5 tools compared
Tools with a dedicated Twitter (X) scraper on the vendor's own site, compared on entry price and what public data each one returns.
Octoparse
Octoparse
A Twitter scraper turns public posts, profiles and search results on X into data you can sort. You use one when that export has to run on a schedule and the official X API does not fit the job.
Good to knowEvery tool below publishes a dedicated Twitter or X scraper on its own site. A generic page fetch is not enough to be listed.
Octoparse is a no-code scraper with a desktop app and a cloud runner. You build a task by pointing at the data, then run it locally or, on higher plans, in the cloud.
Verified November 4, 2026
Bright Data's Web Scraper API is a catalog of maintained scrapers that return structured records. It is a different product from Bright Data's proxy plans.
Verified November 4, 2026
Scrapingdog is a scraping API with dedicated endpoints for search, commerce and social pages, including X, Walmart, Zillow, LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
Verified November 4, 2026
Apify is a platform of ready-made scrapers (Actors) and a runtime for your own, billed on platform usage plus per-Actor pricing.
Verified November 4, 2026
PhantomBuster runs cloud automations (Phantoms) that collect public data from sites such as LinkedIn, X and Instagram, then export it or send it to a CRM.
Verified November 4, 2026
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Profiles
TwitterTwitter templates for public profiles, keyword search and hashtags.
Octoparse is a no-code scraper with a desktop app and a cloud runner. You build a task by pointing at the data, then run it locally or, on higher plans, in the cloud.
TwitterX posts and profiles scrapers on the Web Scraper API.
Bright Data's Web Scraper API is a catalog of maintained scrapers that return structured records. It is a different product from Bright Data's proxy plans.
TwitterX Profile and X Post APIs. 5 credits per successful request.
Scrapingdog is a scraping API with dedicated endpoints for search, commerce and social pages, including X, Walmart, Zillow, LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
TwitterTwitter (X) Scraper actor published by Apify at apify/twitter-scraper. Public profiles, posts and search.
Apify is a platform of ready-made scrapers (Actors) and a runtime for your own, billed on platform usage plus per-Actor pricing.
TwitterTwitter/X Profile Scraper and Search Export on the PhantomBuster store. Public profiles and posts.
PhantomBuster runs cloud automations (Phantoms) that collect public data from sites such as LinkedIn, X and Instagram, then export it or send it to a CRM.
Buying guide
Profiles, posts and search are in scope. Private accounts and data you cannot already see are not.
An actor made by the platform vendor is a different bet from a community actor that can change.
Run a small search first. Actor pricing and platform usage are separate meters.
Guide
A Twitter scraper collects public posts, profiles and search results from X (formerly Twitter) and returns them as fields you can sort, instead of a page you read by hand. A tweet scraper, an X scraper and a Twitter web scraper are the same job under other names.
The one thing to settle before you pay: the output decides the tool. A public profile, a keyword search and a hashtag are three different requests. A product that only fetches any URL is not a Twitter scraper, which is why this ranking only includes vendors that publish a dedicated X or Twitter tool on their own site.
You use a Twitter scraper when the job is a repeatable export of public posts, not a session in the browser. The usual cases are brand monitoring, product feedback in public replies, and a record of what a public account has posted. Those are research and operations tasks you are allowed to run.
X also sells an official API. Use that when your volume fits its quota and its price. Use a scraper when you need the public page itself (a profile, a search or a hashtag) and the API plan does not cover that shape of data. The scraper does not replace permission: X's terms, privacy law and copyright still apply to what you keep.
Guides titled how to scrape Twitter (X) all start from the same split: official API, a hosted Twitter scraper API, a no-code tool, or a Python or GitHub library. Pick the route from the volume and from who will maintain it.
The official API is the stable source when it covers the posts you need: documented fields, your own key, a published quota. We do not print X's current price here, because that number lives on X's own page and changes there. Read it before you decide a scraper is cheaper.
Scrapingdog publishes X Profile and X Post APIs. Each successful call costs 5 credits. Plans start at $40/mo for 200,000 credits, and the free plan is 100 credits with no card. Social calls cost more credits than a plain page.
Bright Data's Web Scraper API lists maintained scrapers for X posts and profiles. It is a different product from Bright Data's proxy plans. Pay as you go is $1.50 per 1,000 delivered records, with 5,000 free records a month and no card. The first paid plan with a monthly fee is Scale at $499/mo.
Octoparse has templates for public profiles, keyword search and hashtags. Basic starts at $19/mo. The free plan covers 2,000 template rows a month. Cloud runs and scheduling start on Standard, from $69/mo.
PhantomBuster lists a Twitter/X Profile Scraper and a Search Export for public profiles and posts. The $56/mo figure is the annual plan ($672/year). The trial caps exports at 10 rows.
Searches for a twitter scraper python library or a twitter scraper github project come from people who want code instead of a bill. Those libraries call X's front end, so they break when X changes it, and you own the repair. This ranking does not include them: every tool here is a hosted product with a dedicated scraper on the vendor's site. If you still use a library, check the last commit before you depend on it, and do not use it to get past a login.
A free twitter scraper, among the tools on this page, is a free tier or a short trial. None of them is an unlimited product.
Apify publishes its own Twitter (X) scraper at apify/twitter-scraper, for public profiles, posts and search. Apify made this actor. That is a different bet from a community actor that can disappear. You pay platform usage plus the actor price, and the total depends on the actor you run. The free monthly credit is enough to see the output, not to run a standing monitor.
The wider free set, including tools that are not on this X list, is on the free scraping APIs ranking.
Collecting public posts can be lawful, and it can also break X's terms, privacy rules or copyright. Which one applies depends on the country and on what you store. This page describes the tools. It is not legal advice.
Stay on public data you could already read. Do not collect personal data you have no reason to hold. Follower graphs and contact lists are the jobs to refuse, not a feature to shop for. Ask a lawyer before you build a product on the export.
The best Twitter scraper is the one with the lowest cost per complete public result on your own sample. Write the job first (profile posts, a keyword search, or a hashtag), then start on a free tier.
Run the same 20 public queries on two tools. Count the results that come back complete, and divide the bill by that count. Prefer the vendor that documents the exact endpoint you need. The comparison table above shows entry price, free tier and who publishes the scraper. It cannot tell you the success rate on your queries.
FAQ
Use one when you need a repeatable export of public posts, profiles or search results and the official X API does not cover that job. Brand monitoring and public research are the usual cases. Platform terms and privacy law still apply.
Yes. X sells API access with its own limits and price. A scraper is the alternative when you need public page data the API plan does not fit.
Collecting public posts can be lawful, and it can also break X's terms, privacy rules or copyright. Stick to public data, do not build contact or follower lists, and ask a lawyer before a commercial use.
