Twitter has finally some of the details and prices of the new version of your API. The company already had the changes after confirming that they were for third-party customers as part of a broader reorganization of its developer functions.
Unsurprisingly, the company maintains a free tier with limited functionality, though it offers far less than its predecessor. Under the new free tier, which is aimed at bots and other “testing” purposes, accounts can post up to 1,500 tweets per month, but won’t be able to access any other features. That may offer a lifeline to some Twitter celebs, but with around 50 tweets a day, it may prove to be For those who post more frequently.
At $100 per month, the new “Basic” tier offers a little more: developers can post up to 3,000 tweets per month at the user level and up to 50,000 per month at the app level. It also offers a read limit of 10,000 tweets per month, which, again, is much less than previously offered.
Meanwhile, an enterprise tier is intended for businesses that need a higher level of access, though the details of that tier are still unclear. According to Twitter , the enterprise level will include “business-level access that meets the specific needs of you and your customers” and other features. Businesses can request enterprise access, but the only pricing information Twitter has revealed is that there will be “monthly subscription tiers.”
It is also unclear what will happen to the researchers and academics who currently rely on the Twitter API for their work. In a series of tweets, the company it was “looking for new ways to continue serving this community,” but did not elaborate. cabling previously the company had told some organizations that API access could cost as much as $42,000 per month, but that plan doesn’t appear to have materialized, at least not yet.
The new details also mean that many services using Twitter’s older APIs could soon stop working entirely. The company confirmed that its existing APIs, used by a number of developers, researchers, and other services, would be deprecated in the next 30 days. “We recommend that you migrate to the new tiers as soon as possible for a smooth transition,” the company said. Although it is not clear how many developers will be willing to pay for reduced versions of the APIs.
