# XCROP, free: X post API

> Fetch the posts and quotes a user wrote, with full engagement metrics

XCROP's Starter plan for the X post API costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. XCROP's docs list 5: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
In [our X post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-post-api.txt), the best plan from XCROP scores 43.2 out of 100. XCROP ranks 28th of 48 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 479 plans for X post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.10 or less per 1,000 posts. [152 X post API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-post-api.txt) [CarryFeed's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 64.2 out of 100.
[ViralHunt's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/viralhunt/199-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 posts, with no charge per call. You get as many posts as ViralHunt's rate limit allows. [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, and costs as much up front as ViralHunt's $199 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 [TwittrAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twittrapi/top-up-from-20/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/free
- [X (Twitter) post API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://xcrop.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://xcrop.io/api/v2/users/{username}/tweets`
- API key: with the plan, on https://xcrop.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://xcrop.io/docs/user-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: XCROP (https://xcrop.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-11

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 43 other XCROP calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch the posts and quotes a user wrote, with full engagement metrics

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: No limit while your account is open, after termination you must delete any cached or stored data within 30 days.
- Use data: Your use of data obtained through XCROP must comply with: X Terms of Service and Developer Agreement, All applicable data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, etc.), Our Privacy Policy. You agree NOT to use the Services to: Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation, Infringe on the intellectual property rights of XCROP or any third party, Harass, stalk, threaten, or harm any individual or group, Distribute malware, spam, phishing content, or other malicious material, Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or hack the Services, Resell, sublicense, or redistribute raw API data without prior written authorization, Scrape or collect personal data in violation of applicable privacy laws, Manipulate financial markets or engage in fraudulent trading activity, Circumvent rate limits, abuse free-tier allocations, or use automated means to create accounts, Use Write API features to send automated spam, impersonate others, or violate X policies. Reselling is allowed, but it needs paperwork. If you are a reseller or distributor, or you are building XCROP data into a product you sell to your own customers, email [...] and we will put an agreement in place. We do not charge for it.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits a month
- Enough for: about 333 results a month
- Expires: 1st of each month, unused credits do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.61 s

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: count, sort, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/users/{username}/tweets

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone with an account

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, text, created at, author ID, author username, author name, like count, repost count, reply count, view count, bookmark count, is reply, is quote, is repost, media, next cursor, has more

## XCROP's plans (6)

- [XCROP, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [XCROP, $2.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/2-90-pack/llms.txt): $0.068 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [XCROP, $4.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/4-90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.105 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [XCROP, $9.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/9-90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.074 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [XCROP, $47.04 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/47-04-yearly/llms.txt): $0.084 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [XCROP, $95.04 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/95-04-yearly/llms.txt): $0.059 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

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

- `GET /v2/users/{username}/tweets`: [XCROP, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/free/llms.txt)

## XCROP's APIs (2)

- [XCROP X post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/free/llms.txt)
- [XCROP X profile API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v2/users/batch](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/free-starter-post-v2-users-batch/llms.txt)
- [XCROP X profile API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/free-starter-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt)

## XCROP: X post API alternatives

[XCROP alternatives: every X post API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/xcrop-alternatives.txt)

We list XCROP's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to XCROP in price per 1,000 posts. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [XCROP, $95.04 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/95-04-yearly/llms.txt): $0.059 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Sorsa, $139,900 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/sorsa/139900-yearly/llms.txt): $0.058 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [ScrapeBadger, $1,290 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrapebadger/1290-yearly/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [xdataapi, $600 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xdataapi/600-pack/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SocialiQ, $750 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialiq/750-monthly/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 33% 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 2026-11-11.

- https://xcrop.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/pagination?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/user-endpoints?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/user-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-post-api-pricing