Twitter has a new API for start-ups – but it doesn’t come cheap

Not long after Twitter’s soon-to-be ex-CEO Elon Musk controversially switched off APIs for the social networking platform, leaving many third-party apps in the dust and with no business model, the company has now announced that APIs are coming back for more users, but with a very expensive twist.

The so-called ‘Twitter API Pro’ tier was announced by @TwitterDev on the network with smaller companies and startups in mind, and is priced at $5,000 per month, sitting above the $100-per-month Basic plan and the Enterprise plan.