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Sorsa API is the better choice over TwitterAPI.io: tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000 against $0.15, and a Sorsa API key can never act on an X account.

Sorsa API

$0.014per 1,000 tweets

40MCP tools for AI agents

2022first year in production

TwitterAPI.io

$0.15per 1,000 tweets

12MCP tools for AI agents

2024first year in production

Short answer: TwitterAPI.io charges $0.15 per 1,000 tweets on every tweet endpoint and caps a lookup at 50 IDs; Sorsa API returns 100 tweets per request. Sorsa API has run in production since 2022, puts a 99.9% uptime guarantee in its Terms, and gives AI agents an MCP server with 40 tools against TwitterAPI.io's 12. Pick Sorsa API and run your own job on 100 free requests: no card, and they never expire.

  • Updated
  • 13 min read
  • Published by the Sorsa API team. TwitterAPI.io's figures come from its own pages, linked below.

#Why teams choose Sorsa API over TwitterAPI.io

  1. Tweets for a tenth of the price.

    Sorsa API reads 100 tweets per request from $0.014 per 1,000; TwitterAPI.io bills $0.15 per 1,000 and accepts at most 50 IDs per lookup.

  2. No path to your X account.

    Sorsa API has 0 endpoints that post, follow or send messages, so a leaked or misused key can only read public data.

  3. More tools for agents.

    Sorsa API's MCP server gives Claude, Cursor or any MCP client 40 read-only tools, more than three times TwitterAPI.io's 12.

  4. Free requests with no deadline.

    Sorsa API's 100 free requests never expire; TwitterAPI.io's free credit of up to $1 expires after 31 days.

  5. Every campaign check is one call.

    Sorsa API has 6 check endpoints (follow, retweet, quote, comment, Community membership, shadowban); TwitterAPI.io has 1, for follows.

  6. Promises in the Terms.

    Sorsa API guarantees 99.9% uptime on every paid plan and keeps your price fixed while you stay subscribed; TwitterAPI.io's Terms promise neither.

  7. A longer record.

    Sorsa API has served developers since 2022, first as TweetScout API; the twitterapi.io domain was registered in December 2024.

#The same jobs, priced on both

Refresh 1M tweets by ID

You hold 1M tweet IDs from a dataset or past results and need fresh text and metrics.

Sorsa API

Total: from $14

  • 10K requests to POST /tweet-info-bulk, 100 IDs eachfrom $14
  • Time at 20 requests per secondabout 8 minutes
  • Monthly quota that covers itStarter, 10K requests

Needs your X loginno

TwitterAPI.io

Total: $150

  • 1M tweets at $0.15 per 1,000$150
  • IDs per request50 at most
  • Requests the job takes20K

Needs your X loginonly for write actions

Collect 5M tweets a month from search

A research archive or a listening feed pulls full pages of about 20 tweets, every month.

Sorsa API

Total: from $350

  • 250K requests to POST /search-tweets, about 20 tweets eachfrom $350
  • Time at 20 requests per secondabout 3.5 hours
  • Monthly quota that covers itGrowth, 250K requests

Needs your X loginno

TwitterAPI.io

Total: $750

  • 5M tweets at $0.15 per 1,000$750
  • Subscription bonus creditsexpire after 31 days

Needs your X loginonly for write actions

Give an AI agent read access to X

An agent in Claude, Cursor or your own stack searches posts, reads profiles and runs checks on its own.

Sorsa API

Total: 40 read-only tools

  • Installnpx -y sorsa-mcp
  • What the key can doread public data
  • Write endpointsnone

Account risknone, the key only reads

TwitterAPI.io

Total: 12 read-only tools

  • What the same key can doact as any X account logged in through it
  • Its own advice on those writeskeep them from an unattended agent

Account riskany X account logged in through it

Test before you pay

You want to run your real job on your own data before buying anything.

Sorsa API

Total: 100 free requests

  • Cardnot needed
  • Tweets they coverup to 10K
  • Expirynever

Needs your X loginno

TwitterAPI.io

Total: up to $1 of credit

  • Conditionan invisible bot check, one per person or network
  • Tweets it coversabout 6,666
  • Expiry31 days
  • Rate until the first purchase1 request every 5 seconds

Needs your X loginonly for write actions

#Ten checks for a Twitter/X data API

Sorsa API passes all ten checks; TwitterAPI.io passes one.

CheckSorsa API10 of 10TwitterAPI.io1 of 10
Price per 1,000 resultsfrom $0.014 per 1,000 tweets$0.15 per 1,000 tweets
Batch lookups100 tweets per request50 tweets per request
Rate limit on the smallest plan20 requests per second20 per second once paid
A free test with no deadline100 requests, never expireup to $1, gone in 31 days
What the API needs from your X accountnothing, everyour X login, for its writes
Track record and uptime in writingsince 2022, 99.9% in the Termssince 2024, no guarantee
An endpoint for every step6 check endpoints1 check: follow
A predictable billone price per requesta dozen credit rates
A guarantee in the termsuptime and price in writingneither in its Terms
A contract for serious volumean SLA we sign from 1M a monthno SLA in its Terms

#What your API key can do

The worst an agent can do with a Sorsa API key is read a public post.

Sorsa API key

  • reads public posts, profiles, followers, Lists, Communities, Spaces, X Articles and trends
  • runs the campaign checks and the shadowban check
  • cannot post, like, follow, block, send a DM, edit a profile or log in to anything

TwitterAPI.io key, with an X account logged in through it

  • posts and deletes tweets, likes, retweets and follows
  • mutes, blocks, bookmarks and sends DMs
  • uploads media and updates the profile

Source: TwitterAPI.io, "Post & Action V2 overview" (opens in a new tab)

#Why the key matters more than the price

A data API key ends up in many places: a server's environment, a CI secret, a teammate's laptop, an AI agent's config. With Sorsa API, every one of those copies can only read public data. No setting, prompt or bug turns it into a key that posts, because Sorsa API has no write endpoints at all. It never asks for your X login, so your X account carries no risk.

TwitterAPI.io sells reads and writes on one key. Reading needs no X account there either. But once anyone on your team logs an X account in through its login endpoint, which takes the account's email, username, password and 2FA secret, the same key can post, delete and message as that account. Its Privacy Policy adds that for these actions, the X login details you send are passed on to upstream providers it does not name. Its own comparison page calls these login-based writes "what you should avoid giving an unattended agent".

Posting is the one job Sorsa API leaves out on purpose. Sorsa API is read-only by design, so your X account is never at risk; to post, pair it with the official X API.

#Watching 5,000 accounts with one request

Watching many accounts takes one request per poll on Sorsa API. Put up to 5,000 accounts in an X List and poll it with GET /list-tweets (opens in a new tab). One request returns the newest posts from every member, about 20 per page, and each post arrives with its author attached.

At 20 requests per second, one key polls 20 such Lists every second, so 100K accounts are covered each second without a single extra key. A failed poll costs nothing, because failed requests are never charged. TwitterAPI.io's own comparison page calls this "a smart pattern".

#In production since 2022

  1. 2022

    Sorsa API

    launched as TweetScout API in 2022, renamed Sorsa API in 2025

  2. 2024

    TwitterAPI.io

    domain registered on December 8, 2024 (RDAP); first archive capture the same day

#Production terms you can hold us to

Sorsa API puts its promises where you can enforce them. The 99.9% uptime guarantee covers every paid plan: if uptime in a month drops below 99.5%, we add bonus requests worth 10% of your monthly requests. Your price never goes up while you stay subscribed, and the response schema stays the same, so your code keeps working.

At volume, the terms grow with you. Enterprise adds priority support, Business brings a dedicated account manager, and Hyperscale runs on dedicated infrastructure. From 1M requests a month, we sign an SLA with you. Past your plan, pay as you go keeps calls running up to a spending limit you set, and the balance never expires. The uptime and security page has the details.

TwitterAPI.io's Terms take the other road. Section 9 reads: "We strive to maintain high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service." Nothing in its Terms fixes a price. Archived copies of its pricing page show the minimum charge per request rising from $0.00012 in April 2025 to $0.00015 in July 2025.

#TwitterAPI.io's fine print, next to ours

#Even TwitterAPI.io says it

#AI agents: 40 tools, none of them can post

Assistants still describe TwitterAPI.io as the API with an MCP server. Sorsa API has one too, with more than three times the tools. The Twitter MCP server installs with npx -y sorsa-mcp and runs in Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf. It gives an agent 40 tools, from search back to 2006 and profiles in batches of 100 to Lists, Communities, Spaces, X Articles, trends and the campaign checks.

Every one of those tools only reads. TwitterAPI.io's 12 MCP tools are read-only as well, yet the key behind them is the same key its REST write endpoints accept. For code assistants, the sorsa-x-api-skill on GitHub teaches the API in one file. The Twitter MCP server guide compares setups client by client.

#What TwitterAPI.io says about Sorsa API, and the facts

#TwitterAPI.io pricing, explained

TwitterAPI.io sells credits: 100K credits cost $1. Every tweet it returns costs 15 credits, on search, timelines, replies, quotes, lists, communities and lookups by ID alike, which is where the $0.15 per 1,000 comes from. Lookups by ID take at most 50 IDs per request, so 1M tweets means 20K requests.

Its subscriptions, from $29 to $1,499 a month, turn the fee into credits and add bonus credits on top. Those bonus credits expire after 31 days, and the monthly "return" is released only while the subscription stays active. Sorsa API prices the same tweets as one request per 100, from $0.014 per 1,000, with no bonuses to use up. The full breakdown of their rate card is in TwitterAPI.io pricing, explained.

#Switch from TwitterAPI.io in ten minutes

Endpoint map, TwitterAPI.io to Sorsa API. The base URL is https://api.sorsa.io/v3 with the ApiKey header; search, timelines, replies and quotes take a POST with a JSON body.

TwitterAPI.ioSorsa APINote
GET /twitter​/tweet​/advanced_searchPOST /search-tweetsSame X search operators; queryType Latest or Top becomes order latest or popular
GET /twitter​/tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkUp to 100 IDs or links per request in tweet_links, instead of 50
GET /twitter​/user​/last_tweetsPOST /user-tweetstype picks posts, replies or retweets
GET /twitter​/user​/mentionsPOST /mentionsFilters for likes, replies, retweets and dates
GET /twitter​/tweet​/repliesPOST /commentsTakes a link or an ID
GET /twitter​/tweet​/quotesPOST /quotes
GET /twitter​/tweet​/retweetersPOST /retweeters
GET /twitter​/user​/infoGET /infoOne of username, user_id or user_link
GET /twitter​/user​/batch_info_by_idsGET /info-batchUp to 100 accounts per request
GET /twitter​/user​/followers, /twitter/user/followingsGET /followers, GET /followsUp to 200 per page
GET /twitter​/user​/verifiedFollowersGET /verified-followers
GET /twitter​/list​/tweetsGET /list-tweets
GET /twitter​/list​/membersGET /list-members
GET /twitter​/community​/info, /members, /tweetsPOST /community-info, POST /community-members, POST /community-tweets
GET /twitter​/user​/searchPOST /search-users
GET /twitter​/trendsGET /trendsBy WOEID on both
GET /twitter​/spaces​/detailGET /spaces
GET /twitter​/articlePOST /article
GET /twitter​/user_aboutGET /about
GET /twitter​/user​/check_follow_relationshipPOST /check-follow
No such endpointPOST /check-retweet, POST /check-quoted, GET /check-comment, POST /check-community-member, GET /check-shadowbanFive checks TwitterAPI.io has no endpoint for

Field map:

TwitterAPI.ioSorsa API
X-API-Key headerApiKey header
cursor, has_next_pagenext_cursor (null or absent at the end)
textfull_text
createdAtcreated_at
likeCount, retweetCount, replyCount, quoteCountlikes_count, retweet_count, reply_count, quote_count
viewCount, bookmarkCountview_count, bookmark_count
author.userName, author.followersuser.username, user.followers_count
quoted_tweet, retweeted_tweetquoted_status, retweeted_status
isReply, inReplyToId, conversationIdis_reply, in_reply_to_tweet_id, conversation_id_str

A drop-in adapter keeps the search call shape your code already makes and serves it from Sorsa API:

Python
import os, time, requests

SORSA = "https://api.sorsa.io/v3"
KEY = os.environ.get("SORSA_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
HEADERS = {"ApiKey": KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json"}

def advanced_search(query, query_type="Latest", max_pages=10):
    """Yields tweets in TwitterAPI.io's field names, read from Sorsa API."""
    order = "latest" if query_type == "Latest" else "popular"
    body = {"query": query, "order": order}
    pages = 0
    while pages < max_pages:
        r = requests.post(f"{SORSA}/search-tweets", json=body,
                          headers=HEADERS, timeout=30)
        if r.status_code == 429:  # over 20 requests in one second
            time.sleep(1)
            continue
        r.raise_for_status()
        pages += 1
        page = r.json()
        for t in page.get("tweets", []):
            yield {"id": t["id"], "text": t["full_text"],
                   "createdAt": t["created_at"],
                   "likeCount": t["likes_count"],
                   "author": {"userName": t["user"]["username"]}}
        if not page.get("next_cursor"):
            return
        body["next_cursor"] = page["next_cursor"]

Run it on the 100 free requests first: sign up, set SORSA_API_KEY, and compare the rows with what you get today. The docs quickstart (opens in a new tab) covers the first request in about three minutes.

#How we checked

On November 3, 2026 we read TwitterAPI.io's pricing pages, rate limits, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, API reference, MCP server page and its comparison page about Sorsa API. We captured each page we quote with full-page screenshots, an archive file and checksums. Its domain date comes from the .io registry (RDAP), and its price history from archived copies of its pricing page in the Wayback Machine. Sorsa API figures come from its pricing page and the live API reference.

We set the criteria the same way for every provider, with the checks from how to choose a Twitter API. Other comparisons: Sorsa vs the official X API, Sorsa vs Apify, the full Twitter API comparison and the roundup of Twitter API alternatives.

#Choose Sorsa API

Sorsa API comes out ahead of TwitterAPI.io on the numbers and on the risk. Tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000 instead of $0.15, a lookup returns 100 instead of 50, agents get 40 MCP tools instead of 12, and no endpoint could ever touch your X account. Its guarantee is in the Terms, and it has been in production since 2022. Try Sorsa API on 100 free requests that never expire.

#FAQ

What is the best TwitterAPI.io alternative?

Sorsa API. It reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000 against TwitterAPI.io's $0.15, returns 100 tweets per request instead of 50, and runs an MCP server with 40 tools against 12. It has no write endpoints, so no X account is ever exposed through its key. It has been in production since 2022 and guarantees 99.9% uptime in its Terms. You can test it on 100 free requests that never expire.

How much do 1M tweets cost on TwitterAPI.io and on Sorsa API?

Looked up by ID, 1M tweets take 20K requests of 50 on TwitterAPI.io and cost $150 at $0.15 per 1,000. On Sorsa API they take 10K requests of 100 and cost from $14, and the Starter plan's 10K monthly requests cover the job. At 20 requests per second, Sorsa API finishes in about 8 minutes, reading up to 2,000 tweets a second.

Does Sorsa API need my X account or login?

No. Sorsa API never asks for your X login and has no endpoint that can post, follow, like or message, so your X account carries no risk. One API key in the ApiKey header reads public data. TwitterAPI.io's write endpoints work differently: they act as an X account logged in with its email, username, password and 2FA secret. Its own comparison page says to keep that away from unattended agents.

Can I use Sorsa API with Claude, Cursor or another AI agent?

Yes. Run npx -y sorsa-mcp with your key, and Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client gets 40 read-only tools. They cover search back to 2006, profiles, followers, Lists, Communities, Spaces, X Articles and the campaign checks. TwitterAPI.io's MCP server has 12 tools. Because Sorsa API has no write endpoints, an agent working with its key can only read public data.

How long do the free requests last?

Sorsa API's 100 free requests never expire. They need no card, work on every endpoint and cover up to 10K tweets through batch lookups. TwitterAPI.io gives up to $1 of credit after an invisible bot check, one per person or network, and that credit expires after 31 days. Its account also stays at 1 request every 5 seconds until the first purchase.

Does Sorsa API guarantee uptime?

Yes. Sorsa API guarantees 99.9% uptime on every paid plan in Section 7.1 of its Terms of Service. If uptime in a month falls below 99.5%, it adds bonus requests worth 10% of your monthly requests. From 1M requests a month, it signs an SLA with you. TwitterAPI.io's Terms say it does "not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service".

Can Sorsa API post tweets?

No. Sorsa API is read-only by design: it reads public posts, profiles, followers and more, and never acts on an X account, so your account is never at risk. To post, pair Sorsa API with the official X API, and keep every read on Sorsa API, where tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000.

How do I move from TwitterAPI.io to Sorsa API?

Swap the X-API-Key header for ApiKey, send search, timelines and replies as a POST with a JSON body, and rename a few fields: text becomes full_text, likeCount becomes likes_count, author becomes user. The end of results is a missing next_cursor. The endpoint map and adapter above cover the common calls, and 100 free requests let you compare results before you switch.

#Sources

Disclaimers

TwitterAPI.io is a trademark of its owner. Sorsa API is not affiliated with TwitterAPI.io.

X and the X logo are trademarks of X Corp. Sorsa API is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by X Corp.

Published by the Sorsa API team. TwitterAPI.io's figures come from its own pages, linked above, as seen on November 3, 2026; prices change, so check its pricing page before a large job.

By the Sorsa API team. We build and run Sorsa API, the read-only Twitter/X API and scraper, in production since 2022 (formerly TweetScout API) with 6B+ requests served. About Sorsa API

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Sorsa API is the better choice over TwitterAPI.io: tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000 against $0.15, and a Sorsa API key can never act on an X account.

Sorsa API

$0.014per 1,000 tweets

40MCP tools for AI agents

2022first year in production

TwitterAPI.io

$0.15per 1,000 tweets

12MCP tools for AI agents

2024first year in production

Short answer: TwitterAPI.io charges $0.15 per 1,000 tweets on every tweet endpoint and caps a lookup at 50 IDs; Sorsa API returns 100 tweets per request. Sorsa API has run in production since 2022, puts a 99.9% uptime guarantee in its Terms, and gives AI agents an MCP server with 40 tools against TwitterAPI.io's 12. Pick Sorsa API and run your own job on 100 free requests: no card, and they never expire.

Updated , 13 min read

Published by the Sorsa API team. TwitterAPI.io's figures come from its own pages, linked below.

Why teams choose Sorsa API over TwitterAPI.io

  1. Tweets for a tenth of the price.

    Sorsa API reads 100 tweets per request from $0.014 per 1,000; TwitterAPI.io bills $0.15 per 1,000 and accepts at most 50 IDs per lookup.

  2. No path to your X account.

    Sorsa API has 0 endpoints that post, follow or send messages, so a leaked or misused key can only read public data.

  3. More tools for agents.

    Sorsa API's MCP server gives Claude, Cursor or any MCP client 40 read-only tools, more than three times TwitterAPI.io's 12.

  4. Free requests with no deadline.

    Sorsa API's 100 free requests never expire; TwitterAPI.io's free credit of up to $1 expires after 31 days.

  5. Every campaign check is one call.

    Sorsa API has 6 check endpoints (follow, retweet, quote, comment, Community membership, shadowban); TwitterAPI.io has 1, for follows.

  6. Promises in the Terms.

    Sorsa API guarantees 99.9% uptime on every paid plan and keeps your price fixed while you stay subscribed; TwitterAPI.io's Terms promise neither.

  7. A longer record.

    Sorsa API has served developers since 2022, first as TweetScout API; the twitterapi.io domain was registered in December 2024.

The same jobs, priced on both

Refresh 1M tweets by ID

You hold 1M tweet IDs from a dataset or past results and need fresh text and metrics.

Sorsa API

Total: from $14

  • 10K requests to POST /tweet-info-bulk, 100 IDs eachfrom $14
  • Time at 20 requests per secondabout 8 minutes
  • Monthly quota that covers itStarter, 10K requests

Needs your X loginno

TwitterAPI.io

Total: $150

  • 1M tweets at $0.15 per 1,000$150
  • IDs per request50 at most
  • Requests the job takes20K

Needs your X loginonly for write actions

Collect 5M tweets a month from search

A research archive or a listening feed pulls full pages of about 20 tweets, every month.

Sorsa API

Total: from $350

  • 250K requests to POST /search-tweets, about 20 tweets eachfrom $350
  • Time at 20 requests per secondabout 3.5 hours
  • Monthly quota that covers itGrowth, 250K requests

Needs your X loginno

TwitterAPI.io

Total: $750

  • 5M tweets at $0.15 per 1,000$750
  • Subscription bonus creditsexpire after 31 days

Needs your X loginonly for write actions

Give an AI agent read access to X

An agent in Claude, Cursor or your own stack searches posts, reads profiles and runs checks on its own.

Sorsa API

Total: 40 read-only tools

  • Installnpx -y sorsa-mcp
  • What the key can doread public data
  • Write endpointsnone

Account risknone, the key only reads

TwitterAPI.io

Total: 12 read-only tools

  • What the same key can doact as any X account logged in through it
  • Its own advice on those writeskeep them from an unattended agent

Account riskany X account logged in through it

Test before you pay

You want to run your real job on your own data before buying anything.

Sorsa API

Total: 100 free requests

  • Cardnot needed
  • Tweets they coverup to 10K
  • Expirynever

Needs your X loginno

TwitterAPI.io

Total: up to $1 of credit

  • Conditionan invisible bot check, one per person or network
  • Tweets it coversabout 6,666
  • Expiry31 days
  • Rate until the first purchase1 request every 5 seconds

Needs your X loginonly for write actions

Ten checks for a Twitter/X data API

10 of 10 Sorsa API1 of 10 TwitterAPI.io

Sorsa API passes all ten checks; TwitterAPI.io passes one.

  • Price per 1,000 results

    Sorsa API
    from $0.014 per 1,000 tweets
    TwitterAPI.io
    $0.15 per 1,000 tweets

  • Batch lookups

    Sorsa API
    100 tweets per request
    TwitterAPI.io
    50 tweets per request

  • Rate limit on the smallest plan

    Sorsa API
    20 requests per second
    TwitterAPI.io
    20 per second once paid

  • A free test with no deadline

    Sorsa API
    100 requests, never expire
    TwitterAPI.io
    up to $1, gone in 31 days

  • What the API needs from your X account

    Sorsa API
    nothing, ever
    TwitterAPI.io
    your X login, for its writes
The other 5 checks

  • Track record and uptime in writing

    Sorsa API
    since 2022, 99.9% in the Terms
    TwitterAPI.io
    since 2024, no guarantee

  • An endpoint for every step

    Sorsa API
    6 check endpoints
    TwitterAPI.io
    1 check: follow

  • A predictable bill

    Sorsa API
    one price per request
    TwitterAPI.io
    a dozen credit rates

  • A guarantee in the terms

    Sorsa API
    uptime and price in writing
    TwitterAPI.io
    neither in its Terms

  • A contract for serious volume

    Sorsa API
    an SLA we sign from 1M a month
    TwitterAPI.io
    no SLA in its Terms

What your API key can do

The worst an agent can do with a Sorsa API key is read a public post.

Sorsa API key

  • reads public posts, profiles, followers, Lists, Communities, Spaces, X Articles and trends
  • runs the campaign checks and the shadowban check
  • cannot post, like, follow, block, send a DM, edit a profile or log in to anything

TwitterAPI.io key, with an X account logged in through it

  • posts and deletes tweets, likes, retweets and follows
  • mutes, blocks, bookmarks and sends DMs
  • uploads media and updates the profile

Source: TwitterAPI.io, "Post & Action V2 overview" (opens in a new tab)

Why the key matters more than the price

A data API key ends up in many places: a server's environment, a CI secret, a teammate's laptop, an AI agent's config. With Sorsa API, every one of those copies can only read public data. No setting, prompt or bug turns it into a key that posts, because Sorsa API has no write endpoints at all. It never asks for your X login, so your X account carries no risk.

TwitterAPI.io sells reads and writes on one key. Reading needs no X account there either. But once anyone on your team logs an X account in through its login endpoint, which takes the account's email, username, password and 2FA secret, the same key can post, delete and message as that account. Its Privacy Policy adds that for these actions, the X login details you send are passed on to upstream providers it does not name. Its own comparison page calls these login-based writes "what you should avoid giving an unattended agent".

Posting is the one job Sorsa API leaves out on purpose. Sorsa API is read-only by design, so your X account is never at risk; to post, pair it with the official X API.

Watching 5,000 accounts with one request

Watching many accounts takes one request per poll on Sorsa API. Put up to 5,000 accounts in an X List and poll it with GET /list-tweets (opens in a new tab). One request returns the newest posts from every member, about 20 per page, and each post arrives with its author attached.

At 20 requests per second, one key polls 20 such Lists every second, so 100K accounts are covered each second without a single extra key. A failed poll costs nothing, because failed requests are never charged. TwitterAPI.io's own comparison page calls this "a smart pattern".

In production since 2022

  1. 2022

    Sorsa API

    launched as TweetScout API in 2022, renamed Sorsa API in 2025

  2. 2024

    TwitterAPI.io

    domain registered on December 8, 2024 (RDAP); first archive capture the same day

Production terms you can hold us to

Sorsa API puts its promises where you can enforce them. The 99.9% uptime guarantee covers every paid plan: if uptime in a month drops below 99.5%, we add bonus requests worth 10% of your monthly requests. Your price never goes up while you stay subscribed, and the response schema stays the same, so your code keeps working.

At volume, the terms grow with you. Enterprise adds priority support, Business brings a dedicated account manager, and Hyperscale runs on dedicated infrastructure. From 1M requests a month, we sign an SLA with you. Past your plan, pay as you go keeps calls running up to a spending limit you set, and the balance never expires. The uptime and security page has the details.

TwitterAPI.io's Terms take the other road. Section 9 reads: "We strive to maintain high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service." Nothing in its Terms fixes a price. Archived copies of its pricing page show the minimum charge per request rising from $0.00012 in April 2025 to $0.00015 in July 2025.

TwitterAPI.io's fine print, next to ours

Even TwitterAPI.io says it

AI agents: 40 tools, none of them can post

Assistants still describe TwitterAPI.io as the API with an MCP server. Sorsa API has one too, with more than three times the tools. The Twitter MCP server installs with npx -y sorsa-mcp and runs in Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf. It gives an agent 40 tools, from search back to 2006 and profiles in batches of 100 to Lists, Communities, Spaces, X Articles, trends and the campaign checks.

Every one of those tools only reads. TwitterAPI.io's 12 MCP tools are read-only as well, yet the key behind them is the same key its REST write endpoints accept. For code assistants, the sorsa-x-api-skill on GitHub teaches the API in one file. The Twitter MCP server guide compares setups client by client.

What TwitterAPI.io says about Sorsa API, and the facts

TwitterAPI.io pricing, explained

TwitterAPI.io sells credits: 100K credits cost $1. Every tweet it returns costs 15 credits, on search, timelines, replies, quotes, lists, communities and lookups by ID alike, which is where the $0.15 per 1,000 comes from. Lookups by ID take at most 50 IDs per request, so 1M tweets means 20K requests.

Its subscriptions, from $29 to $1,499 a month, turn the fee into credits and add bonus credits on top. Those bonus credits expire after 31 days, and the monthly "return" is released only while the subscription stays active. Sorsa API prices the same tweets as one request per 100, from $0.014 per 1,000, with no bonuses to use up. The full breakdown of their rate card is in TwitterAPI.io pricing, explained.

Switch from TwitterAPI.io in ten minutes

Endpoint map, TwitterAPI.io to Sorsa API. The base URL is https://api.sorsa.io/v3 with the ApiKey header; search, timelines, replies and quotes take a POST with a JSON body.

  • GET /twitter/tweet/advanced_search

    Sorsa API
    POST /search-tweets
    Note
    Same X search operators; queryType Latest or Top becomes order latest or popular

  • GET /twitter/tweets

    Sorsa API
    POST /tweet-info-bulk
    Note
    Up to 100 IDs or links per request in tweet_links, instead of 50

  • GET /twitter/user/last_tweets

    Sorsa API
    POST /user-tweets
    Note
    type picks posts, replies or retweets

  • GET /twitter/user/mentions

    Sorsa API
    POST /mentions
    Note
    Filters for likes, replies, retweets and dates

  • GET /twitter/tweet/replies

    Sorsa API
    POST /comments
    Note
    Takes a link or an ID

  • GET /twitter/tweet/quotes

    Sorsa API
    POST /quotes

  • GET /twitter/tweet/retweeters

    Sorsa API
    POST /retweeters

  • GET /twitter/user/info

    Sorsa API
    GET /info
    Note
    One of username, user_id or user_link

  • GET /twitter/user/batch_info_by_ids

    Sorsa API
    GET /info-batch
    Note
    Up to 100 accounts per request

  • GET /twitter/user/followers, /twitter/user/followings

    Sorsa API
    GET /followers, GET /follows
    Note
    Up to 200 per page

  • GET /twitter/user/verifiedFollowers

    Sorsa API
    GET /verified-followers

  • GET /twitter/list/tweets

    Sorsa API
    GET /list-tweets

  • GET /twitter/list/members

    Sorsa API
    GET /list-members

  • GET /twitter/community/info, /members, /tweets

    Sorsa API
    POST /community-info, POST /community-members, POST /community-tweets

  • GET /twitter/user/search

    Sorsa API
    POST /search-users

  • GET /twitter/trends

    Sorsa API
    GET /trends
    Note
    By WOEID on both

  • GET /twitter/spaces/detail

    Sorsa API
    GET /spaces

  • GET /twitter/article

    Sorsa API
    POST /article

  • GET /twitter/user_about

    Sorsa API
    GET /about

  • GET /twitter/user/check_follow_relationship

    Sorsa API
    POST /check-follow

  • No such endpoint

    Sorsa API
    POST /check-retweet, POST /check-quoted, GET /check-comment, POST /check-community-member, GET /check-shadowban
    Note
    Five checks TwitterAPI.io has no endpoint for

Field map:

  • X-API-Key header

    Sorsa API
    ApiKey header

  • cursor, has_next_page

    Sorsa API
    next_cursor (null or absent at the end)

  • text

    Sorsa API
    full_text

  • createdAt

    Sorsa API
    created_at

  • likeCount, retweetCount, replyCount, quoteCount

    Sorsa API
    likes_count, retweet_count, reply_count, quote_count

  • viewCount, bookmarkCount

    Sorsa API
    view_count, bookmark_count

  • author.userName, author.followers

    Sorsa API
    user.username, user.followers_count

  • quoted_tweet, retweeted_tweet

    Sorsa API
    quoted_status, retweeted_status

  • isReply, inReplyToId, conversationId

    Sorsa API
    is_reply, in_reply_to_tweet_id, conversation_id_str

A drop-in adapter keeps the search call shape your code already makes and serves it from Sorsa API:

Python
import os, time, requests

SORSA = "https://api.sorsa.io/v3"
KEY = os.environ.get("SORSA_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
HEADERS = {"ApiKey": KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json"}

def advanced_search(query, query_type="Latest", max_pages=10):
    """Yields tweets in TwitterAPI.io's field names, read from Sorsa API."""
    order = "latest" if query_type == "Latest" else "popular"
    body = {"query": query, "order": order}
    pages = 0
    while pages < max_pages:
        r = requests.post(f"{SORSA}/search-tweets", json=body,
                          headers=HEADERS, timeout=30)
        if r.status_code == 429:  # over 20 requests in one second
            time.sleep(1)
            continue
        r.raise_for_status()
        pages += 1
        page = r.json()
        for t in page.get("tweets", []):
            yield {"id": t["id"], "text": t["full_text"],
                   "createdAt": t["created_at"],
                   "likeCount": t["likes_count"],
                   "author": {"userName": t["user"]["username"]}}
        if not page.get("next_cursor"):
            return
        body["next_cursor"] = page["next_cursor"]

Run it on the 100 free requests first: sign up, set SORSA_API_KEY, and compare the rows with what you get today. The docs quickstart (opens in a new tab) covers the first request in about three minutes.

How we checked

On November 3, 2026 we read TwitterAPI.io's pricing pages, rate limits, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, API reference, MCP server page and its comparison page about Sorsa API. We captured each page we quote with full-page screenshots, an archive file and checksums. Its domain date comes from the .io registry (RDAP), and its price history from archived copies of its pricing page in the Wayback Machine. Sorsa API figures come from its pricing page and the live API reference.

We set the criteria the same way for every provider, with the checks from how to choose a Twitter API. Other comparisons: Sorsa vs the official X API, Sorsa vs Apify, the full Twitter API comparison and the roundup of Twitter API alternatives.

Choose Sorsa API

Sorsa API comes out ahead of TwitterAPI.io on the numbers and on the risk. Tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000 instead of $0.15, a lookup returns 100 instead of 50, agents get 40 MCP tools instead of 12, and no endpoint could ever touch your X account. Its guarantee is in the Terms, and it has been in production since 2022. Try Sorsa API on 100 free requests that never expire.

FAQ

What is the best TwitterAPI.io alternative?

Sorsa API. It reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000 against TwitterAPI.io's $0.15, returns 100 tweets per request instead of 50, and runs an MCP server with 40 tools against 12. It has no write endpoints, so no X account is ever exposed through its key. It has been in production since 2022 and guarantees 99.9% uptime in its Terms. You can test it on 100 free requests that never expire.

How much do 1M tweets cost on TwitterAPI.io and on Sorsa API?

Looked up by ID, 1M tweets take 20K requests of 50 on TwitterAPI.io and cost $150 at $0.15 per 1,000. On Sorsa API they take 10K requests of 100 and cost from $14, and the Starter plan's 10K monthly requests cover the job. At 20 requests per second, Sorsa API finishes in about 8 minutes, reading up to 2,000 tweets a second.

Does Sorsa API need my X account or login?

No. Sorsa API never asks for your X login and has no endpoint that can post, follow, like or message, so your X account carries no risk. One API key in the ApiKey header reads public data. TwitterAPI.io's write endpoints work differently: they act as an X account logged in with its email, username, password and 2FA secret. Its own comparison page says to keep that away from unattended agents.

Can I use Sorsa API with Claude, Cursor or another AI agent?

Yes. Run npx -y sorsa-mcp with your key, and Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client gets 40 read-only tools. They cover search back to 2006, profiles, followers, Lists, Communities, Spaces, X Articles and the campaign checks. TwitterAPI.io's MCP server has 12 tools. Because Sorsa API has no write endpoints, an agent working with its key can only read public data.

How long do the free requests last?

Sorsa API's 100 free requests never expire. They need no card, work on every endpoint and cover up to 10K tweets through batch lookups. TwitterAPI.io gives up to $1 of credit after an invisible bot check, one per person or network, and that credit expires after 31 days. Its account also stays at 1 request every 5 seconds until the first purchase.

Does Sorsa API guarantee uptime?

Yes. Sorsa API guarantees 99.9% uptime on every paid plan in Section 7.1 of its Terms of Service. If uptime in a month falls below 99.5%, it adds bonus requests worth 10% of your monthly requests. From 1M requests a month, it signs an SLA with you. TwitterAPI.io's Terms say it does "not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service".

Can Sorsa API post tweets?

No. Sorsa API is read-only by design: it reads public posts, profiles, followers and more, and never acts on an X account, so your account is never at risk. To post, pair Sorsa API with the official X API, and keep every read on Sorsa API, where tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000.

How do I move from TwitterAPI.io to Sorsa API?

Swap the X-API-Key header for ApiKey, send search, timelines and replies as a POST with a JSON body, and rename a few fields: text becomes full_text, likeCount becomes likes_count, author becomes user. The end of results is a missing next_cursor. The endpoint map and adapter above cover the common calls, and 100 free requests let you compare results before you switch.

Sources

Disclaimers

TwitterAPI.io is a trademark of its owner. Sorsa API is not affiliated with TwitterAPI.io.

X and the X logo are trademarks of X Corp. Sorsa API is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by X Corp.

Published by the Sorsa API team. TwitterAPI.io's figures come from its own pages, linked above, as seen on November 3, 2026; prices change, so check its pricing page before a large job.

By the Sorsa API team. We build and run Sorsa API, the read-only Twitter/X API and scraper, in production since 2022 (formerly TweetScout API) with 6B+ requests served. About Sorsa API

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