In the announcement post, the X Developer account said that it is also introducing an experimental read API for the free tier. However the company didn’t reveal that the free tier’s post limits are now reduced from 1,500 to just 500, and the read API will only give you 100 requests.

X has also introduced new annual plans for Basic and Pro API tiers that are cheaper than developers paying a monthly fee. The Basic annual plan costs $2,100 and the Pro annual plan costs $54,000.