# ReadX, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /api/{name}/about: X profile API

> Account info - join date, location, verification

ReadX's X profile API on its Pay per request plan. It costs $10.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 3 of the 11 key fields we check: Photo, Location, Verified.
We haven't run ReadX through [our X profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 501 plans we rank by price cost $1.00 per 1,000 profiles or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 profiles than 10% of the 501 plans.
[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/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-about
- [X (Twitter) profile API: 18 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://readx.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://readx.sh/api/{name}/about`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://readx.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: ReadX (https://readx.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Photo: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $10.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Account info - join date, location, verification

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: name
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/{name}/about

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per request
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, profile picture, account created, verified type, account based in, account source, username changes, username last changed, affiliation, identity verified, verified since, verified year override

## ReadX's plans (1)

- [ReadX, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /api/{name}/about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-about/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 27% complete

## ReadX's calls for this API (3)

- `GET /api/{name}/about`: [ReadX, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /api/{name}/about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-about/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/{name}/info`: [ReadX, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /api/{name}/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-info/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/{name}/profile`: [ReadX, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /api/{name}/profile](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-profile/llms.txt)

## ReadX's APIs (2)

- [ReadX: X post API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/{name}/tweets_complete](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-tweets-complete/llms.txt)
- [ReadX: X post API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/{name}](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name/llms.txt)
- [ReadX: X post API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/{name}/with_replies](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-with-replies/llms.txt)
- [ReadX: X profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/{name}/about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/readx/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-api-name-about/llms.txt)

## ReadX: X profile API alternatives

- [xAPIs.dev, $199.99 pack, Lifetime, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xapis-dev/199-99-pack-lifetime-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $9.999 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [X API, top-up from $5, Pay-per-use, GET /2/users/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/x-api/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-get-2-users-id/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [YepAPI, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/twitter/user-about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/yepapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-twitter-user-about/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, 24 hours
- [ScraperSocial, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapersocial/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, 12 hours

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://readx.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://readx.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://readx.sh/skill.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing