specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: AudD
providerId: audd
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Music
- Music Recognition
- Audio
- Fingerprinting
- Lyrics
- Plans
description: >-
  AudD uses a usage-based pricing model. New accounts get 300 free recognition
  requests with no credit card. Beyond the free allotment, recognition is billed
  per 1,000 requests starting at $5 / 1,000 with volume discounts down to roughly
  $2 / 1,000. Audio stream monitoring is priced per stream per month. Sending
  more than 500,000 requests per month or monitoring more than 100 streams is
  handled via custom enterprise terms.
notes: >-
  Without an api_token, up to 10 free requests per method per day are allowed.
  Verify current per-1,000 and per-stream rates on the AudD pricing/contact page
  during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://audd.io/
- https://docs.audd.io/
- https://docs.audd.io/enterprise/
- https://docs.audd.io/streams/
plans:
- id: audd-free-trial
  name: Free Trial
  type: free
  description: >-
    300 free recognition requests on signup with no credit card. Anonymous use
    without an api_token is limited to 10 requests per method per day.
  entries:
  - label: Free Requests
    name: free_requests
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: 300
    timeFrame: lifetime
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Anonymous Requests (no token)
    name: anonymous_requests
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: day
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Music Recognition
  - name: Recognize with Offset
  - name: Humming Recognition
  - name: Lyrics
- id: audd-pay-as-you-go
  name: Pay-as-you-go
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Per-request recognition billing after the free allotment, with volume
    discounts as monthly request counts increase.
  entries:
  - label: Recognition Requests
    name: recognition_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: from $5 per 1,000 requests, down to ~$2 per 1,000 at volume
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: 100K Requests / month
    name: tier_100k
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 100000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $450 per month
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: 200K Requests / month
    name: tier_200k
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 200000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $800 per month
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: 500K Requests / month
    name: tier_500k
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 500000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $1,800 per month (~$2 per 1,000)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Music Recognition
  - name: Recognize with Offset
  - name: Humming Recognition
  - name: Lyrics
  - name: Enterprise File Scan
- id: audd-streams
  name: Audio Stream Monitoring
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Continuous music recognition for live audio streams, priced per stream per
    month.
  entries:
  - label: Stream (AudD music DB)
    name: stream_audd_db
    type: usage
    metric: streams
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $45 per stream per month
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Stream (your uploaded content DB)
    name: stream_custom_db
    type: usage
    metric: streams
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $25 per stream per month
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Stream Monitoring
- id: audd-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom terms for sending more than 500,000 requests per month, monitoring
    more than 100 streams, or scanning very large audio/video files via the
    enterprise endpoint. Contact AudD.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Enterprise File Scan
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
  - name: High-Volume Stream Monitoring
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com