# Openhandle, free: X profile API

> Return one public profile. Use @username or a platform ID as the identifier.

Openhandle's Free plan for the X profile API costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. Openhandle's docs list 10 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Photo, Links, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
We haven't run Openhandle through [our X profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 585 plans for X profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 profiles or less. [See how many X profile API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
[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), [xfetch](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfetch/49-monthly-growth-monthly-get-v1-users-by-username-username/llms.txt) and [TweetAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/tweetapi/57-monthly-ultra-get-tw-v2-user-by-username/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/free
- [X (Twitter) profile API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://openhandle.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.openhandle.dev/v1/twitter/profiles/{identifier}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://openhandle.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://openhandle.dev/docs/api-reference/twitter-profile-get?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: Openhandle (https://openhandle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 91%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- 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: 120 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Return one public profile. Use @username or a platform ID as the identifier.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes, and not to: harass, stalk, or surveil private persons, or build tools whose purpose is to target private persons, use retrieved data for unsolicited mass communication, try to access private content, other customers' data, or the Service's internals, circumvent rate limits, metering, request caps, or spend caps, resell raw, unmodified access to the API without our written agreement, use the Service in violation of law that applies to you, including data protection law in your jurisdiction. [...] Rights in platform content stay with the platforms and their users. We grant no rights in retrieved content beyond delivering it to you.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests
- Enough for: 100 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: identifier. Optional: freshness
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/twitter/profiles/{identifier}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who verifies an email address

## The 35 fields the plan's answer can hold

platform, fetched at, answer source, user ID, name, username, bio, bio entities, website, contact emails, contact links, profile picture, banner image, account created, location, followers, following, posts count, likes count, media count, affiliates count, creator subscriptions, private account, verified, blue verified, legacy verified, verified type, labels, pinned post IDs, professional categories, professional type, profile URL, has custom timelines, hidden subscriptions, withheld countries

## Openhandle's plans (4)

- [Openhandle, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 91% complete
- [Openhandle, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 91% complete
- [Openhandle, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 91% complete
- [Openhandle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/contact-us/llms.txt): 91% complete

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

- `GET /v1/twitter/profiles/{identifier}`: [Openhandle, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)

## Openhandle's APIs (11)

- [Openhandle: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: Reddit profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: video search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)

## Openhandle: X profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/lobstr-io/20-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [SocialData, top-up, Usage-based pricing, GET /twitter/user/{username}/extended-bio](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialdata/top-up-usage-based-pricing-get-twitter-user-username-extended-bio/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 9% complete
- [API.SH, top-up from $15](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/api-sh/top-up-from-15/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [GetXAPI, top-up from $10, Top-up credits, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/getxapi/top-up-from-10-top-up-credits-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://api.openhandle.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/docs/api-reference/twitter-profile-get?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/legal/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing