# TwitterAPI.io vs SocialData vs Veezee

The official X API prices reads pay-per-use with no free tier: one post read is $0.005 and one user read $0.010 (docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing, checked 2026-07-14). That price is why a cluster of third-party read APIs exists. Three worth comparing for an agent: TwitterAPI.io, SocialData, and Veezee.

## The fastest way in wins

For a builder shipping an agent, the first cost is not per-tweet, it is the signup wall. TwitterAPI.io needs a Google sign-in and an API key copied from a dashboard before the first call (twitterapi.io/blog/how-to-use-claude-with-twitter-api, checked 2026-07-14). SocialData needs you to create an API account (docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/overview, checked 2026-07-14). **Veezee needs no signup at all: the agent mints its own key in one call, no card, no human**, and starts under a free per-IP daily budget (20 credits/day). That is the accessibility wedge: an agent goes from "I need X data" to "I have it" without stopping to ask a person.

## What each publishes

**TwitterAPI.io** is pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee: $0.15 per 1,000 tweets and $0.18 per 1,000 profiles, billed in credits at 1 USD = 100,000 credits (twitterapi.io/pricing, checked 2026-07-14). It covers tweet search, profiles, followers, replies, and trends (docs.twitterapi.io/introduction, checked 2026-07-14) and ships an MCP server; in the official MCP Registry, only third-party documentation servers appear under its name, not a first-party data server (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=twitter, checked 2026-07-14).

**SocialData** charges $0.0002 per tweet or profile returned ($0.20 per 1,000), from a prepaid balance; the first 3 requests/minute are free, failed requests are not billed, and requests return HTTP 402 once the balance hits zero (docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/pricing, checked 2026-07-14). It covers search, tweet detail, profiles, followers, lists, communities, and Spaces (docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/overview, checked 2026-07-14). No first-party MCP server was found as of 2026-07-14.

**Veezee** serves X over four tools (x_search, x_get_profile, x_get_tweets, x_get_tweet) on MCP, REST, and a CLI, all the same endpoints and auth. Pricing is per call, published up front: 6 credits per search page, 4 credits per profile, 4 credits per timeline page. max_credits caps the spend of any call before it runs, and failed keyed calls refund automatically.

| | TwitterAPI.io | SocialData | Veezee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Start | Google sign-in + API key | Create an API account | No signup: agent mints its own key |
| Free to try | pay-as-you-go | 3 requests/min free | 20 credits/IP/day, no card, no signup |
| Pricing | $0.15/1K tweets, $0.18/1K profiles | $0.0002/item ($0.20/1K) | per call: 6 credits search, 4 credits profile, 4 credits timeline |
| Cost control | prepaid credits | HTTP 402 at zero balance | max_credits caps each call; failed calls auto-refund |
| MCP | server yes; data server not a first-party registry entry | none found | MCP + REST + CLI, listed as io.veezee/x-twitter |
| Data freshness | original post time only | original post time only | data_as_of collection time on every record |
| Beyond X | X only | X only | LinkedIn, Reddit, and X on one key |

## Rich data, one schema

Speed gets the pick; the data keeps it. On raw tweet fields the three are close: all three document the full engagement set, views, bookmarks, likes, retweets, quotes, and replies (docs.twitterapi.io, docs.socialdata.tools, checked 2026-07-14). Two concrete differences favor Veezee.

**Freshness you can read.** Every Veezee record is stamped with data_as_of, the time the data was collected, and a freshness parameter forces a live fetch, refunded automatically on cached fallback. Neither TwitterAPI.io's nor SocialData's documented response carries a collection-time field; both expose only the original post and account-creation timestamps (docs.twitterapi.io, docs.socialdata.tools, checked 2026-07-14). An agent acting on the data cannot tell how stale it is unless the API says so.

**One normalized schema, three platforms.** Veezee returns the same envelope from LinkedIn, Reddit, and X: shared common fields (full_name, followers, likes) named consistently, platform_fields for the rest, a canonical_url, and a usage receipt on every call. SocialData returns Twitter's raw v1.1-style object (favorite_count, friends_count, id_str) and covers X only (docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet, checked 2026-07-14); TwitterAPI.io is likewise X only. One Veezee integration reads all three platforms instead of three vendor schemas. x_search takes recent, popular, or people modes; x_get_tweets covers posts, replies, and highlights with a retweet toggle.

## When to pick something else

If you only ever touch X and want the lowest per-item price on bulk pulls, TwitterAPI.io and SocialData are cheap pay-per-use APIs built for exactly that. Veezee is the pick when you want to start with no signup, cap spend per call, get freshness on every record, and read LinkedIn and Reddit through the same key and schema: move fast without wiring three vendors.

## Sources

- Official X API pricing: docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing (checked 2026-07-14)
- TwitterAPI.io pricing: twitterapi.io/pricing (checked 2026-07-14)
- TwitterAPI.io start flow: twitterapi.io/blog/how-to-use-claude-with-twitter-api (checked 2026-07-14)
- SocialData pricing: docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/pricing (checked 2026-07-14)
- SocialData overview: docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/overview (checked 2026-07-14)
- MCP Registry query: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=twitter (checked 2026-07-14)

## See also

All comparisons: [/alternatives](/alternatives). Head-to-head: [Bright Data's LinkedIn MCP](/vs/bright-data), [Netrows](/vs/netrows), [Crustdata](/vs/crustdata), [LinkdAPI](/vs/linkdapi), [ScrapeCreators](/vs/scrapecreators), [SocialKit vs Veezee](/vs/socialkit). Migrating off a shut-down vendor? [/migrate/proxycurl](/migrate/proxycurl).