TwitterAPIs pricing and alternatives: X profile API, GET /twitter/user/user_about/batch

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64% complete: 7 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields

$0.00per 1,000 profilesWe rank 237 plans by price. TweetAPI's $417 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.00083.

Plan: Free credits one of TwitterAPIs's 2 plans

Call: GET /twitter/user/user_about/batch one of TwitterAPIs's 4 calls for this API

API: X profile API one of TwitterAPIs's 2 APIs

About this item

Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
7 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following.
Nothing to pay. You get $0.50 of credit, enough for 625 results. Calls stop once your credit runs out. Credit never expires.
One call. You send one of usernames or user_ids to GET /twitter/user/user_about/batch. The call returns a profile for each account you send.
Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

TwitterAPIs: X profile API alternatives

The table starts with TwitterAPIs's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 profiles closest to TwitterAPIs's.

	TwitterAPIs, top-up from $10, Pay-as-you-go, GET /twitter/user/user_about/batch	lobstr.io, $960 yearly	FetchLayer, $400 monthly, Dedicated platform, POST /twitter/about-profile	GetXAPI, $49 monthly, Growth, GET /twitter/user/info	Scrapingdog, $400 yearly
$ per 1,000 profiles	$0.80	$0.80	$0.80	$0.817	$0.833
Completeness	64%	82%	73%	82%	73%
Billing	pay first	yearly	monthly	monthly	yearly
Pay	$10	$960	$400	$49	$400
Enough for	12,500 results	100,000 results a month	500,000 calls a month	60,000 calls a month	40,000 calls a month
Freshness	unknown	live	live	live	unknown
Who can get it	anyone	professionals, not consumers	anyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)	anyone	anyone

X (Twitter) profile API pricing: plans compared

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.

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

Bio
Photo
Links
Contact, not in the answer
Location
Verified
Followers
Following
Posts, not in the answer
Likes, not in the answer
Views, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000 profiles	$0.00
Per	result
Billing	free

Charges
Start fee	$0.00
Also pays for	from the same budget: 96 other calls

Overage
Units cap	hard

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	Read the full About object for up to 100 accounts in one request: the same object GET /user/user_about returns, including X's "About this account" transparency panel (account country, how the account was created, and username-change history).

Data
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You agree not to: (a) use the Service to spam, harass, or abuse others on Twitter/X, (b) scrape or collect data in violation of Twitter/X's terms, (c) resell API access to third parties without permission, (d) attempt to reverse-engineer, overload, or disrupt the Service, (e) use the Service for any unlawful purpose.

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	$0.50
Enough for	625 results
Expires	never

Rate limit
Batch	100

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	one of usernames or user_ids
Method	GET
Path	/twitter/user/user_about/batch

About the plan
Plan	Free credits
Who can get it	anyone

The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

requested count, found count, user ID, username, name, bio, location, website, blue verified, verified, verified type, professional type, professional categories, followers, following, account created, profile picture, identity verified, verified since, account based in, account source, username changes, username last changed, location accurate, learn more URL, protected, affiliation, birthdate