Pricing, credits & billing

Xquik uses a flat subscription model with a monthly credit allowance. Your monthly credit allowance is measured in credits — each API call costs 1 or more credits.

Subscription

Starter — $20/month

140,000 credits included ($0.00014/credit). 1 monitor included. Best for prototyping and low-volume integrations.

Pro — $99/month

770,000 credits included ($0.00013/credit). 1 monitor included. Best for production workloads and growing teams.

Business — $199/month

1,670,000 credits included ($0.00012/credit). 1 monitor included. Best for high-volume automation and enterprise use.

Higher tiers give you more credits at a lower per-credit cost. PAYG credits cost $0.00015 each. All tiers include 1 monitor. Additional monitors are $5/month each. Payment via credit/debit card. Subscribe from the dashboard. Your subscription activates immediately and renews monthly. An active subscription is required for all API access.

Monthly credit allowance

Every subscription includes a monthly credit allowance that resets each billing period.

All metered operations deduct from a single shared pool
No separate buckets per operation type
Unused credits do not carry over
API calls are also subject to rate limits (separate from credit usage)
At 100% usage, metered calls return 402 Payment Required (see error handling for recovery patterns)
Non-metered operations (monitors, webhooks, account) always work

402 response body

{ "error": "no_subscription", "message": "Subscribe to access this endpoint" }

Metered calls are rejected once credits are consumed. Top up credits from the dashboard to continue.

Per-operation costs

Each metered operation deducts credits from your shared pool. Per-credit cost depends on your plan — from

0.00012 (Business) to

0.00015 (PAYG).

Endpoint	Unit	Credits
Bookmark folders	per call	1
Bookmarks	per result	1
Community join/leave	per call	10
Create tweet	per call	10
Delete tweet	per call	10
DM history	per result	1
Download media	per media item	1
Favoriters	per result	1
Follow	per call	10
Follow check	per call	5
Followers you know	per result	1
Get article	per call	5
Get tweet	per call	1
Get user	per call	1
Like	per call	10
Notifications	per result	1
Retweet	per call	10
Search tweets	per tweet returned	1
Send DM	per call	10
Timeline	per result	1
Trends	per call	3
Unfollow	per call	10
Unlike	per call	10
Unretweet	per call	10
Upload media	per call	10
User likes	per result	1
User media	per result	1
User tweets	per tweet returned	1
Verified followers	per result	1

Extractions & draws

Extractions consume 1-10 credits per result depending on the extraction type:

Credit cost	Extraction types
1 per result	Tweets, replies, quotes, mentions, posts, likes, media, search
1 per result	Followers, following, favoriters, retweeters, community members, people search, list members, list followers, verified followers
5 per result	Articles

Draws consume 1 credit per participant. Use the estimate endpoint to preview costs before running large jobs.

Free operations

The following do not consume any credits: managing monitors (get, update, delete) and all webhook operations (create, get, update, delete, deliveries, test); reading, fetching, and exporting extractions and draws; cost estimates; tweet composition (compose, refine, score); style cache management; drafts; support tickets; API key management; X account management; and credit top-ups (checkout and quick top-up). Account status and radar are also free.

Credit top-ups

If you need more credits beyond the included monthly allowance, purchase additional credits from the dashboard:

Use the top-up endpoint to redirect to Stripe checkout
Use the quick top-up endpoint to instantly charge your saved payment method
Top-up credits cost $0.00015 each and are added to your balance immediately
Top-up credits do not expire and carry over between billing periods

Example: Starter tier ( $20, 140K credits). If you consume all included credits and top up 60K more, the top-up costs 60K ×$ 0.00015 = $9.00.

Pay-per-use (MPP)

32 X-API read-only endpoints accept Machine Payments Protocol payments. No subscription required — pay per call with Tempo (USDC).

MPP per-call pricing

Endpoint	Price	Intent
`GET /x/tweets/{id}`	$0.00015 per call	charge
`GET /x/tweets/search`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/users/{id}`	$0.00015 per call	charge
`GET /x/followers/check`	$0.00105 per call	charge
`GET /x/articles/{id}`	$0.00105 per call	charge
`POST /x/media/download`	$0.00015 per media item	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/tweets`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/tweets/{id}/quotes`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/tweets/{id}/replies`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/tweets/{id}/retweeters`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/tweets/{id}/favoriters`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/tweets/{id}/thread`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/likes`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/media`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /trends`	$0.00045 per call	charge
`GET /x/trends`	$0.00045 per call	charge
`GET /x/communities/{id}/info`	$0.00015 per call	charge
`GET /x/communities/{id}/members`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/communities/{id}/moderators`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/communities/{id}/tweets`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/communities/search`	$0.00015 per community	session
`GET /x/communities/tweets`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/lists/{id}/followers`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/lists/{id}/members`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/lists/{id}/tweets`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/users/batch`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/users/search`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/followers`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/followers-you-know`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/following`	$0.00015 per user	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/mentions`	$0.00015 per tweet	session
`GET /x/users/{id}/verified-followers`	$0.00015 per user	session

With a subscription, you get a monthly allowance included in the base price — metered costs only apply after that allowance is consumed. With MPP, every call is billed individually with no monthly commitment.

MPP overview

Protocol details, eligible endpoints, and comparison with subscriptions.

MPP quickstart

Make your first pay-per-use API call.

Checking usage

Call GET /api/v1/account to see your current period usage:

curl -s https://xquik.com/api/v1/account \
 -H "x-api-key: xq_YOUR_KEY_HERE" | jq

Response:

{
  "plan": "active",
  "monitorsAllowed": 1,
  "monitorsUsed": 1,
  "creditInfo": {
    "balance": 77000,
    "lifetimePurchased": 140000,
    "lifetimeUsed": 63000,
    "autoTopupEnabled": false
  }
}

The creditInfo.balance field shows how many credits remain. At 0, metered calls are rejected until you top up credits.

Poll the account endpoint periodically to track usage. Build alerts when creditInfo.balance drops below 20% of your plan’s allowance to avoid hitting the limit unexpectedly.

FAQ

What happens when I run out of credits?

Metered calls return 402 Payment Required. Non-metered operations (monitors, webhooks, account) continue working. Top up credits from the dashboard to continue.

Do unused credits carry over?

No. Credits reset to zero each billing period.

How do I check my current usage?

Call GET /api/v1/account — the creditInfo.balance field shows remaining credits.

Can I downgrade or cancel anytime?

Yes. Changes take effect at the end of the current billing period.

Can I top up credits without a checkout redirect?

Yes. Use the quick top-up endpoint to instantly charge your saved payment method. If no card is on file, use the standard top-up endpoint which redirects to Stripe checkout.

Getting Started

Guides

Webhooks

MCP Server

Framework Guides

OAuth

MPP

Resources

Pricing, credits & billing

Subscription

Starter — $20/month

Pro — $99/month

Business — $199/month

Monthly credit allowance

Per-operation costs

Extractions & draws

Free operations

Credit top-ups

Pay-per-use (MPP)

MPP per-call pricing

MPP overview

MPP quickstart

Checking usage

FAQ

Next steps

Get Account

API Overview

Getting Started

Guides

Webhooks

MCP Server

Framework Guides

OAuth

MPP

Resources

​Subscription

Starter — $20/month

Pro — $99/month

Business — $199/month

​Monthly credit allowance

​Per-operation costs

​Extractions & draws

​Free operations

​Credit top-ups

​Pay-per-use (MPP)

​MPP per-call pricing

MPP overview

MPP quickstart

​Checking usage

​FAQ

​Next steps

Get Account

API Overview

Subscription

Monthly credit allowance

Per-operation costs

Extractions & draws

Free operations

Credit top-ups

Pay-per-use (MPP)

MPP per-call pricing

Checking usage

FAQ

Next steps