> ## 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.
# Sorsa alternative with X writes & 1-second monitors
> Xquik beats Sorsa per useful result. Sorsa sells plans from USD 49 a month & bills each call. Xquik bills USD 0.00015 per row with no plan & adds writes.
For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt.
## Why Xquik wins over Sorsa
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. Sorsa publishes none.
Xquik bills only delivered, unique, filter-matching results. Empty pages, failed requests, retries, duplicates & filtered rows cost nothing. [Sorsa's pricing](https://api.sorsa.io/pricing) starts at USD 49 a month for 10,000 requests. Each call counts once, however few tweets it returns. On that plan, a search that finds 3 tweets costs USD 0.0049. On Xquik, the same search costs USD 0.00045. 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 Sorsa fits
Sorsa calls itself a read-only REST API for public X data. It sells monthly request plans, and 1 call counts as 1 request. Xquik bills per returned row and also runs account actions.
This guide compares Sorsa and Xquik on specific X tasks. It covers tweet search, follower lists, monitors, writes, webhooks & agent connections.
Facts on this page come from Sorsa'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 pay-as-you-go billing, writes, 1-second monitors, webhooks & file exports.
## Source-backed Sorsa scope
* Plans start at USD 49 a month for 10,000 requests, USD 0.0049 per request.
* Pro costs USD 199 a month for 100,000 requests, USD 0.00199 each.
* 1 call counts as 1 request, however much it returns. A search page holds up to 20 tweets.
* Past the monthly quota, extra requests bill at the plan's rate. Failed requests are not billed.
* New accounts get 100 free requests with no card and no expiry.
* Sorsa does not provide a streaming firehose or webhooks. Monitoring works by polling.
* Every plan allows 20 requests per second. Requests use an `ApiKey` header.
* The MCP server runs locally through npx and exposes 40 read-only tools.
## Comparison
| Area | Sorsa | Xquik |
| - | - | - |
| Billing unit | Monthly plans from USD 49. 1 call counts as 1 request. | 1 credit per returned row, USD 0.00015 with pay-as-you-go credits. Plans cost up to 20% less. |
| Search tweets | 1 request per call, however few tweets return. | 1 credit per tweet, USD 0.00015 with pay-as-you-go credits. |
| Empty search | 1 request, however much data it returns. | Billed only for returned rows, so 0 rows cost nothing. |
| Write actions | None. Sorsa is read-only. | 18 write actions from connected accounts. Posting a tweet costs 30 credits. |
| Monitoring | No webhooks. You poll at up to 20 requests per second. | Account & keyword monitors check every second and send signed webhooks. Each costs 30 credits an hour. |
| Agent tooling | Local MCP server through npx, with 40 read-only tools. | Remote MCP server with OAuth or API key. |
| SDKs | No SDK required. Guides cover Python, Node.js, Go & PHP. | 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 a full month of the task. Count the plan fee, empty searches & sparse pages. Xquik needs no plan, and an empty search costs 0. Add writes, monitors & exports if the workflow needs them.
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 query in both products. Compare rows, fields, monthly volume & 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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