Pricing

Usage-based pricing. Load credits, pay per operation. No subscriptions required.

vs X API — Direct comparison

Frontrun gives you the same Twitter/X data at a fraction of the cost, plus research tools the X API doesn't offer at any price.

Twitter data

Operation	X API	twit.sh	frontrun	Savings vs X
User profile lookup	$0.010	$0.005	$0.01	Same price, but includes caching
Following list (per page, ~70 users)	$0.70 (70 × $0.01/user)	$0.01	$0.01	70x cheaper
Followers list (per page, ~70 users)	$0.70 (70 × $0.01/user)	$0.01	$0.01	70x cheaper
Tweet search (20 results)	$0.10 (20 × $0.005)	$0.01	$0.01	10x cheaper
User tweets (20 results)	$0.10 (20 × $0.005)	$0.01	$0.01	10x cheaper

The X API charges per resource returned. A single "get following" request that returns 70 users costs 70 × $0.01 = $0.70 on the X API. On frontrun, that same page of 70 users costs $0.01.

Real-world cost examples

Fetch a VC's 1,000 follows:

Provider	Calculation	Total
X API	1,000 users × $0.01/user	$10.00
twit.sh	~15 requests × $0.01	$0.15
frontrun	~15 pages × $0.01	$0.15

Research 50 companies per day (profile + tweets):

Provider	Calculation	Monthly
X API	50 × ($0.01 + $0.10) × 30 days	$165.00/mo
frontrun	50 × ($0.01 + $0.01) × 30 days	$30.00/mo

Monitor 200 VC accounts, fetch full following weekly:

Provider	Calculation	Monthly
X API	200 × 500 avg follows × $0.01 × 4 weeks	$4,000/mo
frontrun	200 × ~8 pages × $0.01 × 4 weeks	$64/mo

That's 62x cheaper for the same data.

Research tools — only on frontrun

These endpoints combine multiple data sources that the X API doesn't provide.

Operation	Endpoint	Cost	Data sources
Website scrape	`GET /v1/scrape`	$0.05	Firecrawl — structured markdown, product features, chain detection
LinkedIn enrichment	`GET /v1/linkedin/:username`	$0.10	Twitter handle → real name → LinkedIn profile + work history
Web search	`GET /v1/web-search`	$0.02	Google search results via Serper
Funding lookup	`GET /v1/funding/:company`	$0.01	DefiLlama crypto fundraising data
Full research dossier	`GET /v1/research/:username`	$0.25	All of the above in one call

Signal intelligence

Our core product — VC follow signal analysis that compounds daily.

Operation	Endpoint	Cost
Track account	`POST /v1/track`	$0.10
New follows	`GET /v1/follows/new`	$0.05
Follow snapshot	`GET /v1/follows/snapshot/:username`	$0.02
Convergence	`GET /v1/convergence`	$0.10
Trending	`GET /v1/trending`	$0.05
Account activity	`GET /v1/vc/:username/activity`	$0.05
Search	`GET /v1/search`	$0.03
Enriched follows	`GET /v1/follows/enriched`	$0.05
AI classification	`?classify=true` add-on	+$0.03/entity
On-demand classify	`POST /v1/classify`	$0.03/entity

Free operations

Operation	Endpoint
Account status	`GET /v1/status`
List tracked	`GET /v1/track`
Remove tracking	`DELETE /v1/track/:username`
Classification rules	CRUD operations
Custom tags	CRUD operations

How billing works

Load credits — Add funds to your balance via the billing page
Use the API — Each operation deducts atomically from your balance
Track spend — Every response includes cost_cents and balance_cents
Top up — A 402 response means insufficient balance

{
  "data": [...],
  "cost_cents": 1,
  "balance_cents": 9899
}

Usage examples

AI agent monitoring 25 VCs + researching new follows

Track setup: 25 × $0.10 = $2.50 one-time
Daily follows check: 30/mo × $0.05 = $1.50/mo
Research new companies: 50/mo × $0.25 = $12.50/mo
Weekly convergence: 4/mo × $0.10 = $0.40/mo
Monthly total: ~$14.40/mo

Doing that on the X API alone (just the Twitter data):

Following fetches: 25 accounts × 500 avg follows × $0.01 × 30 = $3,750/mo
No research tools, no convergence, no classification

Rate limits

Limit	Value
Requests per minute	60

See Rate Limits for details.

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