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Overview

Crawleo uses a credits-based billing system that gives you flexibility and predictability in your API usage. Credits are deducted from your monthly allowance based on which API endpoints you use and their configuration.

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Credit Costs

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Search API

OperationCredits Cost
Search (per page of results)10 credits
Each page of search results (controlled by max_pages parameter) costs 10 credits. For example, searching with max_pages=3 will cost 30 credits.

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Crawl API

Proxy SettingCredits Cost
No proxy (default)1 credit per page
Standard proxy (use_proxies=true)2 credits per page
Premium proxy (use_premium_proxies=true)10 credits per page
Use premium proxies only when necessary (e.g., for geo-restricted content or sites with strong bot protection). Default crawling without proxies is the most cost-effective.

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Subscription Plans

Free Plan

$0/month
  • 10,000 credits/month
  • 5 concurrent requests
  • Email support
  • Zero data retention

Developer

**20/month∗∗(or20/month** (or 200/year)
  • 100,000 credits/month
  • 20 concurrent requests
  • Email support
  • Zero data retention

Pro

**100/month∗∗(or100/month** (or 1,000/year)
  • 1,000,000 credits/month
  • 50 concurrent requests
  • Email + Dedicated support
  • Zero data retention

Scale

**200/month∗∗(or200/month** (or 2,000/year)
  • 2,500,000 credits/month
  • 100 concurrent requests
  • Email + Dedicated support
  • Zero data retention

View All Plans

Compare plans and subscribe at crawleo.dev/pricing

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Usage Examples

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Search API Examples

Use CaseParametersCredits Used
Basic searchquery="AI news" (1 page)10 credits
Deep searchquery="AI news"&max_pages=550 credits
Multi-page researchquery="machine learning"&max_pages=10100 credits

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Crawl API Examples

Use CaseParametersCredits Used
Single page crawlurls=https://example.com1 credit
Crawl with standard proxyurls=https://example.com&use_proxies=true2 credits
Crawl with premium proxyurls=https://example.com&use_premium_proxies=true10 credits
5 pages, no proxyurls=url1,url2,url3,url4,url55 credits
5 pages, premium proxyurls=url1,url2,url3,url4,url5&use_premium_proxies=true50 credits

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MCP Tool Credit Costs

When using Crawleo via MCP (Model Context Protocol), the same credit costs apply:
MCP ToolCredits Cost
search_web10 credits per page
crawl_web (no proxy)1 credit per page
crawl_web (standard proxy)2 credits per page
crawl_web (premium proxy)10 credits per page

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Response Fields

Every API response includes credit usage information: 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": { ... },
  "credits_used": 10,
  "credits_remaining": 9990
}
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credits_used
integer
Number of credits consumed by this API call.
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credits_remaining
integer
Your remaining credit balance for the current billing period.

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Monitoring Your Usage

Track your credit usage in the Crawleo Dashboard:
  • View current credit balance
  • See usage history and trends
  • Set up usage alerts
  • Monitor API call patterns

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Optimizing Credit Usage

  • Start with no proxy (1 credit) for most sites
  • Use standard proxy (2 credits) for basic geo-targeting
  • Reserve premium proxy (10 credits) for protected sites
Only request the number of search pages you need. Each additional page costs 10 credits.
Crawl multiple URLs in a single request when possible to reduce overhead.
Cache crawled content on your side to avoid re-crawling the same URLs.

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Rate Limits

In addition to credits, each plan has concurrent request limits:
PlanConcurrent Requests
Free5
Developer20
Pro50
Scale100
If you exceed your concurrent request limit, you’ll receive a 429 response: 
{
  "error": {
    "code": "CONCURRENT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "Concurrent request limit reached (5). Please wait for other requests to finish."
  }
}

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Upgrading Your Plan

Need more credits? Upgrade your plan at any time:
  • Upgrades take effect immediately
  • Unused credits don’t roll over
  • Pro-rated billing for mid-cycle upgrades

Contact Sales

Need a custom plan or have questions? Contact our sales team.