0.005about $0.10 per 1,000 tweets through search or timelines on Proas of Oct 2026; $0.07 to $0.245 across plans
Batch lookupsUp to 500 profiles per call by ID ($0.00013 to $0.0002 per 1,000)up to 100 tweets or 200 profiles per requestas of Oct 2026; from $0.02 per 1,000 tweets, with up to 100 tweets per requestas of Oct 2026
How you payPrepaid balance, no subscriptionStarter $49/month for 10,000 requests up to Hyperscale $13,990/month for 10,000,000as of Oct 2026; extra requests at the plan's rate from a prepaid balance (card or crypto)as of Oct 2026
Free to start$0.10 test credit, 7 days100 free requests that do not expireas of Oct 2026
Rate limit30 requests/s after the first top-up; 50 to 1,000 booked; 3,000 on request20 requests/s on every planas of Oct 2026
Account monitoringWebhooks; $19/month for 10 accounts (Real-time, checked at least every 1 s)no streaming or webhooks; monitoring means pollingas of Oct 2026
EndpointsReads across users, tweets, search, lists, communities and trends41 endpointsas of Oct 2026
MCP for AI agentsHosted, sign-in with OAuth; also localan MCP server you run with npx sorsa-mcpas of Oct 2026
AuthX-API-KEY headerApiKey header

Monthly plans count as if used in full. Per 1,000 tweets assumes 20 tweets per search or timeline call; Sorsa states about 20 tweets per search pageas of Oct 2026.

Price in the same unit

Sorsa charges per request: $4.90 on Starter, $1.99 on Pro, $1.40 on Hyperscale per 1,000 requestsas of Oct 2026. On TwittrAPI 1,000 calls cost $0.065 to $0.10, about 14x less than Sorsa's largest plan used in full.

Search and timelines. With about 20 tweets per page on both, 1,000 tweets cost $0.00325 to $0.005 on TwittrAPI and $0.07 to $0.245 on Sorsa, depending on the plan.

Batch lookups. Sorsa returns up to 100 tweets or 200 profiles per requestas of Oct 2026, which is how it reaches from $0.02 per 1,000 tweets, with up to 100 tweets per requestas of Oct 2026. We return up to 500 profiles per call by ID ($0.00013 to $0.0002 per 1,000 profiles).

Where Sorsa is the better fit

  • Old posts: search back to 2006as of Oct 2026.
  • Large batches: up to 100 tweets or 200 profiles per requestas of Oct 2026.
  • A fixed monthly budget with a known quota.

Where TwittrAPI is the better fit

  • No monthly plan: pay per call from a balance that never expires.
  • Account monitoring with webhooks within 1, 5 or 60 s for any public account (monitoring). On Sorsa: no streaming or webhooks; monitoring means pollingas of Oct 2026.
  • Higher rate limits: 30 requests/s after the first top-up, 50 to 1,000 booked, against 20 requests/s on every planas of Oct 2026.
  • Hosted MCP with OAuth: connect by URL, nothing to install (hosted MCP).
  • Refunds on 400, 408, 409 or 5xx responses.

Switching

Both use a key in a header and return JSON. Map the paths and the fields you read; our endpoints are in the reference. For polling jobs, consider account monitoring instead of repeated requests.

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

Frequently asked questions

What do 1,000 tweets from search cost?

At about 20 tweets per call: $0.00325 to $0.005 on TwittrAPI. Sorsa states about $0.10 per 1,000 tweets through search or timelines on Proas of Oct 2026.

Can Sorsa push new tweets to a webhook?

Its site says no streaming or webhooks; monitoring means pollingas of Oct 2026. TwittrAPI sends new tweets of watched accounts to your webhook.

Do I need a subscription?

On Sorsa, yes, a monthly plan. On TwittrAPI, no.

Sources (checked 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z)

Prices and limits change. If something here is out of date, write to support@twittrapi.com and we will correct it. Names of other services are used only to identify them; we are not affiliated with any of them or with X Corp.

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