# Retraced, pay as you go: X post API

> 10 most recent tweets for an X handle with engagement metrics (likes, retweets, replies). Utility endpoint.

Retraced's x402 pay per call plan for the X post API costs $1.00 per 1,000 posts. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. Retraced's docs list 2: Text, Engagement.
We haven't run Retraced through [our X post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-post-api.txt) yet.
We rank 414 plans for X post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.09 or less per 1,000 posts. This plan costs less per 1,000 posts than 10% of the 414 plans.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 posts: $0.0011. Zapi charges for each page of results. We count 20 posts on each page to get the $0.0011 price. [AnyAPI's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/anyapi/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-with-x402-and-mpp-post-v1-run-twitter-user-tweets/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 posts a month: $0.05.
[Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialinsider/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of posts. Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan costs more up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[EveryInfra](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/everyinfra/10-pack/llms.txt), [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt) and [TweetAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/tweetapi/17-monthly-pro-get-tw-v2-user-tweets/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go
- [X (Twitter) post API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pay.retraced.site/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing#/paths/~1x~1user~1{handle}~1recent
- Request: `GET https://pay.retraced.site/x/user/{handle}/recent`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://pay.retraced.site/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing#/paths/~1x~1user~1{handle}~1recent
- Sold by: Retraced (https://pay.retraced.site?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Text: ✓
- Engagement: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $1.00
- Per: page of 10
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: 10 most recent tweets for an X handle with engagement metrics (likes, retweets, replies). Utility endpoint.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle
- Method: GET
- Path: /x/user/{handle}/recent

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet holding USDC on Base, paying each call over x402, with no account or API key

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

text, like count, repost count, reply count

## Retraced's plans (1)

- [Retraced, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 33% complete

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

- `GET /x/user/{handle}/recent`: [Retraced, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Retraced's APIs (2)

- [Retraced: X post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Retraced: X profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Retraced: X post API alternatives

- [InsightSocial, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/insightsocial/20-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/runs, Twitter User Tweets Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly-pro-post-v1-runs-twitter-user-tweets-scraper/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [botsmith, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /x/search](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/botsmith/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-x-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Scrollhound, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrollhound/25-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 50% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://pay.retraced.site/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/ai/faq.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/ai/service.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing