--- title: "Monitor X (Twitter) Daily: Real Monthly Cost · SocialToAI" canonical: https://socialtoai.com/monitors/x/ updated: 2026-11-06 --- # Monitor X (Twitter) every day: what it really costs To monitor a keyword or account on X, run the search once, then tell your AI “every morning”. A run is 2 credits for a page of usually 20 posts, so a daily watch is at most 62 credits a month ($0.21). New posts go to email, a group chat, RSS or a webhook. You need no X developer account, and it uses no account of yours. - Page: https://socialtoai.com/monitors/x/ - Last updated: 2026-11-06 > Every morning, search X for “acme” and email me the new posts with links, most liked first. [Watch these accounts every day](https://socialtoai.com/tools/account-watch.md) · [Or just say it to your AI](https://socialtoai.com/docs/schedules.md#watch) · No account of yours needed, your accounts stay out of it · failed runs are free ## First, run it once See what comes back before you make anything daily. Ask your AI, or send the request. It costs 2 credits: [Search](https://socialtoai.com/x-search-api.md). **Ask your AI** ``` Search X for “acme” and show me the newest posts with links. ``` **cURL** ``` curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/search \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "x", "query": "weather forecast" }' ``` **A recorded answer (names and text removed)** ``` { "request_id": "req_00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001", "schema_version": "v1", "fetched_at": "2026-10-12T19:10:39.000Z", "action": "search", "platform": "x", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "x", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": "https://example.com/…", "format": "video", "title": null, "text": "…", "published_at": "2026-10-12T00:44:12.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": "…", "name": "…", "verified": true, "followers": 7425 }, "metrics": { "likes": 238, "comments": 37, "shares": null, "collects": 145, "views": 8357, "reposts": 121 }, "images": [], "hashtags": [], "is_pinned": null } ], "unavailable": ["title", "metrics.shares", "is_pinned"], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:40:39.000Z" }, "warnings": [], "applied_params": { "query": "weather forecast" }, "cost_credits": 2, "billing": { "cost_credits": 2, "balance_credits": 98, "today_spend_credits": 2, "daily_limit_credits": null, "daily_remaining_credits": null, "display": "This call: 2 credits (≈ $0.0067). Balance: 98 credits (≈ $0.33)." }, "replayed": false } ``` 100 free credits on sign-up, no card. ## Then say one sentence to your AI Once SocialToAI is [connected](https://socialtoai.com/mcp.md), say what to watch. Your AI first shows what will run, when, about what a run costs and at most what a month costs, and where new items go. It charges nothing for that, and makes the watch only after you agree. **Say this** ``` Every morning, search X for “acme” and email me the new posts with links, most liked first. ``` **Or this** ``` Every Monday, tell me what these X accounts posted last week and which posts did better than usual: . ``` It works without an AI too: run the tool or the call on the website, then press the daily button. Everything else about a watch is in [Schedules](https://socialtoai.com/docs/schedules.md). ## What a month really costs | What you watch | A run | A month, daily | A month, weekly | A daily month at the first pack | The free credits cover | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | One keyword | 2 | 62 | 10 | about $0.21 | 50 runs | | [One account, with the Account snapshot tool](https://socialtoai.com/tools/account-watch.md) | 9 | 279 | 45 | about $0.93 | 11 runs | For comparison: X's own API charges per post returned, $0.005 a post. A daily watch that reads a page of 20 posts reads 620 posts a month, $3.10 at that price. Here it is 62 credits, $0.21 at the first pack, because a page is charged as one call. An estimate: pages can hold fewer posts. Source: [X's pricing](https://docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing), checked 2026-10-17. ## Where new items go Pick one or several when you make the watch. What it can send is the same on every platform. | Where | How to set it | What arrives | | --- | --- | --- | | Email | On by default for a watch made in your AI or in the console. With a key, send `email_new_items: true`. | How many are new, with their links. | | Feishu / Lark | Add a custom bot to the group and give its address to your AI or to `push_url`. We post a test message first. | The count, the first 5 links, what the run cost, a link to the console. No post text. | | WeCom | The same, with a group bot's address. | The same. | | Slack | The same, with an Incoming Webhooks address. | The same. | | RSS or JSON Feed | Every watch has one private address, on the Tasks page (https://socialtoai.com/console/tasks/). Reading it is free. | Links and dates. For 24 hours after a run also the title and the start of the text. Anyone with the address can read it. | | Webhook | Add an endpoint in the console's settings. See [Webhooks](https://socialtoai.com/docs/webhooks.md). | `schedule_run.finished` after each run, and `schedule.alert` when its main number moves. Signed. | | Your AI, when you ask | Ask “what's new?”. Nothing to set. | What your watches found and you have not seen, for free. | ## What to know first - **The first run is only the starting point.** It notes what is there and sends nothing new, and it is charged like any run. New items start with the second run. - **Daily or weekly, not real time.** It runs at the time you choose, in your time zone. - **A run with nothing new still costs a run:** it read the page. A failed run costs nothing. - **It stays under its limits.** One run may cost at most what you set. The month's most is that limit times 31 for a daily watch and 5 for a weekly one; a run past either is skipped, free. - **One free, then 20.** A free account holds 1 watch, run from its free credits. When they no longer cover a run it pauses, charges nothing and emails you; any purchase starts it again. An account that has bought credits holds 20. - **One page a run.** A keyword busier than one page between runs loses the older ones. Narrow the query with `from:` or a date: [search X by date](https://socialtoai.com/how-to/search-x-by-date.md). ## FAQ ### Do I need an X developer account? No. You need one SocialToAI key, or sign-in from your AI client. ### Does it use my account on the platform? No. No account of yours needed, your accounts stay out of it. You need one SocialToAI account, made with an email. ### Can I try it for free? Yes. 100 free credits on sign-up, no card. A free account holds 1 watch, and at 2 credits a run the free credits cover 50 runs. ### Is it real time? No. It runs daily or weekly at the time you choose. ### Is a run charged when nothing is new? Yes: it read the page, so it costs a run. A failed run costs nothing, and a run over your limit is skipped, free. - [Search X by date](https://socialtoai.com/how-to/search-x-by-date.md): since: and until:, tested. - [X when the official API is too expensive](https://socialtoai.com/how-to/read-x-when-the-official-api-is-too-expensive.md): A thousand posts, both ways. - [X (Twitter) API](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/x.md): Every call on X and its credits. - [Daily watch, every job](https://socialtoai.com/monitors.md): What else can be watched.