MintAPI vs XCrap

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MintAPI compared with XCrap
Detail	MintAPI	XCrap
What it does	Unified paid APIs for AI agents and teams	Free API to read X posts, threads and profiles as Markdown or JSON without login or API key
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	2023
Based in	Not given	FR
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Pricing	1 credit = $0.001. Calls start at 1 credit. No credit expiry. Credits can be used across endpoints which scale by endpoint: GET /api/twitter/user-info (1 credit/$0.001), GET /api/youtube/trending (2 credits/$0.002), GET /api/twitter/search (3 credits/$0.003), GET /api/twitter/tweet-info (5 credits/$	No charge. Funded by donations. Rate limits are applied per IP address and per endpoint: 45 requests per minute for single posts and profiles, 15 per minute for threads and timelines, 20 per minute for media, 4 history exports and 6 bulk requests every five minutes, 10 searches every fifteen minutes
Key features	Dashboard API keys for human teams x402 stateless payments for agents Social data from X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Location data from Google Maps and Yelp Marketplace and search data endpoints Request-based billing with no credit expiry Structured JSON output by default 99.99% uptime	Single posts with full metrics: likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks and views Thread unrolling by stitching timeline with conversation ID Direct media downloads at every bitrate X encoded Bulk processing: up to fifty posts in one request Five output formats: JSON, Markdown, YAML, CSV, HTML MCP server integration for Claude and Cursor Full-text search with X search operators Markdown token counting via x-markdown-tokens header No authentication required: works with bare post IDs or x.com and twitter.com links Multiple integrations: SDK, OpenAPI spec, skill file, MCP server
What makes it different	One unified API surface instead of separate integrations per provider Pay-per-request model for agents without pre-provisioned keys Same endpoint catalog for humans and agents Consistent auth, billing, and response format across data sources x402 open protocol for machine-to-machine payments	Completely free with no sign-up, API key generation or credit card required Works with any AI agent without needing credentials to store or rotate No data storage: posts cached five days only, media streamed through disk Works even when X's official API is unavailable via four fallback sources behind each endpoint
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	6 −5 (down) since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	5	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	30	14
Referring domains (Majestic)	41	4

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