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> **Original source:** https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits

## Free API Credits

## 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

**Plan**

**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](https://docs.tavily.com/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**.

The number of successful URL extractions and your [extraction depth](https://docs.tavily.com/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](https://docs.tavily.com/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