# XCROP, free, Starter, GET /v2/users/{username}: X profile API

> Retrieve detailed user profiles including follower counts, tweet counts, bio, and verification status for any X user

XCROP's Starter plan for the X profile API costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. XCROP's docs list 6: Bio, Photo, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
We haven't run XCROP through [our X profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 756 plans for X profile APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 or less per 1,000 profiles. [164 X profile API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt) [CarryFeed's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 60.5 out of 100.
[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, and 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), [TwittrAPI](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twittrapi/top-up-from-20-standard-get-user-by-username-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/xcrop/free-starter-get-v2-users-username
- [X (Twitter) profile API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-x-twitter-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://xcrop.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://xcrop.io/api/v2/users/{username}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://xcrop.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://xcrop.io/docs/user-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: XCROP (https://xcrop.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-11

## In the answer

- Completeness: 55%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 43 other XCROP calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve detailed user profiles including follower counts, tweet counts, bio, and verification status for any X user

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: No limit while your account is open, after termination you must delete any cached or stored data within 30 days.
- Use data: Your use of data obtained through XCROP must comply with: X Terms of Service and Developer Agreement, All applicable data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, etc.), Our Privacy Policy. You agree NOT to use the Services to: Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation, Infringe on the intellectual property rights of XCROP or any third party, Harass, stalk, threaten, or harm any individual or group, Distribute malware, spam, phishing content, or other malicious material, Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or hack the Services, Resell, sublicense, or redistribute raw API data without prior written authorization, Scrape or collect personal data in violation of applicable privacy laws, Manipulate financial markets or engage in fraudulent trading activity, Circumvent rate limits, abuse free-tier allocations, or use automated means to create accounts, Use Write API features to send automated spam, impersonate others, or violate X policies. Reselling is allowed, but it needs paperwork. If you are a reseller or distributor, or you are building XCROP data into a product you sell to your own customers, email [...] and we will put an agreement in place. We do not charge for it.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits a month
- Enough for: about 277 calls a month
- Expires: 1st of each month, unused credits do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/users/{username}

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone with an account

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, bio, followers, following, posts count, listed count, verified, verified type, profile picture, account created

## XCROP's plans (6)

- [XCROP, free, Starter, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/free-starter-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [XCROP, $2.90 pack, Pay as You Go, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/2-90-pack-pay-as-you-go-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.081 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [XCROP, $4.90 monthly, Basic, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/4-90-monthly-basic-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.126 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [XCROP, $9.90 monthly, Pro, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/9-90-monthly-pro-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.089 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [XCROP, $47.04 yearly, Basic, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/47-04-yearly-basic-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.101 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [XCROP, $95.04 yearly, Pro, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/95-04-yearly-pro-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.071 per 1,000, 55% complete, live

## XCROP's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /v2/users/batch`: [XCROP, free, Starter, POST /v2/users/batch](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/free-starter-post-v2-users-batch/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/users/{username}`: [XCROP, free, Starter, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/free-starter-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt)

## XCROP's APIs (2)

- [XCROP X post API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xcrop/free/llms.txt)
- [XCROP X profile API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/free-starter-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt)

## XCROP: X profile API alternatives

[XCROP alternatives: other X profile API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/xcrop-alternatives.txt)

We list XCROP's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to XCROP in price per 1,000 profiles. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [XCROP, $95.04 yearly, Pro, GET /v2/users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xcrop/95-04-yearly-pro-get-v2-users-username/llms.txt): $0.071 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [TwittrAPI, top-up from $2,000, Bulk, GET /user/by/username/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twittrapi/top-up-from-2000-bulk-get-user-by-username-username/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [ScrapeBadger, $129 monthly, Growth, GET /v1/twitter/users/batch_by_ids](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapebadger/129-monthly-growth-get-v1-twitter-users-batch-by-ids/llms.txt): $0.072 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [xdataapi, $200 pack, Growth, GET /v1/users/{handle}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xdataapi/200-pack-growth-get-v1-users-handle/llms.txt): $0.08 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [TwexAPI, $499 pack, Scale, GET /twitter/{screen_name}/about](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twexapi/499-pack-scale-get-twitter-screen-name-about/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 27% 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 2026-11-11.

- https://xcrop.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/error-codes?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/docs/user-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing
- https://xcrop.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=x-twitter-profile-api-pricing