Credits & Pricing - Signals API

How Credits Work

The Signals API uses a simple credit-based model: each API call consumes credits from your monthly allowance.

Credits reset at the start of each billing period (every 30 days from your account start date). Unused credits do not roll over.

Credit Costs by Endpoint

Endpoint	Credit Cost
Enrich (company)	1 credit
Enrich (contact)	1 credit
Search	1 credit per result (count query is free; charged on retrieval)
Bulk enrich	1 credit per record (up to 1,000 records per request)
Webhook delivery	1 credit per record (failed deliveries = no charge)
Timeline	1 credit per signal
Trending / History	1 credit per signal
MCP Agentic API	1 credit per result
Intent scoring	5 credits
Metadata	Free
Generate Content API	2 credits per content item

Credit-Free Endpoints

The following endpoints never consume credits:

Endpoint	Description
`GET /v1/signals/types`	List available signal types
`GET /v1/signals/trending`	Trending signals feed
`GET /v1/stats`	Collection statistics
`GET /v1/account`	API key account info
`GET /v1/credits`	Credit balance
`GET /v1/logs`	Request history
All `/v1/webhooks` management routes	Subscription CRUD
Metadata endpoints	Free

Pricing Tiers

Plan	Price	Credits / Month	Per-Credit Cost
Free	$0/mo	500	$0.00/credit
Starter	$249/mo	25,000	$0.010/credit
Growth	$799/mo	100,000	$0.008/credit
Scale	$2,499/mo	500,000	$0.005/credit
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	$0.003+/credit

Need more credits or a custom plan? Contact sales to discuss your use case and volume.

Flat File Delivery

Available for high-volume data licensing (1.5M+ records). Contact sales for custom pricing.

Monitoring Usage

Every API response includes current credit usage in the headers — no separate call needed:

x-credits-used: 142
x-credits-remaining: 9858
x-credits-limit: 10000
x-credits-reset: 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

To check your balance explicitly:

curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/credits \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "monthly_limit": 10000,
  "used": 142,
  "remaining": 9858,
  "period_start": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "period_reset": "2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "unlimited": false
}

You'll also receive automated email alerts when you hit 80% and 100% of your monthly limit.

When Credits Run Out

Once your monthly limit is reached, all credit-consuming endpoints return a 402 error:

{
  "error": "credits_exhausted",
  "message": "Monthly credit limit reached. Credits reset at the start of your billing period.",
  "code": 402,
  "credits_used": 10000,
  "credits_limit": 10000
}

Credit-free endpoints continue to work even when credits are exhausted.

Questions

Contact sales to discuss credit packages, volume pricing, or enterprise plans.