Officially launching X API Pay-Per-Use The core of X developers are indie builders, early stage products, startups, and hobbyists It’s time to open up our X API ecosystem and instill a new wave of next generation X apps We’re so back. developer.x.com

Important notes: • Only for-good Public Utility apps will continue to get Free scaled X API access • Legacy Free (recently active) API users will move to Pay-Per-Use with a one-time $10 voucher • Basic & Pro X API plans will remain available with the ability to opt-in to Pay-Per-Usage

@XDevelopers killing the developer ecosystem in 2023 and coming back with pay per use in 2026 is the api equivalent of ghosting someone then texting hey at 2am. bold move

@XDevelopers the free api had the ability to read 500k posts a month during the twitter days and now it costs $25 just to read 5,000 posts ;-;

@XDevelopers Not sure if developers can trust X platforms again 😅

@XDevelopers if anyone needs to know, the pricing

@XDevelopers A few orders of magnitude too expensive still.

@XDevelopers $250 to read 50K posts? ngl chief ur gonna have to bring those costs like 5x down, this API still looks atrocious and super expensive Some users tweet that in a month.

@XDevelopers x402 sounds like a perfect @elonmusk

@XDevelopers omg yes

@XDevelopers It's nice, but API for personal use should still be included in the premium plus subscription. I pay to see no ads, I should have the freedom to choose my client software

@XDevelopers Add x402 support

@XDevelopers X has an API again! 🔥

@XDevelopers YOOOOOOOOOOOO

@XDevelopers you burnt so much trust

@XDevelopers i appreciate you all trying to reboot the ali and that you are constrained by the AOLification of this place. but the read cost is silly

@XDevelopers Moving forward. That is good. You can also implement x402 payments on a per call basis so AI agents can fetch data from X using official API. This will indeed boost the income. Soon there will be more agents than real users. Good initiative!

🚨X API Pay-Per-Use Just Launched- Here's Everything You Need to Know❗️ @xdevelopers just announced the official launch of X API Pay-Per-Use. "The core of X developers are indie builders, early stage products, startups, and hobbyists. It's time to open up our X API ecosystem." This is the biggest shift in X API pricing since Elon killed free access in 2023. **What Changed** Before (fixed tiers): • Free: Useless (500 posts/month) • Basic: $200/month for 15K reads • Pro: $5,000/month for 1M reads Now (pay-per-use): • No monthly subscription • Pay only for API calls you make • Scale up or down instantly The $200 minimum barrier is gone. **What You Can Build** 1. AI Agents & Bots - autonomous reading/posting 2. Analytics Dashboards - real-time tracking 3. Content Tools - scheduling, threads 4. Research & Data - pull data as needed 5. Personal Projects - finally affordable **Who This Is For** ✅ Indie hackers - no $200 commitment ✅ Startups - test before scaling ✅ Hobbyists - weekend projects viable ✅ AI builders - agents that scale ✅ Researchers - pay when needed **The Bigger Picture** X is betting on indie builders. The $200-$5,000 gap killed too many projects. Now the barrier is $0 upfront. Pay as you grow. The API economy just got democratized. Everything app -> Everything API

@XDevelopers happy launch day!

@XDevelopers You already destroyed my company once before.

@XDevelopers X APIs are so back 🔥

@XDevelopers Finally

@XDevelopers Can you pay with @USDC? When will x402 support be added?

@XDevelopers We’re so back

@XDevelopers This is great news!! Thank you for making it accessible to mere mortals again

@XDevelopers I remember @robj3d3 arguing about this 2 months ago

@XDevelopers 🔥🔥🔥

@XDevelopers Yay 🔥

@XDevelopers it should be free

@XDevelopers info fi is so back 🤣

@XDevelopers this is amazing, but it seems broken atm i'm just trying to create an API key to try things out. i also added $25 in credits to my acct, but i can't create an App which seems necessary to create an API key @XDevelopers is this working as intended? what am I missing?

@XDevelopers @X 👀

@XDevelopers This is actually great

@XDevelopers name a business model that can happily live off margins this thin haha

@XDevelopers Nice but who is going to trust you now? You did a lot of harm!