Pricing

API Direct uses a pay-per-request pricing model. There are no monthly fees, subscriptions, or minimum commitments.

Free Tier

Every account gets free requests per endpoint per month — 50 for most endpoints, 20 for Places Search, Place Reviews, and Place Photos. No credit card required. Free requests reset on the 1st of each month.

Endpoint Pricing

Prices range from $0.002 to $0.01 per request depending on the endpoint.

Endpoint	Price
Search Posts	$0.006/request
Post Details	$0.002/request
Company Details	$0.006/request
Company Posts	$0.006/request
Search Companies	$0.006/request
Search Jobs	$0.006/request
Job Details	$0.002/request

Twitter / X

Endpoint	Price
Search Posts	$0.006/page
Search Users	$0.006/page
User Profile	$0.006/request
User Tweets	$0.006/page
User Followers	$0.006/page
User Following	$0.006/page
Verified Followers	$0.006/page
User Replies	$0.006/page
Tweet Details	$0.006/request
Tweet Retweets	$0.006/page
Tweet Quotes	$0.006/page
Tweet Comments	$0.006/page
Trends	$0.006/request

Facebook

Endpoint	Price
Page Details	$0.008/request
Page Posts	$0.008/page
Page Photos	$0.008/page
Page Videos	$0.008/page
Page Reels	$0.008/page
Page Reviews	$0.008/page
Group Details	$0.008/request
Group Posts	$0.008/page
Search Group Posts	$0.008/page
Post Comments	$0.008/page
Search Posts	$0.008/page
Search Pages	$0.008/page
Search Videos	$0.008/page
Search Events	$0.008/page
Search Locations	$0.004/request

Instagram

Endpoint	Price
Search Posts	$0.006/page
Search Users	$0.006/request
User Profile	$0.006/request
User Posts	$0.006/page
Post Details	$0.006/request

TikTok

Endpoint	Price
Search Videos	$0.006/page
Search Users	$0.006/page
User Profile	$0.006/request
Video Details	$0.006/request

Endpoint	Price
Search Posts	$0.003/request
Search Comments	$0.003/page
Search Users	$0.003/request

YouTube

Endpoint	Price
Search Videos	$0.005/page
Search Channels	$0.005/page
Channel Details	$0.005/request
Video Details	$0.005/request
Video Comments	$0.005/page

Google

Endpoint	Price
Web Search	$0.004/page
AI Mode	$0.005/request
News Articles	$0.008/request
Forum Posts	$0.008/request

Google Places

Endpoint	Price
Places Search	$0.01/page
Place Details	$0.003/request
Place Reviews	$0.01/page
Place Photos	$0.01/page

How Billing Works

You are only charged for successful requests (2xx responses)
Failed requests (4xx, 5xx) are not billed
For multi-page endpoints (most Twitter and Facebook endpoints, Reddit Comments, YouTube, Instagram Posts, Instagram User Posts, TikTok Search Videos, TikTok Search Users, Web Search, Places Search, Place Reviews, Place Photos), you are billed per page requested
Charges accumulate and are billed when your balance reaches a threshold

Add-ons

Emotion Analysis

Add get_sentiment=true to any endpoint that returns posts, videos, comments, or reviews to include AI-powered emotion analysis using Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. Each result receives scores (0-100) for 8 basic emotions (joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation), a dominant emotion, emotional intensity (0-10), and overall polarity (positive, negative, or neutral).

Cost: +$0.001 per request on top of the base endpoint price. For multi-page endpoints, this applies per page.

Adding a Payment Method

To use the API beyond the free tier, add a credit or debit card in your billing dashboard. You can also set spending limits to control your costs.