> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.crustdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Pricing
> Learn how Crustdata credits work, what common endpoints cost, and how to estimate usage before you ship.
Pricing can change by plan, entitlement, and endpoint version. Confirm the
current credit cost in your dashboard or with the Crustdata team before you
plan production usage.
Crustdata uses a credit model across its APIs. Use low-cost search endpoints
to narrow your list, then enrich only the records you want to inspect in
detail.
Use search endpoints for low-cost discovery, then enrich only the
records you want to keep.
Person enrich starts with a base profile and adds cost only when you ask
for higher-value data.
Web live endpoints are available on self-serve plans. Company and Person
live endpoints remain plan-gated.
Purchased credits are valid for **12 months** from the purchase date.
Credits granted by your account manager may carry a custom expiry.
## Self-serve endpoint pricing
This page lists pricing for the endpoints currently documented in this docs
site. It does not include unpublished or not-yet-documented routes.
Use these tables to estimate common self-serve search, identify, and enrich
costs. To see what a call actually cost, read the
[`X-Credits-Used` response header](/general/credits#per-call-usage-the-x-credits-used-header)
returned on every request.
### Your account's own prices
The tables below are standard list prices. If your account is on a negotiated
or contract rate, the prices you pay are returned by
[`GET /account/endpoints`](/general/permissions) — one free call, no credits,
every endpoint with its `base_credits` and any per-field or per-flag extras
priced for *your* account. It is the authoritative answer to "what does this
cost me", and a cost estimator can read it directly:
```bash Request theme={"theme":"vitesse-black"}
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.crustdata.com/account/endpoints?path=/person/enrich' \
--header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'x-api-version: 2025-11-01'
```
```json Response theme={"theme":"vitesse-black"}
{
"api_version": "2025-11-01",
"token_limit_rpm": null,
"endpoints": [
{
"path": "/person/enrich",
"category": "Person",
"status": "enabled",
"effective_rate_limit_rpm": 20,
"fields": { "enabled": ["basic_profile", "..."], "disabled": [] },
"base_credits": 1,
"premium_fields": [
{ "field": "contact.business_emails", "credits": 1 },
{ "field": "contact.personal_emails", "credits": 2 },
{ "field": "contact.phone_numbers", "credits": 2 },
{ "field": "dev_platform_profiles", "credits": 1 },
{ "field": "social_posts", "credits": 5 }
]
}
]
}
```
The field lists are trimmed above; the live response carries every enabled and
disabled path. See [Permissions](/general/permissions#how-to-read-the-prices)
for how to read `premium_filters`, `premium_fields`, and `premium_modes`.
You can also see your prices in the [dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints).
The "Your price" column in each endpoint table below links to the **Pricing**
tab of that endpoint. The tab shows the prices for your account.
* The link works only for an endpoint enabled for your account. For any other
endpoint, the dashboard opens your endpoint list.
* A batch endpoint links to the tab of its non-batch endpoint, because batch
costs the same. For example, `/batch/person/search` links to the tab of
`/person/search`.
* A free endpoint has no link.
* A watcher row links to the dashboard watch builder instead, because
`/account/endpoints` does not carry watch prices. The link opens the builder
on that watcher and that SLA. The screen quotes your price per record. The
3-day tier has no link, because the builder does not offer it.
### Premium fields in search
Search charges a base price per result, plus a per-field price for premium
fields. The two sides are billed independently: **filtering** on a premium
field is one charge, **receiving** it in the response is another, and sorting
on one is free. Both are per result. A request that touches no premium field
pays the base price alone.
A premium group you request that comes back `null`, because the record has no
data for it, is not billed.
Prices below are standard list prices; call
[`/account/endpoints`](/general/permissions) for the prices on your account,
and for which of these fields your plan can use today.
#### Person search
| Field group | Filter | Response |
| - | - | - |
| Basic profile | Base price — **0.03** | — |
| Experience *(incl. recently changed jobs)* | **0.1** | **0.1** |
| Education | **0.1** | **0.1** |
| Skills | **0.1** | **0.1** |
| Certifications | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Professional network *(followers, connections, open to card, languages)* | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Summary | — | **0.2** |
| Honors | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Dev platform profiles *(basic GitHub info)* | **0.8** | — |
| Dev platform profiles *(repositories)* | **2.5** | — |
| Research profiles *(academic author profiles, enabled on request)* | **0.4** | **0.4** |
A group is one charge however many of its members you touch: languages rides
professional network, recently changed jobs rides experience. Summary is
response-only, and the dev platform groups are filter-only — search never
returns them, so only the filter side bills. A result that touches every
returnable premium field costs **2.03** credits, or **2.43** with research
profiles; the GitHub units add **0.8** (basic) or **2.5** (repositories) per
result on the filter side. Research profiles are enabled per account, see
[Research profiles](/person-docs/search/reference#research-profiles).
#### Company search
| Field group | Filter | Response |
| - | - | - |
| Basic | Base price — **0.03** | — |
| Taxonomy | **0.1** | **0.1** |
| Followers | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Headcount *(incl. headcount by function)* | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Funding | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Hiring | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Software reviews (G2) | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Maps (Google Maps) | **0.2** | **0.2** |
| Technographics | **1** | — |
Technographics is filter-only — search never returns it, so only the filter
side bills. More company groups (market intel, SEO, web traffic, news,
employee reviews, people) are on the way; they will appear here and in
[`/account/endpoints`](/general/permissions) as they become available.
### Person endpoints
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/person/search` | **0.03** per result + premium groups | Best for low-cost discovery and filtering. Premium groups you filter on or receive bill on top, see [Premium fields in search](#premium-fields-in-search). | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-search#pricing) |
| `/person/search/autocomplete` | **Free** | Use for typeahead and filter builders. | Free |
| `/person/enrich` | **1-9** per record | Starts with a base profile and scales with requested data. `research_profiles` (enabled on request) adds **+2** per person with a profile. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-enrich#pricing) |
| `/person/identify` | **1** per match | Resolve a profile URL, email, or Google Scholar profile URL to a `crustdata_person_id`. Unmatched identifiers are free. Enabled per account. | Not in the dashboard |
| `/person/contact/enrich` | **1-5.5** per matched person | Billed per requested contact type, no base credit. `verified: true` adds 0.5. Enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-contact-enrich#pricing) |
| `/batch/person/contact/enrich` | **1-5.5** per matched person | Same per-type prices and `verified` add-on as `/person/contact/enrich`. Enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-contact-enrich#pricing) |
| `/dev_platform/enrich` | **1** per result | Available on enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/dev_platform-enrich#pricing) |
### Company endpoints
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/company/search` | **0.03** per result + premium groups | Lightweight company discovery. Premium groups you filter on or receive bill on top, see [Premium fields in search](#premium-fields-in-search). | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/company-search#pricing) |
| `/company/search/autocomplete` | **Free** | Useful for search UX and filter pickers. | Free |
| `/company/enrich` | **2-4** per record | Base **2**; requesting `technographics` adds **+2** per company that returns technographics data. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/company-enrich#pricing) |
| `/company/identify` | **Free** | Resolve a company from a domain or other supported identifier. | Free |
| `/employee_review/enrich` | **1** per company | Available on enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/employee_review-enrich#pricing) |
### Job endpoints
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/job/search` | **0.03** per result | Indexed job discovery, filtering, and hiring analysis. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/job-search#pricing) |
### Web endpoints
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/web/search/live` | **1** per query | Web search. Available on self-serve and enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/web-search-live#pricing) |
| `/web/enrich/live` | **1** per page | Web page fetch. Available on self-serve and enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/web-enrich-live#pricing) |
### Social Post endpoints
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/social_post/search` | **0.5** per post | Indexed social post search with structured filters. `limit: 0` counts are free. Enabled on request. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/social_post-search#pricing) |
| `/social_post/professional_network/search/live` | **1** per post · **+5** per 100 reactors · **+5** per 100 comments, counted per post. `exact_keyword_match` does not change the price. | Available on enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/social_post-professional_network-search-live#pricing) |
| `/social_post/professional_network/enrich/live` | **1** per post · **+5** per 100 reactors · **+5** per 100 comments, counted per post | Available on enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/social_post-professional_network-enrich-live#pricing) |
### Watcher endpoints
Every watcher is priced by its SLA: how fresh the data behind a notification is kept, written as `config.refresh_frequency_days`. A 1-day SLA refreshes daily, which is the level a realtime watch runs at.
| Endpoint | 30-day SLA (default) | 1-day SLA | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `/watch/person/search` | **0.5** per new person | **150** per new person | Discovery watcher. First run is a free baseline (up to 5 matches). | [30-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=person\&sla=30) · [1-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=person\&sla=1) |
| `/watch/company/search` | **2** per new company | **150** per new company | Discovery watcher. First run is a free baseline (up to 5 matches). | [30-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=company\&sla=30) · [1-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=company\&sla=1) |
| `/watch/job/search` | **0.5** per new job | **150** per new job | Discovery watcher. First run is a free baseline (up to 5 matches). | [30-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=job\&sla=30) · [1-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=job\&sla=1) |
| `/watch/social_post/search` | **2** per new post | **150** per new post | Discovery watcher. First run is a free baseline (up to 5 matches). | [30-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=social_post\&sla=30) · [1-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=discovery\&dataset=social_post\&sla=1) |
| `/watch/person` | **5** per changed entity | **150** per changed entity | Entity watcher. First run is a free baseline; no charge on runs with no change. Three SLA tiers in between (see below). | [30-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=30) · [14-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=14) · [7-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=7) · [1-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=1) |
| `/watch/company` | **5** per changed company | Not available | Entity watcher. 30-day SLA only. First run is a free baseline; no charge on runs with no change. | [30-day](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=company\&sla=30) |
**How you ask for a 1-day SLA depends on the watcher.** A discovery watch takes `config.is_realtime: true`, which searches the web live on each run rather than reading the index; the key is what puts the watch on the 1-day SLA, and the create response echoes `config.refresh_frequency_days: 1`. A person entity watch takes `config.refresh_frequency_days: 1` directly. Either way the rate is the same 150 credits per delivered record.
A 1-day SLA discovery watch runs once a day at most, so `config.trigger.every_hours` must be `24` or more. The filter fields each dataset's live search accepts are on its own watcher page: [Person](/watcher-docs/person/discovery#realtime-watches), [Company](/watcher-docs/company/discovery#realtime-watches), [Job](/watcher-docs/job/watch#realtime-watches), [Social Post](/watcher-docs/social-post/discovery#realtime-watches).
You're charged only for what's delivered on recurring runs. A discovery run that finds nothing new, or an entity run where nothing changed, costs nothing. Each watcher lives under its dataset. [Person](/watcher-docs/person/entity) and [Company](/watcher-docs/company/entity) each have an Entity and a Discovery watcher; [Job](/watcher-docs/job/watch) and [Social Post](/watcher-docs/social-post/discovery) have a Discovery watcher only.
A **person** entity watcher has three SLA tiers between the two ends of the table above. The rate is tiered by `config.refresh_frequency_days` and does not depend on how often the watch runs.
| SLA (`refresh_frequency_days`) | Credits per changed entity | Your price |
| - | - | - |
| not set / `30` (default) | 5 | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=30) |
| `14` | 10 | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=14) |
| `7` | 20 | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=7) |
| `3` | 50 | Not in the dashboard |
| `1` | 150 | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/watch?type=list\&dataset=person\&sla=1) |
Company entity watchers run at the 30-day SLA only (5 credits per changed company).
## Batch endpoint
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/batch/company/search` | **0.03** per result + premium groups | Same as company search pricing, premium groups included. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/company-search#pricing) |
| `/batch/company/enrich` | **2-4** per record | Same as company enrich pricing, including the `technographics` add-on. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/company-enrich#pricing) |
| `/batch/company/professional_network/search/live` | **2** per company | Same as live company search pricing. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/company-professional_network-search-live#pricing) |
| `/batch/person/search` | **0.03** per result + premium groups | Same as person search pricing, premium groups included. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-search#pricing) |
| `/batch/person/enrich` | **1-9** per record | Same as person enrich pricing, including the `research_profiles` add-on. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-enrich#pricing) |
| `/batch/person/professional_network/search/live` | **2** per profile | Same as live people search pricing. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-professional_network-search-live#pricing) |
| `/batch/person/professional_network/enrich/live` | **7** per profile | Same as live people enrich pricing. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-professional_network-enrich-live#pricing) |
| `/batch/person/identify` | **1** per match | Reverse email lookup. Only emails that resolve to a person are billed; unmatched are free. Enabled per account. | Not in the dashboard |
| `/batch/person/verify` | **10** per result | Work-history verification. One result is one verdict. A profile that does not reach a verdict is left out of the results file and is free. Enabled per account. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/batch-person-verify#pricing) |
| `/batch/job/search` | **0.03** per result | Same as job search pricing. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/job-search#pricing) |
| `/batch/social_post/professional_network/enrich/live` | **1** per post · **+5** per 100 reactors · **+5** per 100 comments, counted per post | Same as social post enrich pricing. Enterprise plans. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/social_post-professional_network-enrich-live#pricing) |
| `/batch/{batch_id}` | **Free** | Current pricing assumption: batch status checks are non-billable. | Free |
| `/batch/` | **Free** | Current pricing assumption: batch listing is non-billable. | Free |
## Person enrich pricing
Person enrich uses additive pricing. You pay for the base profile first, then
add credits only for the extra data you request.
| Data returned | Additional credits | What you get |
| - | - | - |
| Base profile | **1** | Core person identity, role, location, experience, education, certifications, skills, and social handles |
| Personal email data | **+2** | Personal email details |
| Phone data | **+2** | Direct phone numbers |
| Business email data | **+1** | Verified business email details |
| Developer platform data | **+1** | Developer platform profile, repos, orgs, and activity |
| Research profiles | **+2** | Matched academic author profiles with citation metrics, articles, and co-authors. Enabled on request, and charged only for a person with at least one profile. See [`research_profiles` fields](/person-docs/enrichment/reference#research_profiles-fields). |
The maximum current cost for a single enriched person record is **9 credits**.
The base credit is charged once per matched record.
### Common credit patterns
| Use case | Typical data requested | Credits |
| - | - | - |
| Basic profile lookup | Base profile only | **1** |
| Sales outreach | Base profile + business email | **2** |
| Full outbound prospecting | Base profile + business email + phone | **4** |
| Recruiting with personal contact data | Base profile + personal email + phone | **5** |
| Maximum person enrich payload | Base profile + all add-ons | **9** |
## Person Contact pricing
[`/person/contact/enrich`](/person-docs/contact/enrich) bills **per requested
contact type, per matched person — there is no base credit** (the endpoint
returns contact data only).
| Contact type requested | Credits per matched person |
| - | - |
| `contact.business_emails` | **1** |
| `contact.personal_emails` | **2** |
| `contact.phone_numbers` | **2** |
Only the types you request are fetched and billed. Omitting `fields` requests
all three (**5** per matched person, the maximum without `verified`).
`contact.phone_numbers_info` belongs to the phone tier and bills the same **2**
once, with or without `contact.phone_numbers`.
`contact.websites` is not one of the billed contact types, so requesting it
currently uses **0** credits. Identifiers with no match are not billed.
Set `verified: true` to return only business emails that pass a deliverability
check at request time. Each matched person who receives at least one verified
business email costs **0.5** more, so business emails alone cost **1.5** and
all three types cost **5.5**. You pay nothing for the add-on on a person whose
verified list comes back empty. See [Verified business emails
only](/person-docs/contact/enrich#verified-business-emails-only).
[`/batch/person/contact/enrich`](/person-docs/contact/batch) bills the same
per-type prices and the same `verified` add-on, per matched person (maximum
**5.5**), counted per type, not per record (four business-email candidates
count once).
## Person enrich request examples
Use these examples to enrich by profile URL, request specific fields, or
reverse-lookup a person from a business email.
```bash Base profile request (1 credit) theme={"theme":"vitesse-black"}
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.crustdata.com/person/enrich \
--header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-version: 2025-11-01' \
--data '{
"professional_network_profile_urls": [
"https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhilashchowdhary"
]
}'
```
```bash Request specific fields theme={"theme":"vitesse-black"}
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.crustdata.com/person/enrich \
--header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-version: 2025-11-01' \
--data '{
"professional_network_profile_urls": [
"https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhilashchowdhary"
],
"fields": [
"basic_profile.summary",
"professional_network.followers"
]
}'
```
For full request patterns and field selection behavior, see [Person
enrichment](/person-docs/enrichment/introduction).
## Enterprise-only and plan-gated live endpoint pricing
Company and Person live endpoints are plan-gated and can have custom quotas or
contract pricing.
Web Search and Web Fetch are available on self-serve plans. The live Company
and Person endpoints below still require the right plan or enterprise
access.
### Live people, company, and job data
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/person/professional_network/search/live` | **2** per profile | Fresh live people search. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-professional_network-search-live#pricing) |
| `/person/professional_network/enrich/live` | **7** per profile | Fresh profile retrieval when cached enrich is not enough. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/person-professional_network-enrich-live#pricing) |
| `/company/professional_network/search/live` | **2** per company | Fresh live company search. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/company-professional_network-search-live#pricing) |
| `/job/professional_network/search/live` | **2** per result | Fresh live job search for a single company. | [Dashboard](https://app.crustdata.com/endpoints/job-professional_network-search-live#pricing) |
### Shared live-search endpoints
| Endpoint | Credit usage | Notes | Your price |
| - | - | - | - |
| `/professional_network/search/autocomplete` | **Free** | Shared live-search autocomplete when enabled for your account. | Free |
## Free endpoints
These endpoints do not currently consume credits:
* `/person/search/autocomplete`
* `/company/search/autocomplete`
* `/company/identify`
* `/professional_network/search/autocomplete` (when enabled for your
enterprise plan)
## Search vs enrich
| If you need to... | Best endpoint type | Why |
| - | - | - |
| Explore a large audience cheaply | Search | Search is priced for discovery and returns lightweight records. |
| Build full profiles or contact-ready records | Enrich | Enrich returns detailed person or company data. |
| Power typeahead or filter suggestions | Autocomplete | Autocomplete is free and designed for interactive search UIs. |
## Estimate usage before you launch
Separate self-serve, enterprise live, and utility requests. They are not
billed in the same way.
Search pricing depends on results returned, not only the number of
calls.
Contact data, developer platform data, and enterprise live workflows can
raise per-record cost.
Model normal traffic first, then add weekly or monthly growth
assumptions.
Keep headroom for queue bursts, replay jobs, and production debugging.
## Rate limit considerations
Default rate limits vary by endpoint, ranging from 10 requests per minute on live (real-time) endpoints to 45 requests per minute on autocomplete endpoints. See [Rate limits](/general/rate-limits) for the full per-endpoint table.
For throughput planning, see [Rate limits](/general/rate-limits).
## Buying credits
The [credits page](https://app.crustdata.com/billing/credits) in the dashboard
sells credits two ways: a **one-time purchase** (pick a package, check out
through Stripe) and **auto top-up** (a standing rule that buys a reload
automatically when your balance drops below a threshold you set). Both use the
same packages and the same pricing.
See [Auto top-up](/general/credits#auto-top-up) for how the automatic option
works, when you are charged, and the controls that keep it in check.
## Frequently asked questions
Search is billed per result returned. For example, 10 results at `0.03`
credits per result use `0.30` credits. A request that returns no results
uses no credits. Premium groups you filter on or receive add their
per-result price on top, see
[Premium fields in search](#premium-fields-in-search).
Start with the base profile. Add business email, personal email, phone,
or developer platform data only when your workflow uses it.
Billable requests return an error until you purchase more credits or
your account is replenished under your plan. To avoid interruptions,
turn on [auto top-up](/general/credits#auto-top-up).
Yes. Purchased credits expire 12 months after the purchase that added
them. Credits granted by your account manager may carry a custom
expiry. See [Credit expiry](/general/credits#credit-expiry).
For plan, quota, or enterprise pricing questions, contact Crustdata support
through your account channel.
## Related topics
- [Payload delivery: inline or link](/watcher-docs/payload-delivery.md)
- [Social Post Watcher](/watcher-docs/social-post/discovery.md)
- [Batch Contact Enrich](/person-docs/contact/batch.md)
- [Company Entity Watcher](/watcher-docs/company/entity.md)
- [Company Discovery Watcher](/watcher-docs/company/discovery.md)