# Source: https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits.md

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# Credits & Pricing

> Learn how to get and manage your Tavily API Credits.

## Free API Credits

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  You get 1,000 free API Credits every month. **No credit card required.**
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## Pricing Overview

Tavily operates on a simple, credit-based model:

* **Free**: 1,000 credits/month
* **Pay-as-you-go**: \$0.008 per credit (allows you to be charged per credit once your plan’s credit limit is reached).
* **Monthly plans**: \$0.0075 - \$0.005 per credit
* **Enterprise**: Custom pricing and volume

| <div align="left">**Plan**</div> | **Credits per month** | **Monthly price** | **Price per credit** |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------- |
| **Researcher**                   | 1,000                 | Free              | -                    |
| **Project**                      | 4,000                 | \$30              | \$0.0075             |
| **Bootstrap**                    | 15,000                | \$100             | \$0.0067             |
| **Startup**                      | 38,000                | \$220             | \$0.0058             |
| **Growth**                       | 100,000               | \$500             | \$0.005              |
| **Pay as you go**                | Per usage             | \$0.008 / Credit  | \$0.008              |
| **Enterprise**                   | Custom                | Custom            | Custom               |

Head to [billing](https://app.tavily.com/billing) to explore our different options and manage your plan.

## API Credits Costs

### Tavily Search

Your [search depth](/api-reference/endpoint/search#body-search-depth) determines the cost of your request.

* **Basic Search (`basic`):**
  Each request costs **1 API credit**.

* **Advanced Search (`advanced`):**
  Each request costs **2 API credits**.

### Tavily Extract

The number of successful URL extractions and your [extraction depth](/api-reference/endpoint/extract#body-extract-depth) determines the cost of your request. You never get charged if a URL extraction fails.

* **Basic Extract (`basic`):**
  Every 5 successful URL extractions cost **1 API credit**

* **Advanced Extract (`advanced`):**
  Every 5 successful URL extractions cost **2 API credits**

### Tavily Map

The number of pages mapped and whether or not natural-language [instructions](/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/map#instructions) are specified determines the cost of your request. You never get charged if a map request fails.

* **Regular Mapping:**
  Every 10 successful pages returned cost **1 API credit**

* **Map with (`instructions`):**
  Every 10 successful pages returned cost **2 API credits**

### Tavily Crawl

Tavily Crawl combines both mapping and extraction operations, so the cost is the sum of both:

* **Crawl Cost = Mapping Cost + Extraction Cost**

For example:

* If you crawl 10 pages with basic extraction depth, you'll be charged **1 credit for mapping** (10 pages) + **2 credits for extraction** (10 successful extractions ÷ 5) = **3 total credits**
* If you crawl 10 pages with advanced extraction depth, you'll be charged **1 credit for mapping** + **4 credits for extraction** = **5 total credits**

### Tavily Research

Tavily Research follows a dynamic
pricing model with minimum and maximum credit consumption boundaries associated
with each request. The minimum and maximum boundaries differ based on if the
request uses `model=mini` or `model=pro`.

| Request Cost Boundaries | model=pro   | model=mini  |
| ----------------------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| Per-request minimum     | 15 credits  | 4 credits   |
| Per-request maximum     | 250 credits | 110 credits |