Pricing and Plans
How Tabstack billing works: what a credit buys, what each endpoint costs, the three plans, and how overages are handled.
Tabstack is credit-based. One currency covers the whole platform: every API call spends credits, and the cost depends on which endpoint you hit and how hard you ask it to work. There are no per-seat fees and no separate charge for extraction versus transformation versus research. You buy credits and spend them on whatever mix of endpoints your workload needs.
Every account starts with 10,000 free credits, no card required. Pricing is separate from rate limits: rate limits cap requests per minute, pricing is what those requests cost. The two never interact.
How credits work
Section titled “How credits work”The cost of any call is set by its endpoint. You can see the exact cost of a call next to the run button in the console before you run it.
| Endpoint | What it does | Cost per call |
|---|---|---|
| Extract (Markdown) | Turn any URL into clean markdown | 10 credits |
| Extract (JSON) | Turn any URL into schema-enforced JSON | 50 credits |
| Generate | Transform page content into a custom output | 100 credits |
| Automate | Run a browser-like task: click, scroll, fill, submit | 100 credits |
| Research (Fast) | Autonomous multi-source answer with citations | 250 credits |
| Research (Balanced) | Deeper research pass, more sources | 350 credits |
Cost is per call, not per step. A single Automate or Research call can chain many steps internally; you pay once for the call.
What that looks like in practice
Section titled “What that looks like in practice”Credits are easier to reason about as work done. The Team allowance of 500,000 credits a month is roughly any one of:
- 50,000 markdown extractions
- 10,000 JSON extractions
- 5,000 Generate or Automate calls
- 2,000 fast Research calls
Most real workloads are a mix, so treat credits as a shared budget across all endpoints, not a quota per feature.
Every plan includes access to every endpoint. What differs is how you pay for credits, which research modes you get, and your rate limits.
| Plan | Price | Credits included | Overage rate | Research modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | $0 / month | Pay as you go | $0.35 per 1k credits | Fast |
| Team | $99 / month | 500,000 | $0.30 per 1k credits | Fast, Balanced |
| Pro | $499 / month | 3,000,000 | $0.25 per 1k credits | Fast, Balanced |
Individual is pay-as-you-go at $0.35 per 1,000 credits, with standard rate limits and fast research mode. Spend is capped at $99 a month — requests stop there rather than billing past it. For tinkerers and hobbyists connecting their systems to the web: start here, pay only for what you use, upgrade when your usage becomes predictable.
Team is $99 a month with 500,000 credits included, increased rate limits, and both fast and balanced research modes. The right plan once you are running real workloads and want a fixed monthly number instead of metered billing.
Pro is $499 a month with 3,000,000 credits included, the highest rate limits, and the lowest per-credit cost. For teams running production workloads at scale that want headroom.
Overages
Section titled “Overages”Overages are on by default for Team and Pro. Going over your plan’s included credits does not cut you off and does not fail a request — you keep going, and the extra credits are billed automatically at your plan’s overage rate:
- Team: $0.30 per 1,000 credits over your 500,000
- Pro: $0.25 per 1,000 credits over your 3,000,000
Each plan’s overage rate is lower than the pay-as-you-go rate, so a plan is always cheaper per credit than Individual once you are using it.
Trial and Individual accounts do not have overages. A Trial stops when its free credits run out. Individual stops at its $99 spend cap. Neither bills beyond that point.
To opt out of automatic overage billing on Team or Pro, set a spend threshold from the console billing page — by percentage of your allowance or by a fixed dollar amount — and choose Notify and Stop to halt requests when you cross it. Notify Only alerts you but lets billing continue.
Enterprise
Section titled “Enterprise”For custom credit quotas, dedicated support, and SLAs for high-volume teams, contact sales for custom pricing.
What is a credit? A credit is the single unit of usage across Tabstack. Every API call costs a set number of credits depending on the endpoint. See the endpoint cost table for exact costs.
What happens when I run out of credits? On a Trial, requests stop when your free credits run out. On Individual you are billed per 1,000 credits as you go up to a $99 monthly cap, then requests stop. On Team and Pro, overages are on by default — you continue at your plan’s overage rate unless you set Notify and Stop in the console.
Can I set a spending limit? Yes. In the console billing page you can set a threshold by percentage or dollar amount, and choose to be notified or to stop requests when you reach it.
Which research mode should I use? Fast mode (250 credits) is the default and is right for most queries. Balanced mode (350 credits) does a deeper pass across more sources and is available on Team and Pro. See the Research guide.
How do I know what a call will cost before I run it? The console shows the credit cost next to the run button on every endpoint, plus a running balance across the top of every page.
Where to see your usage
Section titled “Where to see your usage”Plans, current spend, and credit balance live in the console, not in any API response. For request-rate ceilings rather than cost, see Rate Limits.