head to head/Developer Tools

TwitterAPIs vs usagegate

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

TwitterAPIs

Twitter/X API priced per call, no X developer account

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium · $0.0008 per call, $0.50 free credit, no subscription

what it is

TwitterAPIs is a hosted Twitter/X API for developers and AI agents, priced at $0.0008 a call with no X developer account. One key covers 112 endpoints: tweet search, profiles, followers, timelines, posting and DMs, plus an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Windsurf. A read returns about 20 tweets, so 1,000 tweets come to roughly $0.04, and signup includes $0.50 of free credit with no subscription or monthly minimum.

usagegate

UsageGate: Entitlements API for SaaS. Plan limits, usage credits and feature gating

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Enforce SaaS plan limits without building them. UsageGate checks features, seats, projects and AI credits on every request, and stays in sync with Stripe, Paddle, Paystack or any payment gateway. Free up to 50,000 checks a month.