> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.clado.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# API Pricing

> Transparent pricing for all Clado API endpoints

## Overview

Clado API uses usage-based pricing with a credit system. You only pay for what you use - each API endpoint consumes a specific number of credits based on the operation performed. Each credit costs \$0.01 USD.

## Search API Pricing

| Endpoint                                      | Description                          | Cost per Request             |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- |
| **Search People (default)**                   | AI agent-filtered search results     | 1 credit per result returned |
| **Search People (advanced\_filtering=false)** | Standard search without AI filtering | 5 credits (fixed cost)       |

### Search Pricing Details

* **Default behavior:** Advanced filtering is **ON** by default - you pay 1 credit per result returned
* **Advanced filtering disabled:** Set `advanced_filtering=false` to use standard search for 5 credits (fixed cost regardless of results)

### Search Pricing Examples

* **Default search** with `limit=30` returning 20 results after AI filtering: **20 credits** (1 credit per result)
* **Standard search** with `advanced_filtering=false` and `limit=30`: **5 credits** (fixed cost regardless of results)

## Deep Research Pricing

| Endpoint                     | Description                          | Cost per Request    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------- |
| **Initiate Deep Research**   | Start comprehensive profile research | 1 credit per result |
| **Get Deep Research Status** | Check status of research jobs        | Free                |
| **Cancel Deep Research**     | Cancel running research jobs         | Free                |
| **Continue Deep Research**   | Expand existing research             | 1 credit per result |

## Enrichment API Pricing

| Endpoint                       | Description                            | Cost per Request                                     |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **Get Contact Information**    | Find email/phone for LinkedIn profiles | 4 credits (email) / 10 credits (phone)\*             |
| **Scrape LinkedIn Profile**    | Extract detailed profile data          | 2 credits                                            |
| **Get LinkedIn Profile**       | Retrieve profile from database         | 1 credit                                             |
| **Get Post Reactions**         | Analyze LinkedIn post engagement       | 1 credit                                             |
| **Bulk Contact Enrichment**    | Process multiple profiles              | 4 credits (email) / 10 credits (phone) per success\* |
| **Get Bulk Enrichment Status** | Check bulk job status                  | Free                                                 |

\*Requires purchased credits (not available on free trial)

### Contact Information Pricing Details

* **Default mode:** Returns all available contact info for 4 credits
* **Email enrichment only:** 4 credits if email is found, 0 credits if not found
* **Phone enrichment only:** 10 credits if phone is found, 0 credits if not found
* **Both email & phone enrichment:** 4 credits for email + 10 credits for phone (only charged for what's actually found)
  * If both requested but only email found: 4 credits
  * If both requested but only phone found: 10 credits
  * If both requested and both found: 14 credits

## Important Notes

* **Usage-based pricing** - You only pay for successful API calls
* Each successful API call consumes credits based on the endpoint
* Failed requests due to server errors (5xx) are not charged
* Cached responses (when applicable) consume the same credits as fresh data
* Rate limits apply to all endpoints to ensure optimal performance

## Need Custom Pricing?

For custom pricing or enterprise needs, please [contact our sales team](https://cal.com/team/clado/support).