name: languagelayer FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for managing costs with the languagelayer language detection API.
url: https://languagelayer.com/pricing
cost_model: subscription_plus_overage
currency: USD
tiers:
  - plan: Free
    monthly_cost: 0.00
    annual_cost: 0.00
    included_requests: 100
    cost_per_additional_request: 0.00
  - plan: Basic
    monthly_cost: 4.99
    annual_cost: 53.99
    included_requests: 50000
    cost_per_additional_request: 0.0003992
    effective_cost_per_request: 0.00009980
  - plan: Professional
    monthly_cost: 19.99
    annual_cost: 209.99
    included_requests: 500000
    cost_per_additional_request: 0.00015992
    effective_cost_per_request: 0.00003998
  - plan: Enterprise
    monthly_cost: 39.99
    annual_cost: 407.99
    included_requests: 2000000
    cost_per_additional_request: 0.00007998
    effective_cost_per_request: 0.00001999
recommendations:
  - Use the Free tier for prototyping and low-volume use cases under 100 requests per month.
  - Move to Basic when monthly detection volume exceeds 100 requests to unlock batch processing and HTTPS.
  - Annual billing saves 10-15% compared to monthly billing depending on plan tier.
  - Monitor monthly usage to avoid overage charges; set alerts near 80% of monthly quota.
  - Batch detection consolidates multiple texts into a single API call, improving cost efficiency at scale.
  - At high volumes the Enterprise plan overage rate ($0.00007998/req) is the lowest available.