# KeyAPI, free: X post API

> Retrieve public timeline tweets for a specified user. Useful for account content collection, historical activity monitoring, and social media analysis.

KeyAPI's X post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author, Audience.
We rank 169 plans by price. [EveryInfra's $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/everyinfra/500-pack-monthly-top-up-discount-10-off-from-500/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.0025. EveryInfra charges for each page of results. We count 200 posts on each page to get the $0.0025 price.
[TweetAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/tweetapi/417-monthly-giga-get-tw-v2-user-tweets/llms.txt), [TwitterAPIs](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-get-twitter-user-tweets/llms.txt) and [GetXAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/getxapi/99-monthly-scale-get-twitter-user-tweets/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/free
- [Best X (Twitter) post API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://keyapi.ai/#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.keyapi.ai/v1/twitter/timeline`
- API key: with the plan, on https://keyapi.ai/#pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.keyapi.ai/en/twitter/timeline
- Sold by: KeyAPI (https://www.keyapi.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Audience: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve public timeline tweets for a specified user. Useful for account content collection, historical activity monitoring, and social media analysis.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: Your use of data retrieved through KeyAPI remains subject to the terms and privacy policies of the respective platforms.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 50 pages, once
- Expires: 3 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: screenname. Optional: rest_id, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/twitter/timeline

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 34 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, status, post ID, created at, text, language, posted from, view count, like count, reply count, repost count, quote count, bookmark count, conversation ID, entities, media, reposted post, author ID, author username, author name, author bio, author profile picture, author banner image, author location, author followers, author following, author posts count, author media count, author account created, author protected, author blue verified, author affiliation, next cursor, previous cursor

## KeyAPI's plans (5)

- [KeyAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/59-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $189 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/189-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $439 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/439-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## KeyAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/twitter/timeline`: [KeyAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/keyapi/free/llms.txt)

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## KeyAPI: X post API alternatives

- [TweetAPI, free, GET /tw-v2/user/photos](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/tweetapi/free-get-tw-v2-user-photos/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/tweets/complete](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-tweets-complete/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [GetXAPI, free credits, GET /twitter/user/tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/getxapi/free-credits-get-twitter-user-tweets/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [TwexAPI, free, Starter, GET /twitter/{screen_name}/tweets-replies/{count}](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twexapi/free-starter-get-twitter-screen-name-tweets-replies-count/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-30.

- https://docs.keyapi.ai/en/twitter.openapi.json
- https://docs.keyapi.ai/llms.txt
- https://keyapi.ai
- https://www.keyapi.ai/apis/linkedin
- https://www.keyapi.ai/apis/twitter
- https://www.keyapi.ai/privacy-policy