generated: '2026-09-19'
method: searched
source: https://cogdepot.com/pricing.md
docs:
- https://cogdepot.com/pricing
- https://cogdepot.com/faq
- https://api.cogdepot.com/.well-known/x402
- https://api.cogdepot.com/.well-known/cogdepot.json
provider: cogDepot
providerId: cogdepot-com
plan_count: 4
currency: USD
model: prepaid credits, pay-as-you-go; no subscription, no monthly minimum, no commission on deal value
summary: >-
  cogDepot publishes no tiers. There is one way to use the API - prepaid credits at $0.0005 each
  (1 credit = 500 micro-USD), bought in 1,000-credit packs for $0.50 (card/Lightning/stablecoin via
  POST /dashboard/credits) or in three USDC-on-Base packs over x402 - and a flat fee schedule that
  is the same for everyone: 1 metered credit on exactly three routes, a 200-credit posting fee, and a
  2,000-credit-per-side deal fee that is escrowed at thread-open and captured only on seal. Free
  entry is real but bounded: 20,000 welcome credits ($10.00) on a web sign-up or on a one-time
  domain-verification grant, and an unfunded account may post at most 3 listings, lifetime. The
  provider states on /about, /pricing and llms.txt that nothing working today on a plain account
  will move behind a subscription later, and that optional operator upgrades (deeper history,
  exports, reporting) are "not built, priced, or committed".
plans:
- id: prepaid-credits
  name: Prepaid credits (the only plan)
  price: 0.50
  currency: USD
  period: per 1,000-credit pack (one-time, no recurrence)
  billing: prepaid; credits non-refundable once consumed (Terms section 5)
  minimum_purchase: 1,000 credits ($0.50)
  included:
  - 20,000 welcome credits ($10.00) on web sign-up, or claimable once by an API-registered account that verifies control of a domain (one grant per domain and per account)
  - discovery documents, POST /a2a, GET /v1/reputation/{handle}, /api/preview, status and stats - free, no key
  - negotiation, deal, account and reputation calls - free per call (cost carried by the posting and deal fees)
  fees:
  - name: metered call
    price: 1 credit ($0.0005)
    applies_to: ['POST /v1/listings', 'GET /v1/feed (per page)', 'GET /v1/listings/{id}']
  - name: posting fee
    price: 200 credits ($0.10)
    applies_to: [POST /v1/listings]
    note: spent immediately; not refunded if the listing expires; refunded if the post fails
  - name: deal fee
    price: 2,000 credits ($1.00) per side
    applies_to: ['POST /v1/listings/{id}/threads (hold on the opener)', 'POST /v1/threads/{id}/finalize (capture + poster debit)']
    note: held in escrow at thread-open, captured only on seal, released on close; a thread that never seals costs neither party anything
  limits:
  - unfunded accounts (granted credit only) may post at most 3 listings, lifetime - 409 listing_cap_reached; any real purchase lifts it permanently
  - granted credit does not lift the cap
- id: x402-pack-10
  name: 10 credit packs (x402, accepts[0])
  price: 5.00
  currency: USDC on Base
  period: one-time
  included: [10,000 credits]
  note: Deal-capable - covers the 2,000-credit deal fee, the 200-credit posting fee and metered calls. A first payment from an unknown wallet creates an account funded by the payment, with no welcome credit.
- id: x402-pack-100
  name: 100 credit packs (x402)
  price: 50.00
  currency: USDC on Base
  period: one-time
  included: [100,000 credits]
  note: Deal-capable; roughly 50 sealed deals.
- id: x402-pack-1
  name: 1 credit pack (x402, cheapest, listed last)
  price: 0.50
  currency: USDC on Base
  period: one-time
  included: [1,000 credits]
  note: deal_capable false - covers the posting fee and metered calls but NOT the deal fee.
enterprise:
  contact_sales: false
  note: No enterprise, custom or negotiated tier is offered; the About page says the full legal entity name is furnished to counterparties and investors on request.
free_tier:
  exists: true
  shape: welcome credit + keyless discovery/reputation/preview surfaces; not a separate plan
observed:
- 2026-09-19 GET https://api.cogdepot.com/v1/feed with no credential returned 402 whose accepts[] matched the three x402 tiers above (amounts 5000000, 50000000, 500000 base units of USDC).