Credits & Tiers
Buy credits up front, use them across SearchMCP features. Your tier is based on the credits purchased, which also sets your QPS limits. If you need more volume or QPS, contact us.
€3.00 / 1k credits
Range: 1,000 – 19,999 credits
- Real-time results
- Customize query location
- Up to 10 QPS
Rates exclude sales tax/VAT/GST.
€2.50 / 1k credits
Range: 20,000 – 499,999 credits
- Real-time results
- Customize query location
- Priority routing
- Up to 100 QPS
Rates exclude sales tax/VAT/GST.
€2.00 / 1k credits
Range: 500,000+ credits
- Real-time results
- Customize query location
- Priority routing
- Bulk imports & higher QPS
- Up to 500 QPS (expandable)
Rates exclude sales tax/VAT/GST.
Credits are consumed by the number of results you request per search. You can request up to 100 results per query.
- 1–10 results → 1 credit
- 11–20 results → 2 credits
- 21–30 results → 3 credits
- …
- 91–100 results → 10 credits (max)
Example: asking for numberOfResults: 35 consumes 4 credits.
Starter
Up to 10 QPS
Standard
Up to 100 QPS
Scale
Up to 500 QPS (expandable)
We also support bulk workflows. For custom QPS or burst handling, contact us.
Pricing is per 1,000 credits. Here are quick back-of-the-envelope examples:
Standard tier
- Buy 20,000 credits @ €2.50 / 1k → €50.00
- 10-result searches (1 credit each) → 20,000 searches
- 50-result searches (5 credits each) → 4,000 searches
Scale tier
- Buy 500,000 credits @ €2.00 / 1k → €1,000.00
- 10-result searches → 500,000 searches
- 100-result searches (10 credits each) → 50,000 searches
You can also compare the pricing of the different tiers with respect to other providers:
| Provider | Plan + Credits | Price |
|---|---|---|
S SearchMCP | Starter Free tier + Starter ($3.00/1k) | $27.00 |
| Tavily | Pay as you go $8.00/1k credits | $80.00 +$53.00 |
| Firecrawl | Pay as you go $9.00/1k credits | $90.00 +$63.00 |
| Firecrawl | Standard $99.00/month up to 100,000 credits | $99.00 +$72.00 |
| Tavily | Bootstrap $100.00/month up to 15,000 credits | $100.00 +$73.00 |
| Tavily | Startup $220.00/month up to 38,000 credits | $220.00 +$193.00 |
| Tavily | Growth $500.00/month up to 100,000 credits | $500.00 +$473.00 |
Numbers are illustrative; taxes not included.
Credits aren’t just for search — they’ll unlock a growing suite of powerful tools designed for developers, researchers, and AI agents. Here’s what’s on the horizon:
- Web scraping — programmatic capture of raw HTML, text, and metadata at scale.
- Data extraction — structured parsing of entities, tables, and fields directly from pages.
- AI/LLM agent tooling — ready-made MCP tools to let your agents fetch, reason, and act over live web data.
- Enhanced analytics — query insights, usage dashboards, and team-level reporting.
- Enterprise features — higher QPS tiers, bulk imports, and dedicated infrastructure.
If you need higher volumes, enterprise invoicing, or custom SLAs, get in touch. We’ll tailor limits and pricing for your workload.