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Scrapest delivers Twitter/X data faster, cheaper, and with zero rate limits compared to the official X API. Here’s how they compare.
Live benchmarks are available at benchmark.scrape.st — updated in real-time.

At a Glance

What We Measure

Latency

Time from when a post is created on the source platform to when Scrapest delivers it to your webhook/stream. Measured end-to-end across all 3 web-push shards.
  • Source Latency — Platform → Scrapest ingestion
  • Internal Latency — Scrapest processing → webhook/stream delivery
  • P50 / P95 / P99 — Percentile distribution over a 24-hour rolling window

Coverage

Scrapest tracks 3,000+ accounts simultaneously across Twitter/X with zero rate-limit throttling, using a distributed account pool with geographic proxy distribution (GB/US/KW).

Latency Comparison

Scrapest

X API (Official)

The official X API v2 search endpoint has index lag of 5-15 seconds. Filtered stream (Enterprise only at $42,000+/year) claims ~seconds latency but is inaccessible to most developers.

Cost Comparison

For a typical integration tracking 100 accounts with real-time delivery:

Live Metrics

Query real-time latency data directly from the API:
Metrics endpoints are public — no authentication required. All data uses a 24-hour rolling window.

Why It Matters

  • Trading bots need sub-second latency — Scrapest delivers in ~200ms vs X API’s 5-15s
  • Social analytics need full coverage — Scrapest has zero rate limits vs X’s 100-500 req/15min caps
  • Multi-platform monitoring — one API for Twitter, Telegram, and Discord instead of 3 separate integrations

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