X credits

X charges for every post sent through its API, and charges much more for posts that contain a link. To cover that, each post Robopost publishes on X uses X credits. Your plan includes credits every month, and you can buy more. Other networks don't use X credits.

You need: an X channel. See Connect X.

What a post costs

• Each X account is charged separately: a post sent to two X channels costs twice.
• A first comment is a separate reply and is charged on its own: 1 credit, or 14 if it has a link.
• Recurring posts and posts from collections or automations are charged each time they publish.

Credits are used when the post publishes, not when you schedule it. If X rejects the post outright, the credits are given back.

See the cost before you schedule

When an X channel is selected in the composer, a box above the text shows Estimated cost: … X credits · … available. It updates as you type. If you don't have enough credits, it warns you. Click Manage X credits to open Plan Usage.

Check your balance

Open Account → Plan Usage (Plan Usage). The X Credits card shows:

• the credits available now
• Included: how many of this month's included credits are left, with the date they reset
• Purchased: credits you bought

Included credits are used first. They reset every month, and unused ones don't carry over. Purchased credits never expire. Brands (sub-teams) share the balance of their parent account, marked Shared. The Subscription page shows the balance too.

Included credits come with an active paid subscription. On a free trial, the free plan and lifetime deals, X posting uses purchased credits only (the card says Your plan uses purchased credits only).

Buy more credits

1. Open Plan Usage.
2. On the X Credits card, click Buy 500 credits · US$15.
3. Pay at checkout. You come back to Plan Usage, and the credits are added once the payment is confirmed.

Only a billing administrator of the account that owns the balance can buy credits. Others see Ask your billing administrator to buy X credits.

Spend fewer credits

• Leave links out of X posts. A post without a link costs 1 credit instead of 14. Put the link in your bio, or post it on other networks only.
• For RSS and blog automations, turn on Omit links from X posts. New X posts from that automation skip the link, and other networks keep it. See RSS feeds. Such posts show Links omitted on X in the composer.
• Skip the first comment on X when it isn't needed.

When credits run out

X posts pause: a post that comes due without enough credits fails with X posts pause when credits run out. Top up, then reschedule affected posts. Other networks are unaffected.

1. Buy credits on Plan Usage, or wait for your monthly reset.
2. In Published posts, filter Post Status on Error, then Re-Schedule the X posts that failed.

At 80% of your included credits, Plan Usage warns you: You've used 80% of this month's included X credits.

When X itself pauses posting

Sometimes X refuses posts because of a usage or billing limit on Robopost's side with X, not on your account. The post fails with a message saying that X has paused posting for Robopost's X API account, and that buying credits or reconnecting won't fix it. Your channel is fine: don't reconnect it. Wait until service is restored, or contact support, then re-schedule the post.

Next

• Why did my post fail?
• Usage and limits