X Launches New Basic and Premium+ Tiers

X/Twitter introduced two new subscription tiers last week to complete its existing X Premium subcription that costs $8/month. The two new tiers, Basic and Premium+, start at $3/month and offer different features for power users.

X Basic, which costs $3/month (or $32/year), provides access to most features included in the regular Premium plan such as the ability to write longer posts, edit them, and upload longer videos. Subscribers can also hide their likes and subscriptions, but they don’t get a blue verified checkmark.

Moreover, X Basic only provides a “small reply boost” and no reduction in the amount of ads in the “For You and “Following” feeds. This Basic tier also doesn’t provide access to X Pro (previously TweetDeck), Creator subscriptions, and other features in the platform’s Creator Hub.

The new X Premium+ tier, which is priced at $16/month (or $168/year), includes all features from the regular Premium subscription, but with no ads in the “For You” and “Following” feeds. Additionally, subscribers get an even larger boost for their posts in replies.

we’re also launching a new Basic tier for $3/month (when signing up via Web) that gives you access to the most essential Premium features

— Premium (@premium) October 27, 2023

The two new Premium tiers are currently only available on the web for new subscribers. “In the coming weeks, we’ll launch the ability to easily upgrade or downgrade your existing subscription tier. If you’re interested in subscribing to a new tier, we recommend waiting for that launch,” the company said in an FAQ.

In another announcement related to X’s ad revenue sharing program, which requires an X Premium or Premium+ subscription to participate, Elon Musk said that any posts that are corrected by Community Notes (the platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking system) will become ineligible for monetization. “The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism,” Musk said.