# SocialKit, free: X post API

> The Twitter Tweets API retrieves a list of recent tweets from any Twitter/X user, including engagement metrics, media attachments, and author metadata. Supports pagination via cursor.

SocialKit's X post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
We rank 148 plans by price. [TweetAPI's $417 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/tweetapi/417-monthly-giga-get-tw-v2-user-photos/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.0042. TweetAPI charges for each page of results. We count 20 posts on each page to get the $0.0042 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free
- Get it: https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.socialkit.dev/twitter/tweets`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/twitter-tweets-api
- Sold by: SocialKit (https://www.socialkit.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Text: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 46 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The Twitter Tweets API retrieves a list of recent tweets from any Twitter/X user, including engagement metrics, media attachments, and author metadata. Supports pagination via cursor.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits a month
- Enough for: 20 pages a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.67
- Concurrent: n/a
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: limit, cursor, cache, cache_ttl
- Method: GET
- Path: /twitter/tweets

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, text, like count, repost count, reply count, view count, created at, author name, author URL, hashtags, URLs, next cursor

## SocialKit's plans (12)

- [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/30-pack/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/49-pack/llms.txt): $0.033 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/249-pack/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.024 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/39-monthly/llms.txt): $0.022 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $95 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/95-monthly/llms.txt): $0.019 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $210 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/210-monthly/llms.txt): $0.014 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $243.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/243-60-yearly/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $327.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/327-60-yearly/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $798 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/798-yearly/llms.txt): $0.013 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $1,764 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/1764-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0098 per 1,000, 67% complete

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

- `GET /twitter/tweets`: [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit's APIs (12)

- [SocialKit: Instagram post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: Instagram profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit: X post API alternatives

- [AnyAPI, top-up from $10, Manual top-up, POST /v1/run/twitter.user_tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-twitter-user-tweets/llms.txt): $0.0045 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [TwitterAPIs, top-up from $10, Pay-as-you-go, GET /twitter/user/media](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-get-twitter-user-media/llms.txt): $0.008 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [TweetAPI, $17 monthly, Pro, GET /tw-v2/user/videos](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/tweetapi/17-monthly-pro-get-tw-v2-user-videos/llms.txt): $0.0085 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Social Fetch, $2,430 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/social-fetch/2430-yearly/llms.txt): $0.013 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 2026-10-29.

- https://api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/twitter-tweets-api
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
- https://www.socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
- https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- https://www.socialkit.dev/terms