# KeyAPI, free: X profile API

> Query a Twitter / X public user profile by screenname or rest_id. Useful for account profiling, user verification, and basic profile enrichment.

KeyAPI's X profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 7 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We rank 288 plans by price. [TweetAPI's $417 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/tweetapi/417-monthly-giga-get-tw-v2-user-by-ids/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.00083.
[TwexAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twexapi/20-pack-mini-post-twitter-users/llms.txt), [TweetAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/tweetapi/417-monthly-giga-get-tw-v2-user-by-username/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) profile API providers in our benchmark.

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

## In the answer

- Completeness: 64%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Query a Twitter / X public user profile by screenname or rest_id. Useful for account profiling, user verification, and basic profile enrichment.

## 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 calls, once
- Expires: 3 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

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

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

request ID, status, user ID, username, name, bio, location, profile picture, banner image, followers, following, posts count, media count, account created, protected, blue verified, verified type, affiliation, business account, pinned post IDs

## KeyAPI's plans (5)

- [KeyAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/keyapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/keyapi/59-monthly/llms.txt): $5.90 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $189 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/keyapi/189-monthly/llms.txt): $3.78 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $439 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/keyapi/439-monthly/llms.txt): $2.439 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/keyapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 64% complete, live

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

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

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## KeyAPI: X profile API alternatives

- [Social Fetch, $59 pack, Growth, GET /v1/twitter/profiles/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/social-fetch/59-pack-growth-get-v1-twitter-profiles-handle/llms.txt): $2.36 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/ensembledata/400-monthly/llms.txt): $2.424 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Sorsa, $74,990 yearly, Scale (yearly), GET /info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sorsa/74990-yearly-scale-yearly-get-info/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [SociaVault, $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociavault/199-pack/llms.txt): $2.653 per 1,000, 73% 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