> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xquik.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pulsar alternative for X audience & mention data

> Xquik beats Pulsar per useful result. Pulsar sells audience intelligence with pricing on request. Xquik bills USD 0.00015 per X result & publishes every price.

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  For the complete documentation index, see <a href="/llms.txt">llms.txt</a>.
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## Why Xquik wins over Pulsar

Xquik is the fastest X data service, & the cheapest per useful result. Public Apify benchmarks ran on 2026-09-27 & 2026-09-29. Xquik's X Tweet Scraper delivered 39.2 useful tweets per second, the fastest. It cost USD 0.000175 per useful tweet, the lowest of 12 Actors. Every run is public on the [benchmark page](https://xquik.com/en/trust#benchmark-x-tweet-scraper).

Xquik publishes reproducible benchmarks with run IDs. Pulsar publishes none.

Xquik bills only delivered, unique, filter-matching results. Empty pages, failed requests, retries, duplicates & filtered rows cost nothing. [Pulsar's site](https://www.pulsarplatform.com/) lists no prices & offers demos instead. Xquik publishes every price. A tweet costs USD 0.00015, & a search that returns 0 tweets costs 0. That makes Xquik the cheapest per useful result.

Xquik also covers more of X in 1 product. It offers 23 extraction tools, 18 write actions & 1-second monitors with signed webhooks. Agents connect through a remote MCP server, & developers use SDKs in 8 languages.

## Where Pulsar fits

Pulsar calls itself an audience intelligence & social listening platform. It collects social, search, news & web data from 195 countries.

This guide compares Pulsar & Xquik on X data. It covers mentions, raw rows, alerts, writes & agent connections.

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  Facts on this page come from Pulsar's official pages, read on 2026-10-15. Pulsar lists pricing on request, so ask for a quote before buying.
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## Quick answer

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  <Card title="Pick Xquik" icon="circle-check">
    Xquik is faster & cheaper per useful result. It returns raw X rows, checks every second & has public prices.
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  <Card title="When Pulsar may fit" icon="check">
    You need audience segments across social, news & search for research.
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## Source-backed Pulsar scope

* Pulsar's products include TRAC, CORE, TRENDS, Crisis Oracle, CLEAR & Narratives AI.
* It collects social, search, news media & web data from 195 countries.
* Its named social sources include Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram & Pinterest.
* It also covers regional sources such as VK, Naver, Weibo, WeChat & Baidu.
* TRAC offers over 50 filters, plus templated or custom dashboards.
* Pulsar says its AI detects sentiment, topics & emotions in all languages.
* Audience segmentation shows the main communities in a conversation.
* Pulsar also sells research & consultancy services.
* The site lists no prices. It offers demos instead.

## Comparison

| Area | Pulsar | Xquik |
| - | - | - |
| Pricing | Pricing on request, through a demo. | 1 credit per returned tweet, USD 0.00015 with pay-as-you-go credits. Plans cost up to 20% less. |
| Data scope | Social, search, news & web data from 195 countries. | X tweets, replies, profiles, followers, lists, communities, Spaces & articles. |
| Output | Dashboards & custom reports with automated delivery. | Raw rows through REST, SDKs, MCP & file exports. |
| Live alerts | None listed on the pages read. | Account & keyword monitors that check every second, with signed webhooks. |
| Write actions | None listed. | 18 write actions from connected accounts. Posting a tweet costs 30 credits. |
| Agent tooling | None listed. | Remote MCP server with OAuth or API key. |
| SDKs | None listed. | TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Kotlin, PHP, Ruby & C#. Also a CLI & Terraform provider. |
| Exports | Custom reports. | CSV, XLSX, JSON & Markdown exports. |

## What to test in Xquik

Pull 1 month of X mentions for a brand you track in Pulsar. Compare volume, fields & cost with your Pulsar quote. Xquik bills only the tweets you keep.

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  <Card title="Tweets, followers & exports" icon="download">
    23 extraction tools cover tweets, replies, quotes, reposts, likes, followers, following, verified followers, communities, lists, Spaces, articles, and search. Export results to CSV, JSON, XLSX, Markdown, or API responses.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automation & writes" icon="workflow">
    18 X write actions cover tweets, media uploads, likes, retweets, follows, DMs, profile updates, and community actions from connected accounts.
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  <Card title="Monitoring & delivery" icon="bell">
    Account and keyword monitors check active streams every 1 second. Store events, poll them, or deliver them through signed webhooks.
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  <Card title="Developer tools" icon="code-xml">
    Choose REST, an SDK, MCP, or pay-per-use reads. Credit records show each request's cost.
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## Migration path

Move the X part of your research to Xquik first. Search past mentions, then add keyword monitors for live ones. Export rows to CSV or XLSX for your analysts.

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  <Card title="Xquik pricing" icon="credit-card" href="https://xquik.com/en/pricing">
    Every action in credits & dollars, beside the X API's own rates.
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  <Card title="Search tweets API" icon="search" href="/api-reference/x/search-tweets">
    Search tweets by keyword, hashtag, account & date range.
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  <Card title="Official Pulsar site" icon="external-link" href="https://www.pulsarplatform.com/">
    Request current pricing before making a final decision.
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