# XFluxAPI, free: X profile API

> Lookup public profiles by @username — id, bio, followers, verification.

XFluxAPI's X profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 3 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Verified, Followers.
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/xfluxapi/free
- Get it: https://www.xfluxapi.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.xfluxapi.com/api/v1/users/{username}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.xfluxapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.xfluxapi.com/twitter-user-lookup
- Sold by: XFluxAPI (https://www.xfluxapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Bio: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: 1 account monitor · from the same budget: Get user timeline tweets · Get tweet by ID · Search tweets by query · List your account monitors · List recent hits for one monitor

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Lookup public profiles by @username — id, bio, followers, verification.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use the Service for spam, harassment, credential theft, circumventing platform safeguards, or any unlawful purpose. [...] You are responsible for ensuring your use of X/Twitter data complies with applicable laws and platform policies. [...] You may not use XFlux to: Violate X/Twitter terms, copyright, or any applicable law, Harass, threaten, dox, or spam individuals or groups, Collect or process private, non-public, or protected data without authorization, Circumvent authentication, rate limits, or security controls of XFlux or third parties, Distribute malware, phishing content, or fraudulent schemes, Resell or sublicense API access without written permission, Overload or disrupt the Service (including excessive concurrent requests beyond fair use), Use the Service for election interference, illegal surveillance, or human trafficking

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/users/{username}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, bio, followers, verified

## XFluxAPI's plans (5)

- [XFluxAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [XFluxAPI, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.253 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [XFluxAPI, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.196 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [XFluxAPI, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [XFluxAPI, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.124 per 1,000, 27% complete, live

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

- `GET /api/v1/users/{username}`: [XFluxAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/free/llms.txt)

## XFluxAPI's APIs (2)

- [XFluxAPI: X post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/xfluxapi/free/llms.txt)
- [XFluxAPI: X profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/xfluxapi/free/llms.txt)

## XFluxAPI: 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
- [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
- [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://www.xfluxapi.com/
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/acceptable-use
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/docs/api
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/docs/errors
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/docs/faq
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/docs/guides/python
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/docs/limits
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/pricing
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/terms
- https://www.xfluxapi.com/twitter-user-lookup