# Twitter Scraper API: Pull Tweets for $0.04 per 1,000 Canonical: https://www.twitterapis.com/twitter-scraper Description: Managed Twitter scraper API for tweets, profiles, followers, and search at $0.0008 a call, $0.04 per 1,000 tweets on full 20-tweet pages. Generated: 2026-09-14T03:00:37.798Z --- 1. [Home](/) 2. / Twitter Scraper SCRAPER # Scrape Twitter for $0.04 per 1,000 Tweets Updated July 2026 TwitterAPIs runs a managed Twitter and X scraping API. Pull tweets, profiles, followers and search results for $0.04 per 1,000, with zero developer account and one flat 600 req/min ceiling. The moment a free scraper stalls, trips an IP ban, or snaps on the next X update, this is the steady layer that keeps your pipeline fed. We charge $0.0008 per scrape call (source: our published pricing), about 20 tweets each, which puts a 1,000-tweet crawl at roughly $0.04. [Start Free](/signup?utm_source=aio&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=aeo-twitter-scraper)[Open the docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com) Quick answer What is a Twitter (X) scraper API? A Twitter scraper extracts tweets, profiles, followers, and search results from Twitter and X as structured data. TwitterAPIs is a hosted scraping API that runs the proxying, rotation, and parsing for you and returns clean JSON, with no developer account, at $0.0008 per call (about 20 tweets, or $0.04 per 1,000 tweets). One flat ceiling applies to every route, 600 requests a minute and 20 concurrent per key, and a 429 carries a Retry-After header rather than a per-endpoint quota you have to model. New accounts start with $0.50 in free credits, enough for roughly 12,500 tweets before you pay anything. ## A free Twitter scraper against a managed API Reaching for a free **Twitter scraper** is the natural first step. You install a Chrome extension or clone a GitHub library, aim it at twitter.com, and it holds up for an afternoon. The problems land as soon as it has to keep holding up. This is what teams run into once a weekend script turns into something production leans on: - Throttling and IP bans. X flags automated browsing and either slows or cuts off your IP, frequently within hours of a heavy run. Soon you are paying for proxies and rotating them just to stay reachable. - It snaps on each X update. Any library that reads X's internal endpoints fails the moment the site ships a change. snscrape has sat mostly dead since 2023, and the forks people still maintain demand constant patching. - Upkeep nobody agreed to. A free tool stays free only until you tally the engineering hours sunk into repairs. A scraper that dies at 2am costs more than a paid endpoint that simply keeps running. A managed API lifts every bit of that off you. TwitterAPIs owns the request infrastructure, the anti-bot layer, and the endpoint upkeep, then returns structured JSON through one Bearer header. The proxy code, the retry loops, and the HTML parsing all go away, and the result runs you $0.04 per 1,000 tweets. ## Every scrape job and what it costs Job Endpoint Price Docs Run a search and pull tweets GET /twitter/tweet/advanced\_search $0.0008 / call (~20 results) [Open docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/search/tweet-advanced-search) One account's tweet timeline GET /twitter/user/tweets $0.0008 / call ($0.0024 /complete) [Open docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/user-reads/user-tweets) The follower list for a handle GET /twitter/user/followers $0.0008 / call [Open docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/follower-graph/user-followers) Profile details for a handle GET /twitter/user/info $0.0008 / call [Open docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/user-reads/user-info) Photos and video from an account GET /twitter/user/media $0.0008 / call [Open docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs/reference/user-reads/user-media) Those are the scraper-facing endpoints. In total TwitterAPIs ships **109 endpoints**, every one on the same Bearer key. The scraper-facing reads above bill at the flat $0.0008 per call, and across the whole catalog 62 of 109 carry that rate, 24 are free and 23 sit between $0.0016 and $0.01. ## Pull tweets with a single request Zero browser automation, zero cookies, zero developer account. Register, copy the API key, and fire a request. advanced\_search accepts the exact operators you already use on X, for instance `from:elonmusk`. ### Run a search for tweets curlPythonJavaScript Copy ``` curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ "https://api.twitterapis.com/twitter/tweet/advanced_search?query=from:elonmusk&product=Latest" ``` ### Pull an account's followers curlPython Copy ``` curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ "https://api.twitterapis.com/twitter/user/followers?userName=elonmusk" ``` Each response is structured JSON, which leaves no HTML to parse and no proxy to rotate. [Browse the full API docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com). ## TwitterAPIs next to Apify, Bright Data, the free libraries, and the X API Option Price Auth Rate limits Maintenance TwitterAPIs $0.0008 a call, ~20 tweets, so $0.04 / 1,000 One Bearer token, 30-second signup None Fully managed, no upkeep Apify Twitter scrapers $0.18 to $0.40 / 1,000 Account plus actor config Metered by compute units Vendor keeps it running Bright Data Plan-based, higher per record Account plus dataset setup Capped by plan Vendor keeps it running Free libraries (snscrape, twscrape) $0, but you fund proxies and compute Session cookies or tokens Your IP gets blocked in hours Snaps on each X update Official X API $5+ / 1,000 reads Requires an X developer account Strict tier ceilings Minimal, but costly ## Pricing, simple and flat $0.04 for every 1,000 tweets scraped $0.50 in signup credits, no card needed $0 monthly fee, billing is per call only A call costs $0.0008 and brings back roughly 20 results, so 1,000 tweets settles around $0.04. The full breakdown lives on the [pricing page](/pricing), and you can model your monthly spend with the [Twitter API cost calculator](/twitter-api-cost-calculator). ## Putting this into production? The [MCP server](/mcp) hands Claude or Cursor any scraper endpoint as a native tool, with no REST wrapper to write. Weighing Apify against a direct API? Apify Twitter scrapers run $0.18 to $0.40 per 1,000 tweets (source: Apify actor pricing, June 2026), while TwitterAPIs sits at $0.04 per 1,000. The [Twitter API alternatives page](/twitter-api-alternatives) carries the full cost-per-record comparison. Evaluating a general-purpose fetch-and-unblock layer instead of a Twitter-typed API? The [TwitterAPIs vs Scrape.do comparison](/twitterapis-vs-scrape-do) breaks down raw-page pricing against typed data. And for how the law treats unofficial APIs, see the [Twitter unofficial API guide](/twitter-unofficial-api). For the platform numbers behind a scraping project, the [X (Twitter) statistics](/twitter-statistics) page tracks user, bot, and activity figures with sources. ## Common Twitter scraper questions ### Are there free Twitter scrapers? There are, and they still cost you. Browser extensions and open repos such as the-convocation/twitter-scraper or twscrape download for nothing, but the bill shows up as proxy fees, blocked IPs, and hours spent patching them. snscrape has sat mostly broken since its development stalled in 2023. TwitterAPIs has a free on-ramp as well: signup hands you $0.50 in credits with no card, enough for hundreds of trial calls before anything is charged. ### How do I write a Twitter scraper in Python? The hand-rolled route means installing twscrape or tweepy, feeding it session cookies, and writing your own pagination and throttle handling. The managed route is three lines: import requests, fire a GET at https://api.twitterapis.com/twitter/tweet/advanced\_search with a Bearer header, then read the JSON. Unlike the DIY libraries, which buckle whenever X reshuffles its internal endpoints, that second route keeps running. ### What does a Twitter scraper API cost? Each TwitterAPIs call is $0.0008 and returns roughly 20 results, which puts 1,000 tweets at about $0.04. No plan, no floor. By comparison, Apify Twitter scrapers land between $0.18 and $0.40 per 1,000 tweets, and the official X API opens at $5 per 1,000 reads. That makes TwitterAPIs the lowest-priced pay-as-you-go route, and your first $0.50 is on the house. ### Should I pick TwitterAPIs over a free Twitter scraper tool? For a single grab of a few hundred tweets, a free Twitter scraper tool does the job. Once production reliability, scheduled jobs, or real volume enter the picture, those free tools burn more in failed runs and developer time than they ever saved. TwitterAPIs is what you reach for after the free scraper stops scaling: endpoints that hold, 600 requests a minute on one key, and $0.0008 a call, about $0.04 per 1,000 tweets on a full 20-tweet page. ### What does moving from a broken scraper to TwitterAPIs take? Replace the scraping loop with one HTTP GET. Anywhere your old code chewed through twitter.com HTML or leaned on a library call, point it at the matching TwitterAPIs endpoint with a Bearer header and read the JSON. Because the payload arrives already structured, most moves touch a single file, and the HTML parsing and proxy-rotation code simply gets deleted. ### Is scraping Twitter possible without an API key? Browser automation through Playwright or Puppeteer, plus reverse-engineered libraries that read public pages, can pull twitter.com data, yet they trip IP bans quickly and fall over the next time X tweaks its interface. A managed option like TwitterAPIs swaps all of that for one Bearer key, with no X developer account and no OAuth dance. Register, grab the key, and you are scraping inside a minute. ### Can scraping Twitter get me banned? Pointing your own scraper at twitter.com invites IP blocks and locked accounts, since X spots automated traffic and either throttles or cuts off the source. With TwitterAPIs the request layer sits on our infrastructure, so your IP and your accounts stay out of the line of fire. You hit a documented REST endpoint, receive clean JSON, and the anti-bot work happens somewhere you never have to touch. ### What can I scrape with TwitterAPIs? Search-query tweets, a handle's full timeline, follower and verified-follower lists, profile fields, and an account's media each sit behind their own REST endpoint at $0.0008 a call. advanced\_search reads the very operators you already type into X, say from:elonmusk or a term paired with a date window. ### Does TwitterAPIs work with MCP and AI agents? It does. An agent can scrape Twitter by hitting the TwitterAPIs REST endpoints with one Bearer key, with nothing more than an HTTP request between them. A live official MCP server is here too: pull @twitterapis/mcp from npm and the read endpoints show up as native tools inside Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP client. ### Scrape tweets with no X account $0.04 per 1,000 tweets. $0.50 in free credits. No developer account, 600 req/min per key. [Start Free](/signup?utm_source=aio&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=aeo-twitter-scraper)[View Pricing](/pricing?utm_source=aio&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=aeo-twitter-scraper) By the numbers ## Twitter scraping costs, by the numbers TwitterAPIs figures resolve to our published pricing; every X figure is vendor-documented. - The official X API bills post reads pay-per-use at $0.005 per resource, one item per request, so a 1,000-tweet pull runs near $5. [(X Developer Platform, 2026)](https://developer.x.com/#pricing) - Official X API endpoints run on 15-minute rate-limit windows, and pay-per-use is hard-capped at 3 million post reads per monthly billing cycle. [(X API docs, 2026)](https://docs.x.com/x-api/fundamentals/rate-limits) - TwitterAPIs bills each scrape call at $0.0008 for about 20 tweets, which is roughly $0.04 per 1,000 tweets, under one flat ceiling of 600 requests a minute per key. [(TwitterAPIs pricing, 2026)](/pricing) - TwitterAPIs exposes tweets, profiles, followers, media, and search across its REST surface behind one Bearer key, returned as structured JSON. [(TwitterAPIs docs, 2026)](https://docs.twitterapis.com/docs) - A new TwitterAPIs account starts with $0.50 in free signup credit, enough for roughly 12,500 tweets, and needs no credit card. [(TwitterAPIs pricing, 2026)](/signup) ## Next read Continue exploring related pages: [ How to scrape tweets in 2026 Building a tweet collector end to end, and the failure modes that break one. ](/blogs/how-to-scrape-tweets)[ Best Twitter scraper in 2026 API, browser and Python approaches compared on cost, reliability and ban risk. ](/blogs/best-twitter-api-for-scraping)[ TwitterAPIs vs Apify Twitter scraper Apify bills monthly compute units (1 CU = 1 GB RAM/hour) with credits that expire; TwitterAPIs is $0.0008 per call, no plan, credits never expire. ](/twitterapis-vs-apify)[ TwitterAPIs vs SocialData SocialData bills $0.0002 per tweet or profile returned vs TwitterAPIs at $0.0008 per call, about 20 tweets a call. ](/twitterapis-vs-socialdata) [View API Docs](https://docs.twitterapis.com)[Start Free](/signup?utm_source=aio&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=aeo-twitter-scraper) [ TwitterAPIs ](/) The cheapest pay-as-you-go Twitter and X API. $0.0008 per call, which works out to $0.04 per 1,000 tweets on a full 20-tweet page. 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