specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Handwrite IO
providerId: handwrite-io
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-08-13'
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://www.handwrite.io/pricing
docs: https://www.handwrite.io/pricing
tags:
  - Direct Mail
  - Handwritten
  - Marketing
  - Notes
  - Pricing
description: >-
  Handwrite's published pricing, read verbatim from https://www.handwrite.io/pricing on
  2026-08-13. This supersedes an API Evangelist scaffold (method: generated, 2026-05-04) that
  invented Free/Professional/Enterprise request-quota tiers Handwrite does not sell.
  IMPORTANT SHAPE: Handwrite does NOT price the API. It prices the physical artifact — one
  handwritten card, mailed — on a single volume-banded per-card rate that applies whether the
  card is ordered through the web app or through the REST API. There is no request quota, no
  API subscription, and no per-call charge. API access is included with any account; the docs
  state "You will be charged per card based on the plan you choose."
pricing_model: per-unit volume banded
unit: card
unit_includes:
  - the card
  - the envelope
  - the handwriting
  - postage
currency: USD
plan_count: 5
plans:
  - id: handwrite-io-band-1-99
    name: 1 - 99 cards
    type: paid
    description: Standard self-serve rate for the first volume band. No account minimum; sign up and send.
    entries:
      - label: Cost Per Card
        description: All-in price per handwritten card sent at 1-99 cards
        name: cost_per_card
        type: metered
        metric: cards
        limit: 99
        timeFrame: order
        geo: US
        domains:
          - https://api.handwrite.io/v1
        unit: 1
        price: '2.99'
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Card
      - name: Envelope
      - name: Handwriting
      - name: Postage
      - name: Handwrite IO API
  - id: handwrite-io-band-100-249
    name: 100 - 249 cards
    type: paid
    description: Second volume band.
    entries:
      - label: Cost Per Card
        description: All-in price per handwritten card sent at 100-249 cards
        name: cost_per_card
        type: metered
        metric: cards
        limit: 249
        timeFrame: order
        geo: US
        domains:
          - https://api.handwrite.io/v1
        unit: 1
        price: '2.75'
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Card
      - name: Envelope
      - name: Handwriting
      - name: Postage
      - name: Handwrite IO API
  - id: handwrite-io-band-250-499
    name: 250 - 499 cards
    type: paid
    description: Third volume band.
    entries:
      - label: Cost Per Card
        description: All-in price per handwritten card sent at 250-499 cards
        name: cost_per_card
        type: metered
        metric: cards
        limit: 499
        timeFrame: order
        geo: US
        domains:
          - https://api.handwrite.io/v1
        unit: 1
        price: '2.60'
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Card
      - name: Envelope
      - name: Handwriting
      - name: Postage
      - name: Handwrite IO API
  - id: handwrite-io-band-500-999
    name: 500 - 999 cards
    type: paid
    description: Fourth volume band.
    entries:
      - label: Cost Per Card
        description: All-in price per handwritten card sent at 500-999 cards
        name: cost_per_card
        type: metered
        metric: cards
        limit: 999
        timeFrame: order
        geo: US
        domains:
          - https://api.handwrite.io/v1
        unit: 1
        price: '2.45'
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Card
      - name: Envelope
      - name: Handwriting
      - name: Postage
      - name: Handwrite IO API
  - id: handwrite-io-band-1000-plus
    name: 1000+ cards
    type: enterprise
    description: >-
      Above 999 cards the pricing page says "Contact Us" rather than a rate. The page also
      advertises "Custom & Monthly Plans Available" through the customer success team. Terms
      are not published.
    entries:
      - label: Cost Per Card
        description: Negotiated rate above 999 cards
        name: cost_per_card
        type: metered
        metric: cards
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: order
        geo: US
        domains:
          - https://api.handwrite.io/v1
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Custom Plan
      - name: Monthly Plan
      - name: Customer Success Contact
      - name: Handwrite IO API
free_tier:
  offered: false
  note: >-
    The site's primary CTA reads "START FOR FREE", but that is free ACCOUNT CREATION, not free
    cards — the pricing page's own subhead is "Create your account and start sending in minutes
    for under $3 a card." Separately, the API issues test_hw keys whose usage is not billed
    (see sandbox/handwrite-io-sandbox.yml); test keys do not produce mailed cards.
not_published:
  - API request quotas or per-request pricing
  - published rate-limit tiers tied to a paid plan (the 60 rpm limit is flat for every key)
  - SLA or support tiers
  - international / non-US postage pricing
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com