# Retraced, pay as you go: X profile API

> X (Twitter) account metadata for any handle (based_in, source app, username-change count, recent-activity proxy). Utility endpoint.

Retraced's x402 pay per call plan for the X profile API costs $10.00 per 1,000 profiles. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. Retraced's docs list 1: Location.
We haven't run Retraced through [our X profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) yet.
We rank 645 plans for X profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 or less per 1,000 profiles. This plan costs less per 1,000 profiles than 13% of the 645 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) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 profiles: $0.00016. [twit.sh's MPP plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twit-sh/pay-as-you-go-mpp-get-users/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 profiles a month: $2.00.
[Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialinsider/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of profiles. Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan costs less up front than TwittrAPI's top-up from $500.
[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 [ScrapeAtlas](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/249-pack/llms.txt) are the best X (Twitter) profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go
- [X (Twitter) profile API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pay.retraced.site/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing#/paths/~1x~1user~1{handle}
- Request: `GET https://pay.retraced.site/x/user/{handle}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://pay.retraced.site/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing#/paths/~1x~1user~1{handle}
- Sold by: Retraced (https://pay.retraced.site?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Location: ✓

## 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: X (Twitter) account metadata for any handle (based_in, source app, username-change count, recent-activity proxy). Utility endpoint.

## 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: handle
- Method: GET
- Path: /x/user/{handle}

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet holding USDC on Base, paying each call over x402, with no account or API key

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, account based in, account source, username changes, recent activity proxy

## Retraced's plans (1)

- [Retraced, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 9% complete

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

- `GET /x/user/{handle}`: [Retraced, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Retraced's APIs (2)

- [Retraced: X post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Retraced: X profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/retraced/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Retraced: X profile API alternatives

- [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
- [Moni, top-up, Pay-as-you-go, GET /api/v3/accounts/{username}/info/meta/](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/moni/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-api-v3-accounts-username-info-meta/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 0% 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

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/ai/faq.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/ai/service.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://pay.retraced.site/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing