cheapxapi

Affordable pay-as-you-go API for accessing and acting on X (Twitter) data

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About cheapxapi

cheapxapi is a specialized API service designed to provide developers with affordable and comprehensive access to public data and account actions on X (formerly Twitter). Unlike the official X API which charges per individual item returned, cheapxapi offers a flat fee per API call, enabling large-scale data retrieval and account management at a fraction of the typical cost. The service provides structured JSON responses and supports cursor pagination, facilitating efficient integration and data handling for developers building applications that interact with public social media data.

With a simple pay-as-you-go pricing model set at $0.0006 per API call and a single $0.10 fee for logging into an X account, cheapxapi eliminates subscriptions, minimum commitments, and balance expirations. Developers can perform a wide range of actions, including searching tweets, fetching timelines, retrieving user profiles and followers, as well as posting tweets, liking, retweeting, replying, and sending direct messages through authenticated accounts. Its scalability and cost-effectiveness make it especially attractive for projects involving extensive data exports, analytics, or account automation on X.

Use Cases

Exporting a large follower list from a public X account including detailed profiles to perform influencer marketing analyses without incurring high API costs.
Implementing automated social media management tools that post, like, retweet, and send direct messages as part of dynamic customer engagement workflows using authenticated X accounts.
Building analytics dashboards that search and aggregate public tweets and timelines for sentiment analysis and trend tracking at a low cost per request.
Developing marketing platforms that retrieve tens of thousands of user profiles and follower relationships to map social graphs and target niche communities on X.
Creating custom reporting tools for social media managers that periodically export tweet data and timeline activity across multiple accounts with predictable pricing.
Automating bulk data collection to monitor conversations, hashtags, and user activity on X, facilitating research or competitive intelligence without worrying about subscription limits.

Key Features

Pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.0006 per API call
Access public tweets, timelines, user profiles, and followers
Perform account actions: post, reply, like, retweet, direct message
Charges per request with up to 200 items per call for efficiency
No subscription, no balance expiry, and no minimum commitment

Pricing

cheapxapi charges a flat rate of $0.0006 per API call for all reads and account actions. Logging into an X account via the API costs a one-time $0.10 per login. There are no subscriptions, no monthly fees, and no minimum commitments. Balances purchased do not expire, allowing developers to top up and use credits as needed over time. Examples illustrating cost efficiency: exporting 10,000 followers with full profiles requires 100 API calls, costing $0.06; exporting 100,000 followers costs $0.60. Compared to the official X API, where costs can be $5.00 or more per 1,000 tweets, cheapxapi offers savings of over 99%. This transparent pay-as-you-go model enables flexible scaling without surprise charges or expiration of unused credits.

Pros & Cons

Pros

+ Extremely cost-effective pricing at $0.0006 per API call, drastically reducing expenses compared to the official X API.
+ No subscription or minimum commitment required; users pay only for what they use with no expiry of balance.
+ Supports both read access to public data (tweets, profiles, followers) and write actions (posting, liking, retweeting, messaging) through authenticated accounts.
+ Billed per request regardless of result count, enabling efficient pagination and large data exports at a fraction of the standard cost.
+ Returns structured JSON with cursor pagination, simplifying integration into developer workflows and applications.

Cons

- Login to X accounts via API costs $0.10 per login, which adds to expenses when managing multiple accounts frequently.
- Limited to data and actions available on X; does not include extra social listening or analytics features out of the box.
- Relies on developer implementation for error handling, rate limiting, and data management — not a turnkey solution.
- Support and documentation may be less extensive compared to official or larger platform APIs.Continued access depends on X platform stability and policy changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is cheapxapi priced compared to the official X API?

cheapxapi charges a flat fee of $0.0006 per API call regardless of how many items are returned, whereas the official X API charges per individual result, often making cheapxapi over 99% cheaper for bulk data requests.

Does cheapxapi require a subscription or minimum usage?

No, cheapxapi operates on a pay-as-you-go model with no subscription, no monthly fee, and no minimum commitment. Credits purchased do not expire.

Can I perform account actions like posting or liking tweets using cheapxapi?

Yes, cheapxapi supports account actions including posting, replying, liking, retweeting, following, and sending direct messages via authenticated X accounts, with each action costing $0.0006 and a $0.10 fee for logging in.

How many results come back per API call?

Followers endpoint returns up to 100 full profiles per call, follower IDs endpoint returns up to 200 IDs, and tweet searches typically return up to 20 tweets per call, optimizing cost efficiency with pagination support.

Are failed API requests charged?

Generally only successful requests or responses like 'not found' with HTTP 200 are charged. Certain errors such as rate limiting, invalid keys, or service errors are not charged.

Is user login data stored by cheapxapi?

No, login credentials, two-factor secrets, and cookies used during an authenticated request are processed securely and not stored by cheapxapi.

Can I export large amounts of data without hitting high costs?

Yes, since cheapxapi charges per request not per item, you can export large datasets like 100,000 followers for just $0.60, significantly reducing cost compared to other APIs.