X Brain vs Twibird
Both turn your saved X (Twitter) posts into something you can actually search again. They do it in different ways, for different situations, so this is a straight comparison rather than a case for why one always wins.
| X Brain | Twibird | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 once | Free up to 1,000 likes and bookmarks. Standard is $8.90/month for 10,000; Team is $89/month |
| How it gets your data | Upload the official X archive, one time | Chrome extension that pulls likes and bookmarks from X. Manual sync on the free plan, auto sync on Team |
| Covers your full historical archive | Yes, including likes X's own UI no longer loads | Up to its plan cap: 1,000 items free, 10,000 on Standard, and only what X's web app will still load |
| Bookmarks | Limited, newer archives export bookmarks as IDs with no text | Yes, full text |
| Search type | Semantic, by meaning | Full-text, typo-tolerant keyword |
| Automatic categorization | Yes, 15 categories and 65+ subcategories | Manual tags and folders |
| Export formats | CSV, JSON, Markdown, Obsidian vault | CSV on every plan; Notion from Standard; API on Team |
| Claude / MCP integration | Yes | No MCP server found |
| Where your data lives | Your X Brain account | Locally in your browser; paid plans add a cloud backup |
| Works offline | No | Yes |
| Requires a browser extension | No | Yes |
Choose X Brain if
- You have years of likes piling up and want the ones X no longer loads.
- You want search by meaning, not just exact keywords.
- You use Obsidian, or want Claude able to search your saved posts.
- You’d rather pay once than run a browser extension indefinitely.
Choose Twibird if
- You have fewer than 1,000 likes and bookmarks and want a free, local-first tool.
- Bookmarks specifically, not just likes, are what you need to search.
- You’re fine running a Chrome extension day to day.
- You want new saves synced continuously rather than re-uploading an archive.
Twibird’s pricing and feature set were checked against its website and extension listing on 13 September 2026 (it has no standalone pricing page). If something has changed since, let us know and we’ll fix it.
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