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

# Pricing

> What each API operation costs, and how billing is calculated

Your account balance is held in **US dollars**. Every billable result deducts a small dollar amount from that balance. Throughout the docs you may see the word *credit* — read it as **one billable result**, priced in USD as shown below.

## Standard prices

These are the **starting** per-result prices (before any volume discount — see [Spend & Save tiers](/billing/managing-billing)). Your effective price only goes **down** as your lifetime spend grows; your current rate is always shown in your [billing settings](https://beta.generect.com/settings/billing).

| Operation                         | Endpoints                                            | Price (USD)  | Billed                    |
| --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------- |
| Real-time search & enrich         | `POST /search/realtime/*`, `POST /enrich/realtime/*` | **\$0.02**   | per returned result       |
| Database (cached) search & enrich | `POST /search/database/*`, `POST /enrich/database/*` | **\$0.0067** | per returned result       |
| Email Finder                      | `POST /email/find/` (+ `/bulk/`)                     | **\$0.02**   | per **valid** email found |
| Email Validation                  | `POST /email/validate/`                              | **\$0.005**  | per email checked         |
| Preview                           | `POST /preview/leads/`                               | **\$0.002**  | per returned result       |
| Phone Finder                      | `POST /phone/find/` (+ `/bulk/`)                     | **\$0.40**   | per **found** phone       |

<Info>Prices above are the Tier 0 (standard) rate. The more you spend over the lifetime of your account, the higher your discount tier and the lower every price becomes — automatically. See [Spend & Save tiers](/billing/managing-billing).</Info>

## How a charge is calculated

```
amount charged (USD) = billable results × operation price × your tier multiplier
```

Every API response reports exactly what it cost in `meta.amount_charged` (USD), so you never have to guess after the fact.

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": [ ... ],
  "meta": { "amount_charged": 0.0402 }
}
```

## What's free

* **Database (cached) count** endpoints (`POST /search/database/*/count/`) — a cached count, no charge.
* **Account, status, and webhook** endpoints.
* **Not-found results** on enrich, phone, and email find (see below).

<Warning>**Real-time count** endpoints (`POST /search/realtime/*/count/`) are **not** free — each costs \$0.02, because they hit live sources. Use the free database count to size an audience before paying.</Warning>

## No Data, No Charge — exactly where it applies

You are not billed for results we don't return:

| Operation                      | If nothing is found                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Enrich lead / company          | **Not charged** — the reserved amount is refunded automatically                                         |
| Search (database or real-time) | Billed **per returned row** — zero rows costs \$0                                                       |
| Email Finder                   | Charged **only for valid emails found**                                                                 |
| Phone Finder                   | Charged **only for phones found**                                                                       |
| Email Validation               | Charged **per email checked** — a verdict (valid, risky, catch-all, invalid) is the result you paid for |
| Real-time count                | Flat \$0.02 per request (even if the count is 0)                                                        |

<Note>Email Validation is the one case where every submitted address is billed: validation *is* the deliverable, so each checked email costs \$0.005 regardless of its verdict.</Note>

## Worked example

You enrich 100 leads in real time; 92 are found, 8 are not.

* 92 × $0.02 = **$1.84\*\* charged
* 8 not-found → **\$0.00** (refunded)
* `meta.amount_charged` returns `1.84`

## Keeping a positive balance

API usage requires a positive balance. If it reaches \$0, requests stop until you top up. Enable [Auto Top-Up](/billing/managing-billing) so production traffic never halts. New accounts start with free credit to try the API — your current balance is shown in your [billing settings](https://beta.generect.com/settings/billing).