# TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/user_about: X profile API

> Read a profile's full About object: identity, bio, location, linked website, avatar, verification and identity-verification flags, professional account type and categories, follower and following counts, the account creation date, and X's "About this account" transparency panel (account country, how the account was created, and username-change history).

TwitterAPIs's X profile API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 7 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following.
We rank 239 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/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-user-about
- Get it: https://www.twitterapis.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.twitterapis.com/twitter/user/user_about`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.twitterapis.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/user-reads/user-user-about
- Sold by: TwitterAPIs (https://www.twitterapis.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 64%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- 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 a profile's full About object: identity, bio, location, linked website, avatar, verification and identity-verification flags, professional account type and categories, follower and following counts, the account creation date, and 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: about 312 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /twitter/user/user_about

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 26 fields the plan's answer can hold

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

## TwitterAPIs's plans (2)

- [TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/user_about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-user-about/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [TwitterAPIs, top-up from $10, Pay-as-you-go, GET /twitter/user/user_about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-get-twitter-user-user-about/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 64% complete

## TwitterAPIs's calls for this API (4)

- `GET /twitter/user/user_about`: [TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/user_about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-user-about/llms.txt)
- `GET /twitter/user/user_about/batch`: [TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/user_about/batch](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-user-about-batch/llms.txt)
- `GET /twitter/user/info_by_id`: [TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/info_by_id](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-info-by-id/llms.txt)
- `GET /twitter/user/info`: [TwitterAPIs, free credits, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt)

## TwitterAPIs's APIs (2)

- [TwitterAPIs: X post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /twitter/user/tweets/complete](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-tweets-complete/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPIs: X post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /twitter/user/media](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-media/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPIs: X post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /twitter/user/tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-tweets/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPIs: X post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /twitter/user/tweets_and_replies](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-tweets-and-replies/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPIs: X profile API pricing, 2 plans, GET /twitter/user/user_about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapis/free-credits-get-twitter-user-user-about/llms.txt)

## TwitterAPIs: X profile API alternatives

- [Anysite, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/anysite/300-monthly/llms.txt): $1.579 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $192 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/lobstr-io/192-yearly/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Social Fetch, $29 monthly, Starter, GET /v1/twitter/profiles/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/social-fetch/29-monthly-starter-get-v1-twitter-profiles-handle/llms.txt): $1.611 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $25 monthly, Starter, POST /twitter/about-profile](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/fetchlayer/25-monthly-starter-post-twitter-about-profile/llms.txt): $1.667 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://docs.twitterapis.com/docs
- https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/getting-started/errors
- https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/getting-started/rate-limits
- https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/user-reads/user-user-about
- https://docs.twitterapis.com/openapi.json
- https://www.twitterapis.com/
- https://www.twitterapis.com/acceptable-use-policy
- https://www.twitterapis.com/pricing
- https://www.twitterapis.com/pricing.md
- https://www.twitterapis.com/terms-of-service