Tavily. Pricing model: Credits. Value metric: API credits per call type.
At a glance
| Company | Tavily |
|---|---|
| What it does | Tavily search API |
| Pricing model | Credits |
| Value metric | API credits per call type |
| Free tier | Researcher: free, 1,000 API credits/month. |
| Pricing page | www.tavily.com/pricing |
Plans and prices
Prices as published on Tavily's pricing page, checked 27 October 2026. They change often; check the live page before you rely on them.
| Plan | Price | Billing | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay As You Go | $0.008 per credit | usage | |
| Project | $30 | monthly | 4,000 API credits/month |
| Enterprise | Custom | custom |
Usage component. Credits per call vary by endpoint and depth (per-call credit costs not shown on pricing page).
How credits/tokens work. Monthly plan credits; PAYG for overflow.
What changed in 2025–2026
Not verified in this research window.
What you can steal
Pricing
A large free monthly allowance gets Tavily into developer prototypes cheaply. Free credits are customer acquisition spend; size them to cover a working prototype, not production.
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