# TwittrAPI vs TweetAPI: price per call, plans, limits (2026)

> TweetAPI bills units on monthly plans or prepaid packs; TwittrAPI bills per call from a balance that never expires. Prices in the same unit, limits, MCP and endpoints, checked October 2026.

HTML page: https://www.twittrapi.com/compare/tweetapi
Competitor facts checked on 2026-10-14.

TweetAPI and TwittrAPI both sell access to public X data without an X developer account. TweetAPI counts units (most calls are one unit) on monthly plans or prepaid packs. We bill per call from a prepaid balance.

We run TwittrAPI. TweetAPI 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)

| | TwittrAPI | TweetAPI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Billing unit | Per API call | Per unit; most calls use one unit; some endpoints cost more (as of October 2026) |
| Price per 1,000 calls | $0.065 to $0.10 | $0.0985 to $0.50 per 1,000 units (as of October 2026) |
| Per 1,000 tweets, 20 per call | $0.00325 to $0.005 | Page size not published; $0.004925 to $0.025 at 20 per call |
| How you pay | Prepaid balance, no subscription | Pro $17/month for 100,000 units ($0.17 per 1,000), Ultra $57/month for 500,000 units ($0.11 per 1,000), Mega $197/month for 2,000,000 units ($0.0985 per 1,000) (as of October 2026); or pay as you go from $5 for 10,000 units ($0.50 per 1,000), valid 365 days (as of October 2026) |
| Free to start | $0.10 test credit, 7 days | 100 one-time units, no card required (as of October 2026) |
| Payment | Crypto (USDT or USDC on Polygon, USDT on Tron, or Litecoin); card top-ups | card or crypto (as of October 2026) |
| Rate limit | 30 requests/s after the first top-up; 50 to 1,000 booked; 3,000 on request | 10 requests/minute free, 60 on Pro and pay as you go, 120 on Ultra, 180 on Mega (as of October 2026) |
| Account monitoring | Webhooks; $19/month for 10 accounts (Real-time, checked at least every 1 s) | monitoring is a separate product (TweetNotify) with its own pricing (as of October 2026) |
| Endpoints | Reads across users, tweets, search, lists, communities and trends | 82 documented endpoints (as of October 2026) |
| Write endpoints for your own accounts | On request | write endpoints (posting, engagement, DMs) (as of October 2026) |
| MCP for AI agents | Hosted, sign-in with OAuth; also local | a hosted MCP server, connected through its dashboard with OAuth (as of October 2026) |
| SDKs | Python, Node.js, Go | SDKs for Python and Node.js (as of October 2026) |
| Auth | `X-API-KEY` header | `X-API-Key` header |

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

## Price in the same unit

Most TweetAPI calls use one unit, so a price per 1,000 units is close to a price per 1,000 calls. Pay as you go costs pay as you go from $5 for 10,000 units ($0.50 per 1,000), valid 365 days (as of October 2026). That is about 5x our Standard price of $0.10 per 1,000 calls.

On its largest plan, used in full, TweetAPI is close to our price: Pro $17/month for 100,000 units ($0.17 per 1,000), Ultra $57/month for 500,000 units ($0.11 per 1,000), Mega $197/month for 2,000,000 units ($0.0985 per 1,000) (as of October 2026). Our range is $0.065 to $0.10 per 1,000 calls with no monthly commitment, and the balance never expires.

## Where TweetAPI is the better fit

- **More endpoints**: 82 documented endpoints (as of October 2026), including Spaces.
- **A steady, high monthly volume** that fits its largest plan.
- **A free start without any payment**: 100 one-time units, no card required (as of October 2026).

## Where TwittrAPI is the better fit

- **No subscription**: one price per call from a balance that never expires.
- **Higher rate limits**: 30 requests/s after the first top-up, against 10 requests/minute free, 60 on Pro and pay as you go, 120 on Ultra, 180 on Mega (as of October 2026).
- **Account monitoring in the API**: webhooks within 1, 5 or 60 s for any public account ([monitoring](https://www.twittrapi.com/docs/monitoring)). On TweetAPI, monitoring is a separate product (TweetNotify) with its own pricing (as of October 2026).
- **Refunds** on 400, 408, 409 or 5xx responses.

Both have a hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in ([ours](https://www.twittrapi.com/docs/hosted-mcp)). Write endpoints for your own accounts (posting, replies, likes, follows) are available on request.

## Switching

Both send the key in a header named `X-API-Key` (case does not matter in HTTP) and return JSON, so a switch is mostly paths and field names. Our endpoints are in the [reference](https://www.twittrapi.com/docs/reference).

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

## Frequently asked questions

### How do TweetAPI units compare with TwittrAPI calls?

most calls use one unit; some endpoints cost more (as of October 2026). For those calls, 1,000 units cost $0.0985 to $0.50 per 1,000 units (as of October 2026) depending on plan; 1,000 calls on TwittrAPI cost $0.065 to $0.10.

### Which has higher rate limits?

TwittrAPI: 30 requests/s after the first top-up; 50 to 1,000 booked; 3,000 on request. TweetAPI: 10 requests/minute free, 60 on Pro and pay as you go, 120 on Ultra, 180 on Mega (as of October 2026).

### Do I need a monthly plan?

Not on either. TweetAPI has prepaid packs: pay as you go from $5 for 10,000 units ($0.50 per 1,000), valid 365 days (as of October 2026). We have a prepaid balance only.


## Sources

- [TweetAPI pricing](https://tweetapi.com/pricing)
- [TweetAPI product summary (llms.txt)](https://tweetapi.com/llms.txt)
- [TweetAPI homepage](https://tweetapi.com/)
- [TweetAPI hosted MCP](https://tweetapi.com/mcp)