# SocialListeningAPI, free: X profile API

> Get a public X profile by username, with optional raw provider data.

SocialListeningAPI's X profile API on its 100 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 9 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes.
We rank 237 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.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free
- Get it: https://sociallisteningapi.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/api/v1/x/user`
- API key: with the plan, on https://sociallisteningapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/get-api-x-user
- Sold by: SocialListeningAPI (https://sociallisteningapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 82%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- 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: Search Instagram · Get an Instagram profile · Search LinkedIn posts · Get a LinkedIn profile · Get LinkedIn profile posts · Get LinkedIn user posts · Search X posts · Get X user posts · Get an X tweet thread · Get X tweet replies · Search Reddit posts · Search Reddit comments · Get Reddit post comments · Search Facebook posts · Search Hacker News posts · Search TikTok posts · Search YouTube posts · Search Pinterest pins · Search Google · Search a Discourse forum

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a public X profile by username, with optional raw provider data.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use SocialListeningAPI to: Break the law or infringe another person’s rights, including privacy and intellectual property rights. Collect, store, or disclose information unlawfully. Send spam, harassment, threats, or deceptive messages. Introduce malware or try to gain unauthorized access to an account, system, or network. Interfere with the service, bypass limits, or avoid credit charges. Reverse engineer, copy, resell, or provide unauthorized access to the service, except where the law allows it. Use the service or its data to train or build a competing product without our written permission. Misrepresent the source, meaning, or ownership of public content returned by the service. You are responsible for deciding whether your use of public content and API results is lawful and appropriate.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: raw
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/x/user

## About the plan

- Plan: 100 free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 13 years old and legally able to enter into the terms

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

success, platform, endpoint, user ID, username, name, profile picture, bio, verified, followers, following, posts count, likes count, profile URL, location, website, private account, account created, banner image, media count, can DM, pinned post IDs, next cursor, has more, page size, raw provider response, request ID, credits used, credits remaining

## SocialListeningAPI's plans (3)

- [SocialListeningAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [SocialListeningAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [SocialListeningAPI, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/100-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 82% complete

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

- `GET /api/v1/x/user`: [SocialListeningAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)

## SocialListeningAPI's APIs (7)

- [SocialListeningAPI: SERP API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: Instagram profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: X post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: X profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/linkedin/profile/posts](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/sociallisteningapi/free-100-free-credits-get-api-v1-linkedin-profile-posts/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/linkedin/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/sociallisteningapi/free-100-free-credits-get-api-v1-linkedin-user-posts/llms.txt)

## SocialListeningAPI: 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 2026-10-29.

- https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/openapi.json
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/do-credits-expire
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/do-empty-results-use-credits
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/get-api-linkedin-profile
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/get-api-x-user
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/how-do-credit-packs-work
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/how-many-credits-does-an-api-call-cost
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/how-many-free-credits-do-i-get
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/pricing
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/terms