specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Catch&Release
providerId: catch-and-release
generated: '2026-08-12'
method: searched
created: '2026-08-12'
modified: '2026-08-12'
source: https://www.catchandrelease.com/m/pricing
sources:
  - https://www.catchandrelease.com/m/pricing
  - https://www.catchandrelease.com/pricing-calculator
  - https://www.catchandrelease.com/m/services/services-overview
tags:
  - Content Licensing
  - User Generated Content
  - Creator Economy
  - Usage Based
description: >-
  Catch&Release does not sell seats or API calls. It sells clearance and licensing
  of individual pieces of content, on an access-first, pay-for-what-you-use model:
  the workspace itself is free to enter, and money changes hands per shot cleared
  and per license negotiated. These are PRODUCT plans, not API plans — Catch&Release
  publishes no API and therefore no API pricing. Prices below are quoted verbatim
  from the public pricing page.
plan_count: 4
plans:
  - id: catch-and-release-workspace-free
    name: Workspace (Free)
    type: free
    price: 0
    currency: USD
    period: ongoing
    description: >-
      Free access to the Catch&Release workspace — create projects, search and add
      content from the Creator Marketplace or from across the internet, and
      collaborate with a team. No licensing rights are secured at this tier.
    elements:
      - name: Create projects
      - name: Search and add content from the Creator Marketplace
      - name: Search and add content from across the internet
      - name: Team collaboration
    limits:
      - label: Licensing rights secured
        value: none
        note: Content can be collected and shared internally but not used until cleared and licensed.
  - id: catch-and-release-clearance
    name: Clearance fee
    type: usage-based
    period: usage
    currency: USD
    description: >-
      Charged per shot before a license can be secured. Waived for content sourced
      from the Creator Marketplace.
    entries:
      - label: Creator Marketplace content
        name: clearance_marketplace
        type: metered
        metric: shot
        unit: 1
        price: '$0'
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Internet or partner content
        name: clearance_internet
        type: metered
        metric: shot
        unit: 1
        price: '$250 per shot (up to 30 seconds)'
        timeFrame: usage
  - id: catch-and-release-licensing
    name: Licensing fee
    type: usage-based
    period: usage
    currency: USD
    description: >-
      The license itself. Priced per shot and negotiated, not listed — it varies with
      the usage terms requested (TV, digital, paid social), the license duration
      (3 months, 6 months, 1 year), how many rightsholders are attached to the shot,
      and the creator's own valuation of the work.
    entries:
      - label: Negotiated license (usage + duration + rightsholders + creator valuation)
        name: license_negotiated
        type: metered
        metric: license
        unit: 1
        price: variable
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Partner library / royalty-free option
        name: license_partner_library
        type: metered
        metric: license
        unit: 1
        price: 'from $975'
        timeFrame: usage
  - id: catch-and-release-services
    name: Add-on services (Expert Curation / Managed Services)
    type: contact-sales
    price: null
    currency: USD
    period: custom
    description: >-
      Optional human services layered on the workspace — Expert Curation and
      Managed Services. Custom pricing; requires contacting the company.
    elements:
      - name: Expert Curation
        url: https://www.catchandrelease.com/m/services/expert-curation
      - name: Managed Services
        url: https://www.catchandrelease.com/m/services/managed-services
notes:
  - >-
    A public pricing calculator exists at https://www.catchandrelease.com/pricing-calculator
    (HTTP 200) but it is a client-side single-page application; it exposes no
    machine-readable price catalog endpoint.
  - >-
    No API plan, no API metering, no developer tier. Nothing on the pricing page
    references API access, request volume, or keys.