# AI Search API — Pricing

Machine-readable pricing for aisearchapi.dev. Derived from the single source of
truth in `config/billing.config.ts` (plan money numbers) and
`_components/brand/pricing-data.ts` (credit buckets, blended rates, per-surface
credit costs). If this file disagrees with https://aisearchapi.dev/pricing, the
site is authoritative.

Model: credit-based. A capture costs a handful of credits; every field of the
Envelope is included with no per-field surcharge; credits are only spent on a
successful capture (an empty surface or a failed request costs nothing).

## Plans

| Plan       | Price      | Credits                | Blended rate     | Best for                                 |
| ---------- | ---------- | ---------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Free       | $0         | 500 one-time credits   | —                | Trying every surface, no card required   |
| Starter    | $49 / mo   | 150,000 credits / mo   | $0.33 / 1k       | A product tracking a few brands          |
| Growth     | $199 / mo  | 750,000 credits / mo   | $0.27 / 1k       | Teams monitoring AI at scale (popular)   |
| Scale      | $499 / mo  | 2,000,000 credits / mo | $0.25 / 1k       | Platforms running in production          |
| Enterprise | Custom     | Volume                 | from $0.22 / 1k  | Dedicated capacity, SLA, SSO, invoicing  |

## Per-surface credit cost

Every field (markdown, sources, fan-out, shopping, ads, entity mentions) is
included in the standard Envelope at these costs — no per-field surcharge.

| Surface             | Credits per capture |
| ------------------- | ------------------- |
| ChatGPT             | 5                   |
| Copilot             | 5                   |
| Google AI Overview  | 5                   |
| Gemini              | 4                   |
| Google AI Mode      | 4                   |
| Perplexity          | 3                   |
| Claude              | 6                   |

## Included in every Envelope

- answer.text and rendered markdown
- Sources, citations & char-ranges
- Fan-out queries
- Shopping cards & ads
- Raw capture & page HTML
- Entity mentions
- Sync mode (?mode=sync)
- Region / geo targeting

## Notes

- Charged on success only: failed or absent-surface captures do not spend credits.
- All surfaces, including Claude, are available on every paid plan.
- Concurrency scales by plan (Starter 10 · Growth 40 · Scale 90 concurrent captures).

Full docs: https://docs.aisearchapi.dev · Pricing page: https://aisearchapi.dev/pricing