# Control X API usage and costs

> Choose smaller syncs and understand which actions spend X credits.

Canonical: https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/x-api-costs

## Before you begin

Your X developer console billing page and a connected account for API features.

## Steps

1. Set a spending cap in console.x.com before enabling publication. OwnPost does not enforce a dollar budget or manage your credit balance.

2. In Insights, start with 25 recent posts. Choose 100 or enable older linked posts only when needed. Identical complete syncs reuse the previous result for five minutes, keeping its original measurement time.

3. Reference prices checked 23 September 2026: 1,000 standard posts cost $15; URL posts $200; ordinary post reads $5. Qualifying owned reads cost $1 per 1,000 only when the authenticated user owns the developer app. Check current prices before budgeting.

4. Each thread part is a separate publication. Drafting and viewing saved Insights make no X API calls; your external AI plan is separate.

5. You do not need an X event subscription for OwnPost. Analytics uses REST polling; Telegram webhooks serve a different purpose. Enabling an event subscription in X does not connect it to this app.

## A practical example

For an occasional results review, start with 25 recent originals and expand the range only when the question needs more history. Set and review spending controls in the X developer console before enabling recurring reads.

## Check the result

You know which reads you requested and where to control your X spending.

## Troubleshooting

For HTTP 402, check credits and the console spending limit. For HTTP 429, wait for X's reset. Do not retry an uncertain publication until you have checked X.

## Keep going

[Connect your X account](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/connect-x)

[Record a post's actual results](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/results)

[Current X API prices](https://docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing)

## Related

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