# Pullbay, free: X profile API

> Returns a Twitter user by handle (without `@`).

Pullbay's X profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 8 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
We haven't run Pullbay through [our X profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 403 plans for X profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 profiles or less.
[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.
[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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/free
- [X (Twitter) profile API: 18 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.pullbay.com/twitter/handle/{handle}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/twitter?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing#get-a-user-by-handle
- Sold by: Pullbay (https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 73%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Likes: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 70 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns a Twitter user by handle (without `@`).

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 1,333 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle
- Method: GET
- Path: /twitter/handle/{handle}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 29 fields the plan's answer can hold

type, user ID, username, name, profile URL, bio, location, profile picture, banner image, verified, blue verified, protected, can DM, can tag media, followers, following, fast followers count, likes count, listed count, media count, posts count, account created, status, request ID, success, message, amount charged, currency, billable items

## Pullbay's plans (4)

- [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.675 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 73% complete, live

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

- `GET /twitter/handle/{handle}`: [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

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## Pullbay: X profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/lobstr-io/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [GetXAPI, $99 monthly, Scale, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/getxapi/99-monthly-scale-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.66 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwexAPI, $1,999 pack, Lifetime, POST /twitter/users/by_ids](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twexapi/1999-pack-lifetime-post-twitter-users-by-ids/llms.txt): $0.666 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $200 monthly, Enterprise monthly, POST /twitter/v1/profile](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/reefapi/200-monthly-enterprise-monthly-post-twitter-v1-profile/llms.txt): $0.667 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 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/twitter?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/plans.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/help-center?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing