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Twitter API Plans Start With $100 Per Month

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Twitter has announced that it will charge $100 per month for the basic tier of API access, which includes a "low level of API usage" and the Ads API.

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The deadline for free API access has been extended to February 13.

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The announcement drew criticism from developers, particularly those who use bots for posting information or images.

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Twitter has promised to provide a light write-only API to bot developers with a limit of 1,500 tweets per month.

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The company will depreciate its premium API on February 13 and allow developers to apply for enterprise access.

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The new policy raises uncertainty for academic researchers who rely on the API to signal trends in hate speech or misinformation.

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The discontinuation of the free API tier will also affect solutions built for natural disasters like earthquakes.

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The move to make API access paid is part of Elon Musk's efforts to generate more revenue for Twitter.

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Twitter Blue has expanded to 15 countries, but has only 180,000 U.S. subscribers, which is projected to generate $27.8 million in revenue this year.

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There is limited information available about the API pricing restructuring and access levels.

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