> ## 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.
# Social Fetch alternative with 1-second X monitors
> Xquik beats Social Fetch on X. Social Fetch bills USD 0.00236 per request, misses included. Xquik bills USD 0.00015 per result & checks monitors every second.
For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt.
## Why Xquik wins over Social Fetch
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. Social Fetch publishes none.
Xquik bills only delivered, unique, filter-matching results. Empty pages, failed requests, retries, duplicates & filtered rows cost nothing. [Social Fetch's pricing](https://www.socialfetch.dev/pricing) bills USD 0.00236 per request on pay as you go. A completed `not_found` lookup still bills. On Xquik, a search that finds nothing 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 Social Fetch fits
Social Fetch calls itself a versioned public REST API for social data. It covers 25 platforms, X included. Most completed lookups cost 1 credit.
This guide compares Social Fetch and Xquik on specific X tasks. It covers tweet search, lookups, monitors, webhooks, writes & agent connections.
Facts on this page come from Social Fetch's official pages, read on 2026-10-15. Verify current pricing and terms on the official site before buying.
## Quick answer
Xquik is faster & cheaper per useful result. It also adds X monitors that check every second, writes & file exports.
You need 25 platforms behind 1 key.
## Source-backed Social Fetch scope
* Pay as you go costs USD 0.00236 per request. Plans cost USD 0.00161 to USD 0.00150 per request.
* Starter costs USD 29 a month for 18,000 credits. Scale costs USD 225 a month for 150,000.
* X search, tweet & profile routes cost 1 credit per successful request.
* A completed `not_found` lookup still bills. Validation errors & infrastructure failures do not.
* Pay-as-you-go pack credits never expire. Monthly plan credits reset each period.
* New accounts get 100 free credits with no card.
* Monitors poll on a schedule and send HMAC-signed webhooks. X sources have a 5-minute floor.
* Each monitor check bills like the lookup it runs, also when nothing is new.
* Pay as you go allows 5 active monitors. Starter allows 25, Growth 100 & Scale 250.
* Requests use an `x-api-key` header. A TypeScript SDK & a hosted MCP server are available.
* Each workspace can have 200 requests in flight. Paid metered routes have no RPS cap.
## Comparison
| Area | Social Fetch | Xquik |
| - | - | - |
| Billing unit | 1 credit per lookup, USD 0.0015 to USD 0.00236. | 1 credit per returned row, USD 0.00015 with pay-as-you-go credits. Plans cost up to 20% less. |
| Tweet or profile lookup | 1 credit, from USD 0.0015. | 1 credit, USD 0.00015 with pay-as-you-go credits. |
| Search | 1 credit per successful request. | Billed only for returned rows, so 0 rows cost nothing. |
| Monitor speed | Scheduled checks with signed webhooks. X checks run every 5 minutes at most. | Account & keyword monitors check every second and send signed webhooks. |
| Monitor price | Each check bills. A 5-minute X monitor runs 288 checks a day. | 30 credits an hour, which is USD 0.108 a day. |
| Write actions | Its 29 X routes are all GET reads. | 18 write actions from connected accounts. Posting a tweet costs 30 credits. |
| Agent tooling | Hosted MCP server with OAuth or API key. Every endpoint is a tool. | Remote MCP server with OAuth or API key. |
| SDKs | TypeScript SDK. | TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Kotlin, PHP, Ruby & C#, plus a CLI & a Terraform provider. |
| Exports | JSON API responses. | CSV, XLSX, JSON & Markdown exports. |
## What to test in Xquik
Price the X part of the task. A Social Fetch lookup costs from USD 0.0015. An Xquik tweet or profile costs USD 0.00015. For monitors, compare check speed and daily cost. Xquik checks every second for USD 0.108 a day.
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.
18 X write actions cover tweets, media uploads, likes, retweets, follows, DMs, profile updates, and community actions from connected accounts.
Account and keyword monitors check active streams every 1 second. Store events, poll them, or deliver them through signed webhooks.
Choose REST, an SDK, MCP, or pay-per-use reads. Credit records show each request's cost.
## Migration path
Run the same X lookups and monitors in both products. Compare fields, alert timing & cost. Move the task once the systems that read the data accept Xquik's output.
Every action in credits and dollars, beside the X API's own rates.
Create account monitors and receive signed webhook events.
Verify current prices before making a final decision.
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