# ApiTwitter, free: X profile API

> Get a user's profile by screen name.

ApiTwitter's X profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 9 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
We haven't run ApiTwitter through [our X profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 501 plans for X profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 profiles or less.
[TwittrAPI's top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twittrapi/top-up-from-500-scale-get-user-users-by-ids/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.00016.
[lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt), [TweetAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/tweetapi/57-monthly-ultra-get-tw-v2-user-by-username/llms.txt) and [TwexAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twexapi/20-pack-mini-post-twitter-users/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/apitwitter/free
- [X (Twitter) profile API: 18 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.apitwitter.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.apitwitter.com/twitter/user/{userName}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.apitwitter.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://apitwitter.com/docs/users/get-by-username?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: ApiTwitter (https://www.apitwitter.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 82%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Likes: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 56 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a user's profile by screen name.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Data returned by the API originates from Twitter/X and is subject to Twitter's terms. You are responsible for ensuring your use of retrieved data complies with applicable laws and Twitter's terms. You must not use the Service to: Spam or mass messaging: Send unsolicited bulk messages, replies, or DMs, Harassment: Target, harass, threaten, or intimidate individuals, Impersonation: Create fake accounts or impersonate other people or organizations, Malware distribution: Spread viruses, malware, or malicious links, Data scraping for sale: Collect and resell personal data (email addresses, phone numbers, etc.), Platform manipulation: Artificially inflate engagement metrics (likes, followers, retweets) using automated accounts, Illegal activities: Any activity that violates applicable local, national, or international law, Credential abuse: Use cookies or credentials that belong to accounts you do not own or have authorization to use, Circumvention: Attempt to bypass rate limits, authentication, or other security measures, Competing service: Use the Service to build a direct clone or competing API service

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10,000 credits
- Enough for: 625 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: userName
- Method: GET
- Path: /twitter/user/{userName}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an account (free credits are for evaluation purposes)

## The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

status, user ID, username, name, bio, location, website, account created, followers, following, likes count, posts count, listed count, media count, verified, blue verified, profile picture, banner image, protected, can DM

## ApiTwitter's plans (2)

- [ApiTwitter, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/apitwitter/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [ApiTwitter, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/apitwitter/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 82% complete

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

- `GET /twitter/user/{userName}`: [ApiTwitter, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/apitwitter/free/llms.txt)

## ApiTwitter's APIs (2)

- [ApiTwitter: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/apitwitter/free/llms.txt)
- [ApiTwitter: X profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/apitwitter/free/llms.txt)

## ApiTwitter: X profile API alternatives

- [ScrapeField, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapefield/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, 12 hours
- [TwitterAPI.io, $99 monthly, Builder, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/99-monthly-builder-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.158 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $16,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapingdog/16000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [ScrapeBadger, $49 monthly, Starter, GET /v1/twitter/users/{user_id}/by_id](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapebadger/49-monthly-starter-get-v1-twitter-users-user-id-by-id/llms.txt): $0.163 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [XFluxAPI, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 27% 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://apitwitter.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://apitwitter.com/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://apitwitter.com/docs/errors?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://apitwitter.com/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://apitwitter.com/docs/users/get-by-username?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://www.apitwitter.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://www.apitwitter.com/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://www.apitwitter.com/docs/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://www.apitwitter.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing