X API pricing: pay-per-use costs per read and write
Checked Nov 9, 2026 on X API’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.
The X API is billed per use from prepaid credits, with no subscription or minimum. Reads are charged per resource returned and writes per request.
Figures below are quoted from docs.x.com (X API pricing) as read on Nov 9, 2026. Prices change often: confirm with X before you buy.
Reads (per resource)
- Post
- Price$0.005
- User
- Price$0.010
- DM event
- Price$0.010
- Following / followers
- Price$0.010
- List, Space, Community or Note
- Price$0.005
- Like, mute or block
- Price$0.001
Writes and other requests (per request)
- Create post
- Price$0.015
- Create post with a URL
- Price$0.200
- Summoned post
- Price$0.010
- DM interaction
- Price$0.015
- User interaction
- Price$0.015
- Delete
- Price$0.010
- Post counts (recent)
- Price$0.005
- Post counts (all)
- Price$0.010
- Trends
- Price$0.010
Limits and offers
- Pay-per-use is capped at 3M post reads per monthly billing cycle; Enterprise covers more.
- Offers on the page: $20 of free credits on a first purchase with a saved card, an auto-recharge match up to $50, and up to 20% back as xAI API credits. Terms may change.
X API pricing FAQ
How much does the X API cost?
There is no subscription: reads cost per resource (for example $0.005 per post and $0.010 per user) and writes per request (for example $0.015 to create a post, $0.200 with a URL), per docs.x.com on Nov 9, 2026.
Is there a limit on X API reads?
Pay-per-use accounts are capped at 3M post reads per monthly billing cycle.
Sources (official pages, read Nov 9, 2026)
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