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Why Xquik wins over SocialData

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. Xquik publishes reproducible benchmarks with run IDs. SocialData publishes none. Xquik bills only delivered, unique, filter-matching results. Empty pages, failed requests, retries, duplicates & filtered rows cost nothing. SocialData’s pricing lists USD 0.0002 per tweet or profile. Xquik charges USD 0.00015, 25% less on every result. 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.

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Where SocialData fits

SocialData calls itself the X API for public data, priced per result. It is read-only, so it never posts or acts for an account. Xquik reads the same kinds of public data and also runs account actions. This guide compares SocialData and Xquik on specific X tasks. It covers tweet search, follower exports, account monitors, publishing, webhooks, and agent connections.
Facts on this page come from SocialData’s official pages, read on 2026-10-15. Verify current pricing and terms on the official site before buying.

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Quick answer

Pick Xquik

Xquik is faster & cheaper per useful result. It also adds writes from connected accounts, 1-second monitors, exports, SDKs & remote MCP.

When SocialData may fit

You want a service that is read-only by design.

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Source-backed SocialData scope

  • The homepage lists USD 0.0002 per tweet or user profile, which is USD 0.20 per 1,000 results. The balance never expires.
  • The pricing docs say requests that return no data don’t consume balance by default, and failed requests don’t either.
  • The homepage says SocialData is read-only and never acts on your behalf.
  • User monitors deliver an event up to 30 seconds after a change on X. The docs say they don’t promise real-time delivery.
  • Requests use a bearer API key. A hosted MCP server offers 14 read-only tools.
  • Each user can send 120 requests per minute across all endpoints.

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Comparison

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What to test in Xquik

Price the whole task. Count results, monitors, exports, and any write step the workflow needs. Choose Xquik when the job reads and acts on X, or needs faster monitor events.

Tweets, followers & exports

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.

Automation & writes

18 X write actions cover tweets, media uploads, likes, retweets, follows, DMs, profile updates, and community actions from connected accounts.

Monitoring & delivery

Account and keyword monitors check active streams every 1 second. Store events, poll them, or deliver them through signed webhooks.

Developer tools

Choose REST, an SDK, MCP, or pay-per-use reads. Credit records show each request’s cost.

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Migration path

Run the same query in both products, then compare rows, fields, monitor timing, and cost. Move the task only after the systems that read the data accept the Xquik output.

Xquik pricing

Every action in credits and dollars, beside the X API’s own rates.

Monitors API

Create account monitors and receive signed webhook events.

Official SocialData pricing

Verify current prices before making a final decision.