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title: "X API cost calculator · SocialToAI"
canonical: https://socialtoai.com/free-tools/x-api-cost-calculator/
updated: 2026-10-29
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# X API cost calculator

Type how many posts, profiles and trends you read on X a month and see what X's pay-per-use API charges at its own prices, read 2026-10-29: $0.005 a post and $0.010 a user. Beside it, the same reads as SocialToAI calls, which are charged per call, not per post. The formula and sources are below; it runs in your browser.

- Page: https://socialtoai.com/free-tools/x-api-cost-calculator/
- Last updated: 2026-10-29

## How the cost is worked out

- **On X's API** = for each kind of read, the number of posts, accounts or likes returned × X's price for one, plus trends requests × X's price per request. X charges per resource returned, from prepaid credits.
- **On SocialToAI** = for each kind of read, the calls it takes × the call's credits. A call returns a page of results, so the calls are the number read ÷ what one call typically returns, rounded up; the dollars are the credits at your pack's rate.
- Both are estimates. X does not charge twice for a resource it already charged in the same UTC day, which it calls a soft guarantee; this calculator counts every resource once. A page can hold fewer results than usual. Failed calls cost nothing.

## X's prices

X charges per resource returned: $0.005 a post, $0.010 a user, $0.010 an account in a followers or following list and $0.001 a like; trends cost $0.010 and recent post counts $0.005 per request. A resource already charged in the same UTC day is not charged again, which X calls a soft guarantee. Pay-per-use plans are capped at 3 million post reads per monthly billing cycle; more needs an Enterprise plan.

Source: [X API pricing (docs.x.com)](https://docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing), read 2026-10-29. X says its prices are subject to change; its page is the authority.

| What X counts | Price | Per |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Posts found by search | $0.005 | post |
| Posts from timelines | $0.005 | post |
| Replies to posts | $0.005 | post |
| Single posts by link or ID | $0.005 | post |
| Account profiles | $0.010 | account |
| Follower or following accounts | $0.010 | account |
| Likes | $0.001 | like |
| Trends requests | $0.010 | request |

## The same reads on SocialToAI

Each kind of read and the SocialToAI call that makes it. A row without a call is one SocialToAI does not read now, and it is left out of the SocialToAI total.

| What you read | Call | Credits | Per call, typically |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Posts found by search | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/x-search-api.md) | 2 | 20 |
| Posts from timelines | [User Posts](https://socialtoai.com/x-user-posts-api.md) | 2 | 20 |
| Replies to posts | [Comments](https://socialtoai.com/x-comments-api.md) | 2 | 35 |
| Single posts by link or ID | [Detail](https://socialtoai.com/x-detail-api.md) | 1 | 1 |
| Account profiles | [User Profile](https://socialtoai.com/x-user-profile-api.md) | 1 | 1 |
| Follower or following accounts | [User followers](https://socialtoai.com/x-followers-api.md) | 12 | 200 |
| Likes | — | — | — |
| Trends requests | [Trending](https://socialtoai.com/x-trending-api.md) | 6 | 1 |

## A month of watching a topic

Searching a topic, reading the timelines and replies around it, the profiles of the people posting and the trends once a day: the amounts the calculator opens with.

| What you read | A month | On X | SocialToAI credits | At $10 | At $200 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Posts found by search | 30,000 | $150.00 | 3,000 | $10.00 | $6.00 |
| Posts from timelines | 10,000 | $50.00 | 1,000 | $3.33 | $2.00 |
| Replies to posts | 10,000 | $50.00 | 572 | $1.91 | $1.14 |
| Single posts by link or ID | 500 | $2.50 | 500 | $1.67 | $1.00 |
| Account profiles | 2,000 | $20.00 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| Trends requests | 30 | $0.30 | 180 | $0.60 | $0.36 |
| Total |  | $272.80 | 7,252 | $24.17 | $14.50 |

X caps pay-per-use plans at 3,000,000 post reads per monthly billing cycle; past that it points to an Enterprise plan. SocialToAI credits never expire, there is no subscription and no refund. 100 free credits on sign-up, no card.

- [X API](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/x.md): Every call on X and its credits.
- [Call cost estimator](https://socialtoai.com/free-tools/api-cost-estimator.md): What a number of calls costs, on any platform.
- [Pricing](https://socialtoai.com/pricing.md): Packs, custom amounts and when nothing is charged.