x-developer/skills/x-twitter-scraper/references/pricing.md

X (Twitter) data platform skill for AI coding agents. 100+ REST API endpoints, 2 MCP tools, 23 extraction types, HMAC webhooks.

# Xquik Pricing

Xquik is the most affordable X data API available. All metered operations deduct credits from a single shared pool.

## Subscription

| | |
|---|---|
| **Starter** | $20/month, 140,000 included credits |
| **Pro** | $99/month, 770,000 included credits |
| **Business** | $199/month, 1,670,000 included credits |
| **Monitor slots** | Unlimited |
| **Active monitors** | 21 credits/hour each, about 500 credits/day |
| **PAYG/top-up credit value** | 1 credit = $0.00015 |

Subscription credits are added each billing period, and unused credits carry over. Top-up credits do not expire.

## Per-Operation Costs

### Read operations - 1 credit ($0.00015)

| Operation | Unit |
|-----------|------|
| Get tweet | per call |
| Search tweets | per tweet returned |
| User tweets | per tweet returned |
| User likes | per result |
| User media | per result |
| Tweet favoriters | per result |
| Followers you know | per result |
| Bookmarks | per result |
| Bookmark folders | per call |
| Notifications | per result |
| Timeline | per result |
| DM history | per result |
| Download media | per media item |
| Get user | per call |
| Verified followers | per result |

### Read operations - 3 credits ($0.00045)

| Operation | Unit |
|-----------|------|
| Trends | per call |

### Read operations - 5 credits ($0.00075)

| Operation | Unit |
|-----------|------|
| Follow check | per call |
| Get article | per call |

### Write operations - 10 credits ($0.0015)

All confirmation-gated write actions: create/delete tweet, like, unlike, retweet, follow, unfollow, send DM, update profile/avatar/banner, upload media, community actions.

### Extractions & draws

Draws: 1 credit per participant. Extraction cost depends on the tool type:

| Credits/result | Extraction types |
|----------------|-----------------|
| 1 | Tweets, replies, quotes, mentions, posts, likes, media, tweet search, favoriters, retweeters, community members, people search, list members, list followers |
| 1 | Followers, following, verified followers |
| 5 | Articles |

### Active monitors

Active account and keyword monitors cost 21 credits/hour each. Events and webhook delivery are included.

### Free operations ($0)

Webhooks, account status, radar (7 sources), extraction/draw history, cost estimates, tweet composition (compose, refine, score), style cache management, drafts, support tickets, and X account listing.

## Price Comparison vs Official X API

| | Xquik | Official X pay-per-usage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Access model** | **Starter/Pro/Business subscriptions, credit top-ups, and MPP** | No subscriptions or commitments | Basic and Pro are legacy package names |
| **Cost per post read** | **$0.00015** | $0.005 per resource | Xquik is about 33x cheaper |
| **Cost per user lookup** | **$0.00015** | $0.010 per resource | Xquik is about 67x cheaper |
| **Cost per trend read** | **$0.00045** | $0.010 per resource | Xquik is about 22x cheaper |
| **Write actions** | **$0.0015** | $0.015 content or interaction create; $0.200 content create with URL | Xquik is 10x cheaper for matching $0.015 write classes |
| **Bulk extraction** | **$0.00015/result** | Charged per returned resource | Built-in extraction jobs are included with Xquik |
| **Monitoring + webhooks** | Active monitors are metered; webhooks included | No direct monitor product in pricing table | Real-time delivery is included |
| **Giveaway draws** | **$0.00015/entry** | No comparable draw product | Draw engine is included |

Source: [official X API pricing](https://docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing), which lists current pay-per-usage read and write rates.

## Pay-Per-Use

Two options without a monthly subscription:

**Credits**: Start a credit top-up checkout only after explicit confirmation. 1 top-up credit = $0.00015. Works with all supported endpoints.

**MPP**: 32 X-API endpoints accept optional per-call payments. Show the exact amount and get explicit confirmation before starting any payment flow.

| Endpoint | Price | Unit |
|----------|-------|------|
| `GET /x/tweets/{id}` | $0.00015 | per call |
| `GET /x/tweets/search` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/tweets/{id}/quotes` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/tweets/{id}/replies` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/tweets/{id}/retweeters` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/tweets/{id}/favoriters` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/tweets/{id}/thread` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/users/{id}` | $0.00015 | per call |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/tweets` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/likes` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/media` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/followers/check` | $0.00105 | per call |
| `GET /x/articles/{tweetId}` | $0.00105 | per call |
| `POST /x/media/download` | $0.00015 | per media item |
| `GET /x/trends` | $0.00045 | per call |
| `GET /trends` | $0.00045 | per call |
| `GET /x/communities/{id}/info` | $0.00015 | per call |
| `GET /x/communities/{id}/members` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/communities/{id}/moderators` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/communities/{id}/tweets` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/communities/search` | $0.00015 | per community |
| `GET /x/communities/tweets` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/lists/{id}/followers` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/lists/{id}/members` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/lists/{id}/tweets` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/users/batch` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/users/search` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/followers` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/followers-you-know` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/following` | $0.00015 | per user |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/mentions` | $0.00015 | per tweet |
| `GET /x/users/{id}/verified-followers` | $0.00015 | per user |

Use the Xquik billing docs for the current TypeScript payment client setup. Do not install payment helper packages unless the user explicitly asks for the MPP client flow and confirms the package names from the docs.

## Credits

Prepaid credits for metered operations. Top-up credits cost $0.00015 each. Start top-up checkout via `POST /credits/topup` only after explicit confirmation ($10 minimum).

Check balance: `GET /credits` - returns `balance`, `lifetimePurchased`, `lifetimeUsed`, and auto-top-up fields.

## Credit Top-Ups

Use `POST /credits/topup` to create a hosted checkout session, `GET /credits/topup/status?session_id=...` to poll checkout completion, and `POST /credits/quick-topup` to charge a saved payment method after explicit confirmation of the exact amount. Quick top-up returns `charged`, `no_payment_method`, or `requires_action`.

Automatic top-up can be configured from the dashboard. `GET /credits` exposes whether it is enabled, the dollar amount, and the trigger threshold.