#How the credits work
Your TwitterAPI.io balance is kept in credits: $1 buys 100K of them. Each endpoint bills a fixed number of credits per item it returns, and every request costs at least 15 credits. A search that returns 20 tweets costs 300 credits, or $0.003; 1,000 tweets cost 15K credits, or $0.15.
Bonus credits from top-ups and subscriptions, the monthly "return" and the sign-up credit all expire after 31 days. A bill that counts them holds only if every one of them is spent in time.
#What tweets cost on each endpoint
| TwitterAPI.io endpoint | Credits per tweet returned | Per 1,000 tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced search (/twitter/tweet/advanced_search) | 15 | $0.15 |
| Tweets by ID (/twitter/tweets), at most 50 IDs per request | 15 | $0.15 |
| User timelines and latest tweets | 15 | $0.15 |
| Mentions | 15 | $0.15 |
| Replies and quotes | 15 | $0.15 |
| List and Community tweets | 15 | $0.15 |
Source: TwitterAPI.io pricing details, version 2026-10-12, and its API reference for the 50-ID limit (more returns HTTP 400). Other data types use separate volume tiers that change with the number of items per call; TwitterAPI.io's pricing page (opens in a new tab) lists each one.
#Subscriptions and their bonus math
TwitterAPI.io's monthly plans are Starter ($29), Builder ($99), Pro ($199), Scale ($499) and Business ($1,499). Each converts the fee into credits at the usual rate and adds a same-month bonus of 8% to 50%. Each month it also credits back 5% to 40% of your average monthly payment over the past 12 months, "Released only while the subscription is active."
That is how its pricing reaches "as low as $0.00008 per request" on Business. Its own pricing details say the multipliers "assume every bonus credit is used before it expires and every monthly return is received". Counting every bonus that way, its comparison pages put 1,000 tweets at $0.079 on Business, which still costs more than five times Sorsa API's from $0.014.
#The free credit and the first payment
- New accounts get "up to $1 of free credits" with no card, after passing an invisible bot check.
- One per person or network; repeat sign-ups from the same network within 30 days get $0.10.
- Free credits expire after 31 days.
- Until you buy credits, the account is limited to 1 request every 5 seconds; after the first purchase, 20 per second.
At 15 credits a tweet, the full $1 reads about 6,666 tweets. Sorsa API's 100 free requests read up to 10K tweets through batch lookups, with no card and no expiry date.
#Price history
Archived copies of TwitterAPI.io's pricing page show the minimum charge per request at $0.00012 in January and April 2025 and at $0.00015 from July 2025, a 25% rise. TwitterAPI.io's Terms of Service contain no clause that fixes a price. On Sorsa API, your price never goes up while you stay subscribed.
#The same tweets on Sorsa API
| Job | TwitterAPI.io | Sorsa API |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tweets by ID | $0.15, in 20 requests of 50 | from $0.014, in 10 requests of 100 |
| 1M tweets by ID | $150.00, 20K requests | from $14, 10K requests |
| 5M tweets a month from search and timelines | $750.00 pay as you go | from $350, 250K requests |
| Free start | up to $1, expires after 31 days | 100 requests, never expire |
Sorsa API bills one request per call on every endpoint, failed requests are never charged, and its pricing page lists eight plans from 10K to 10M requests a month. The full comparison, with account safety, MCP tools and terms side by side, is on Sorsa vs TwitterAPI.io. The uptime and security page covers the 99.9% uptime guarantee, and the docs quickstart (opens in a new tab) takes you to a first request in about three minutes.
#FAQ
How much does TwitterAPI.io cost per 1,000 tweets?
$0.15 on pay as you go: 15 credits per tweet returned, at 100K credits per $1, on every endpoint that returns tweets. Subscriptions lower the effective rate only if every bonus credit is spent within 31 days and every monthly return is received. Sorsa API reads 1,000 tweets from $0.014, 100 per request, so 1M tweets cost from $14.
Do TwitterAPI.io bonus credits expire?
Yes. TwitterAPI.io's bonus credits from top-ups and subscriptions, its monthly returns and its sign-up credits all expire after 31 days, by its own pricing pages. Sorsa API has no bonus credits to race against: the plan price is the price, the 100 free requests never expire, and the pay-as-you-go balance never expires either.
Does TwitterAPI.io have a free tier?
It gives new accounts up to $1 of credit, no card, after an invisible bot check, one per person or network. The credit expires after 31 days, and the account runs at 1 request every 5 seconds until the first purchase. Sorsa API gives 100 free requests on every endpoint, up to 10K tweets, and they never expire.
Has TwitterAPI.io changed its prices?
Yes. Archived copies of its pricing page show the minimum charge per request at $0.00012 in January and April 2025 and at $0.00015 from July 2025, a 25% rise. Its Terms of Service contain no clause that fixes a price. On Sorsa API, your price never goes up while you stay subscribed, and tweets cost from $0.014 per 1,000.
What is a lower-cost alternative to TwitterAPI.io for tweets?
Sorsa API. It returns 100 tweets per request from $0.014 per 1,000, against TwitterAPI.io's $0.15, so 1M tweets by ID cost from $14 instead of $150. It never asks for your X login, guarantees 99.9% uptime in its Terms, and starts you on 100 free requests that never expire.
#Sources
- TwitterAPI.io pricing (opens in a new tab), seen 2026-11-03
- TwitterAPI.io pricing details (opens in a new tab), seen 2026-11-03
- TwitterAPI.io rate limits (opens in a new tab), seen 2026-11-03
- TwitterAPI.io llms.txt (opens in a new tab), seen 2026-11-03
- TwitterAPI.io, "Get Tweets by IDs" (opens in a new tab), seen 2026-11-03
- TwitterAPI.io Terms of Service (opens in a new tab), seen 2026-11-03
- TwitterAPI.io pricing, archived April 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- TwitterAPI.io pricing, archived July 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Sorsa API pricing
Disclaimers
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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 you buy.