# TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/info: X profile API

> Get an X user's profile by username: followers, following, bio, verification, pinned tweet and more. Missing and suspended accounts are flagged.

TwitterAPI.io's X profile API on its Free 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/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-info
- Get it: https://twitterapi.io/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter/user/info`
- API key: with the plan, on https://twitterapi.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.twitterapi.io/api-reference/endpoint/get_user_by_username
- Sold by: TwitterAPI.io (https://twitterapi.io)
- 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

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get an X user's profile by username: followers, following, bio, verification, pinned tweet and more. Missing and suspended accounts are flagged.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The Service is intended for research, brand monitoring, compliance, and other legitimate business purposes. You may not use the Service to: Collect, sell, or distribute personal data for harassment, stalking, doxxing, or discriminatory targeting. Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure. Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights. Circumvent access controls or attempt to retrieve data beyond publicly available content. [...] You agree that you will [...] Ensure that your use of the Service does not violate the rights of third parties, including X/Twitter's terms of service. [...] Acceptable Use Policy: You may not use the Service to [...] Attempt to deanonymize or re-identify individuals from aggregated or public data. Use the Service to build or sell "personal dossiers" or surveillance tools. Circumvent access controls, rate limits, or authentication requirements of X/Twitter or any other third-party platform. Scrape, store, or redistribute data in violation of X/Twitter's terms of service. Use the Service for election interference, political manipulation, or spreading misinformation. Use the Service for law enforcement, intelligence, or military surveillance without proper legal authorization. Target minors or process sensitive categories of data (health, financial, biometric, etc.). The Service may not be used from, or on behalf of persons/entities located in, embargoed or sanctioned regions, including but not limited to: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100,000 credits
- Enough for: about 5,555 calls, once
- Expires: 31 days

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: userName
- Method: GET
- Path: /twitter/user/info

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: new accounts, one per person or network, at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into binding contracts

## The 33 fields the plan's answer can hold

status, user ID, type, username, profile URL, name, blue verified, protected, verified type, profile picture, banner image, bio, location, followers, following, can DM, account created, likes count, has custom timelines, is translator, media count, posts count, withheld in countries, affiliation, possibly sensitive, pinned post IDs, is automated, automated by, unavailable, unavailable reason, unavailable message, bio links, website

## TwitterAPI.io's plans (15)

- [TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $10 pack, $10 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/10-pack-10-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.18 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $20 pack, $20 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/20-pack-20-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.18 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $50 pack, $50 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/50-pack-50-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.178 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $100 pack, $100 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/100-pack-100-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.176 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $200 pack, $200 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/200-pack-200-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.175 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $500 pack, $500 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/500-pack-500-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.173 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $1,000 pack, $1,000 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/1000-pack-1000-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.171 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $2,500 pack, $2,500 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/2500-pack-2500-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.168 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $5,000 pack, $5,000 recharge, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/5000-pack-5000-recharge-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.164 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $29 monthly, Starter, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/29-monthly-starter-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.167 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $99 monthly, Builder, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/99-monthly-builder-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.158 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $199 monthly, Pro, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/199-monthly-pro-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.143 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $499 monthly, Scale, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/499-monthly-scale-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.129 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $1,499 monthly, Business, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/1499-monthly-business-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt): $0.12 per 1,000, 82% complete, live

## TwitterAPI.io's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /twitter/user/batch_info_by_ids`: [TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/batch_info_by_ids](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-batch-info-by-ids/llms.txt)
- `GET /twitter/user/info`: [TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt)

## TwitterAPI.io's APIs (2)

- [TwitterAPI.io: X profile API pricing, 15 plans, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPI.io: X post API pricing, 15 plans, GET /twitter/user/last_tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-last-tweets/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPI.io: X post API pricing, 15 plans, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt)

## TwitterAPI.io: X profile API alternatives

- [TwexAPI, $50 monthly, Basic, GET /twitter/{screen_name}/about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twexapi/50-monthly-basic-get-twitter-screen-name-about/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [ScrapeBadger, $299 monthly, Pro, GET /v1/twitter/users/{username}/by_username](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapebadger/299-monthly-pro-get-v1-twitter-users-username-by-username/llms.txt): $0.12 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [XFluxAPI, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.124 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [TweetAPI, $757 monthly, Tera, GET /tw-v2/user/by-id](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/tweetapi/757-monthly-tera-get-tw-v2-user-by-id/llms.txt): $0.151 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 2026-10-29.

- https://docs.twitterapi.io/api-reference/endpoint/get_user_by_username
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/api-reference/openapi.json
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/errors
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/pricing
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/rate-limits
- https://twitterapi.io/
- https://twitterapi.io/acceptable-use
- https://twitterapi.io/pricing
- https://twitterapi.io/pricing/details
- https://twitterapi.io/qps-limits
- https://twitterapi.io/terms
- https://twitterapi.io/x-api