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  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "provider": "pipeworx",
  "canonical_url": "https://pipeworx.io/ai/pricing.json",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-15T04:50:49.303Z",
  "content": {
    "provider": "pipeworx",
    "billing_rule": "Each request is priced by the category of its source at your plan's rate. A subscription is a monthly minimum credited against usage: you pay whichever is larger, the fee or your usage. A request that returns no data is not billed.",
    "economics": {
      "credit_peg_usd": {
        "value": 0.0001,
        "display": "1 credit = $0.0001",
        "type": "flat",
        "note": "Single billing unit for every metered call; every price below settles in credits at this peg."
      },
      "anonymous_daily_limit": {
        "value": 50,
        "display": "50 calls/day, no key ($0.25 of government-rate data, daily)",
        "type": "flat",
        "note": "IP-based; resets at midnight UTC. Past this, pay per call with x402 or sign up."
      },
      "keyed_daily_limit": {
        "value": 200,
        "display": "200 calls/day with a free API key or GitHub account ($1.00 of government-rate data, daily)",
        "type": "flat",
        "note": "Same limit for BYO API key and OAuth tiers. Past it, add credits and pay the pay-as-you-go rates."
      },
      "x402_per_call_usdc": {
        "value": 0.01,
        "display": "0.010 USDC per call on Base, no signup",
        "type": "flat",
        "note": "Pay-per-call rail for wallet-equipped agents. Discovery: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/.well-known/x402"
      },
      "answer_inference_markup": {
        "value": 1.5,
        "display": "measured inference cost x 1.5, plus one request per data lookup it ran",
        "type": "cost_multiplier",
        "note": "ask_pipeworx-class answers. A lookup that returned nothing is not billed."
      },
      "partner_premium_boundary_usd": {
        "value": 0.012,
        "display": "$0.012 of vendor cost per request",
        "type": "flat",
        "note": "At or below this a vendor-billed request is partner; above it, premium."
      },
      "credit_pack_starter_usd": {
        "value": 10,
        "display": "$10 for 100,000 credits",
        "type": "flat"
      },
      "credit_pack_standard_usd": {
        "value": 40,
        "display": "$40 for 500,000 credits",
        "type": "flat"
      },
      "credit_pack_pro_usd": {
        "value": 150,
        "display": "$150 for 2,000,000 credits",
        "type": "flat"
      }
    },
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": "gov",
        "name": "Government & open data",
        "description": "Public-sector and open sources, proxied live from their publisher."
      },
      {
        "id": "exclusive",
        "name": "Standard databases",
        "description": "Curated, structured record databases, priced between government sources and partner sources."
      },
      {
        "id": "partner",
        "name": "Partner sources",
        "description": "Vendors that bill us per request, where one request costs us $0.012 or less. The rate is a floor: max(rate, vendor cost x your markup)."
      },
      {
        "id": "premium",
        "name": "Premium sources",
        "description": "Requests whose vendor cost is above $0.012. Decided per request, not per source. Billed at vendor cost x your markup, floored at $0.01."
      },
      {
        "id": "ai_services",
        "name": "AI services (coming soon)",
        "description": "Optional inference resale at cost x your markup. Not available yet; nothing is billed unless you turn it on."
      }
    ],
    "rate_card": [
      {
        "plan": "basic",
        "name": "Pay as you go",
        "monthly_fee_usd": {
          "value": 0,
          "display": "No monthly fee",
          "type": "flat",
          "note": "Buy credits and pay these rates per request."
        },
        "per_request": {
          "gov": {
            "value": 0.005,
            "display": "$0.005 per request",
            "type": "flat"
          },
          "exclusive": {
            "value": 0.01,
            "display": "$0.010 per request",
            "type": "flat"
          },
          "partner": {
            "value": 0.02,
            "display": "$0.020 per request, or vendor cost x 1.5 if higher",
            "type": "starting_at"
          },
          "premium": {
            "value": 1.5,
            "display": "vendor cost x 1.5, minimum $0.01",
            "type": "cost_multiplier"
          },
          "ai_services": {
            "value": 1.5,
            "display": "inference cost x 1.5",
            "type": "cost_multiplier",
            "note": "Coming soon; not billed today."
          }
        },
        "included_requests": null
      },
      {
        "plan": "sub49",
        "name": "$49/month",
        "monthly_fee_usd": {
          "value": 49,
          "display": "$49/month, credited toward usage",
          "type": "monthly_minimum",
          "note": "Your bill is whichever is larger: the fee or your usage at this plan's rates. The fee is never charged on top."
        },
        "per_request": {
          "gov": {
            "value": 0.003,
            "display": "$0.003 per request",
            "type": "flat"
          },
          "exclusive": {
            "value": 0.005,
            "display": "$0.005 per request",
            "type": "flat"
          },
          "partner": {
            "value": 0.015,
            "display": "$0.015 per request, or vendor cost x 1.3 if higher",
            "type": "starting_at"
          },
          "premium": {
            "value": 1.3,
            "display": "vendor cost x 1.3, minimum $0.01",
            "type": "cost_multiplier"
          },
          "ai_services": {
            "value": 1.3,
            "display": "inference cost x 1.3",
            "type": "cost_multiplier",
            "note": "Coming soon; not billed today."
          }
        },
        "included_requests": {
          "gov": 16333,
          "exclusive": 9800,
          "partner": 3266
        }
      },
      {
        "plan": "sub99",
        "name": "$99/month",
        "monthly_fee_usd": {
          "value": 99,
          "display": "$99/month, credited toward usage",
          "type": "monthly_minimum",
          "note": "Your bill is whichever is larger: the fee or your usage at this plan's rates. The fee is never charged on top."
        },
        "per_request": {
          "gov": {
            "value": 0.001,
            "display": "$0.001 per request",
            "type": "flat"
          },
          "exclusive": {
            "value": 0.002,
            "display": "$0.002 per request",
            "type": "flat"
          },
          "partner": {
            "value": 0.012,
            "display": "$0.012 per request, or vendor cost x 1.2 if higher",
            "type": "starting_at"
          },
          "premium": {
            "value": 1.2,
            "display": "vendor cost x 1.2, minimum $0.01",
            "type": "cost_multiplier"
          },
          "ai_services": {
            "value": 1.2,
            "display": "inference cost x 1.2",
            "type": "cost_multiplier",
            "note": "Coming soon; not billed today."
          }
        },
        "included_requests": {
          "gov": 99000,
          "exclusive": 49500,
          "partner": 8250
        }
      }
    ],
    "vertical_bundles": [
      {
        "slug": "agri",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=agri",
        "tools": 72
      },
      {
        "slug": "company-research",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=company-research",
        "tools": 85
      },
      {
        "slug": "dmv",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=dmv",
        "tools": 78
      },
      {
        "slug": "fintech",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=fintech",
        "tools": 123
      },
      {
        "slug": "food-safety",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=food-safety",
        "tools": 66
      },
      {
        "slug": "govcon",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=govcon",
        "tools": 89
      },
      {
        "slug": "green",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=green",
        "tools": 69
      },
      {
        "slug": "housing",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=housing",
        "tools": 87
      },
      {
        "slug": "labor",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=labor",
        "tools": 83
      },
      {
        "slug": "legal",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=legal",
        "tools": 124
      },
      {
        "slug": "pharma",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=pharma",
        "tools": 355
      },
      {
        "slug": "procurement",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=procurement",
        "tools": 72
      },
      {
        "slug": "trade",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=trade",
        "tools": 68
      },
      {
        "slug": "us-auctions",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=us-auctions",
        "tools": 58
      },
      {
        "slug": "us-tenders",
        "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=us-tenders",
        "tools": 49
      }
    ],
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "Anonymous",
        "type": "anonymous",
        "minimum_commitment_usd": 0,
        "features": [
          "50 calls/day, no key",
          "Full public catalog",
          "x402 pay-per-call available"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Registered (Free)",
        "type": "free_account",
        "minimum_commitment_usd": 0,
        "features": [
          "200 calls/day",
          "Free GitHub OAuth or API key",
          "Cross-session memory",
          "Add credits to keep going past the daily limit"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Pay as you go",
        "type": "usage",
        "minimum_commitment_usd": 0,
        "features": [
          "Government & open data $0.005, standard databases $0.010, partner sources from $0.020 per request",
          "Premium sources at vendor cost x 1.5",
          "No monthly fee; pay with credits"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "$49/month",
        "type": "subscription",
        "minimum_commitment_usd": 49,
        "features": [
          "Government & open data $0.003, standard databases $0.005, partner sources from $0.015 per request",
          "Premium sources at vendor cost x 1.3",
          "Fee credited toward usage: covers 16,333 government requests"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "$99/month",
        "type": "subscription",
        "minimum_commitment_usd": 99,
        "features": [
          "Government & open data $0.001, standard databases $0.002, partner sources from $0.012 per request",
          "Premium sources at vendor cost x 1.2",
          "Fee credited toward usage: covers 99,000 government requests"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Pay-per-call (x402)",
        "type": "usage",
        "minimum_commitment_usd": 0,
        "features": [
          "0.010 USDC per call",
          "No account or signup",
          "USDC on Base"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "bias_disclosure": {
      "maintainer": "Pipeworx",
      "data_sources": "shared/src/categories.ts (PLAN_CARD rate card, includedCalls), shared/src/overage.ts (credit peg, x402 price, credit packs), shared/src/pricing.ts (answer markup, price floor), shared/src/ratelimit.ts (TIER_LIMITS), live gateway measurement (vertical tool counts)",
      "permission": "Every number here is derived at build time from the constants the gateway enforces at runtime. Every priced response also carries its own cost in _meta.cost; trust that over this file if the two ever disagree."
    }
  }
}