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. 2022 Aug 20;5(2):1511–1528. doi: 10.1007/s42001-022-00177-5

Table 2.

Comparison of Botometer-V4 and BotometerLite APIs

Model Botometer-V4 BotometerLite
Endpoint Check account Check account in bulk
Query payload User object, 200 most recent tweets, mentions List of user objects and timestamps
Response Raw bot scores, sub-scores, CAP scores, basic account information, etc. BotometerLite scores
Daily number of accounts allowed 43,200 8.6 million
Corresponding botometer-python method(s) check_account check_accounts_from_tweets, check_accounts_from_user_ids, check_accounts_from_screen_names

*The values represent the upper bounds based on Twitter’s API rate limit when using a single app key. The actually numbers depend on other factors such as internet speed as well