specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Offendersearch
providerId: offendersearch-api
generated: '2026-08-18'
created: '2026-08-18'
modified: '2026-08-18'
method: searched
source: https://offendersearch.app/pricing
sources:
  - https://offendersearch.app/pricing
  - https://offendersearch.app/openapi.json
description: >-
  Offendersearch is purely metered — there are no feature tiers, no per-seat fees and no
  free tier. Every API call is $0.15 with weekly freshness included; the rate graduates
  automatically to $0.11 for every call beyond 2,000 in a calendar month. Two per-request
  add-ons sit on top of whatever per-call rate applies: daily freshness (the default) adds
  $0.01 per call, and a verification-report PDF (POST /v1/report) adds $0.02 per document.
  Billing (credit card or ACH, via Stripe) is mandatory to activate a key — without a
  payment method the key stays disabled and the API returns 402. In a batch, each search
  is billed as its own call, so a 1,000-row batch is 1,000 billable searches. All rates are
  metered defaults an admin can override per customer, and enterprise pricing is negotiable.
plan_count: 2
currency: USD
billing:
  model: usage-based / metered
  required: true
  detail: >-
    A valid payment method (credit card or ACH bank debit) is required before a key becomes
    ACTIVE. No payment method means the key is disabled and calls return 402 Payment Required.
  processor: Stripe
  free_tier: false
  free_call_exception: >-
    The only free call is one scoped exclusively to statutorily non-commercial jurisdiction(s)
    (e.g. state=CA), which carries nothing commercially billable (OpenAPI info.description).
plans:
  - id: offendersearch-per-call
    name: Per call
    type: usage-based
    price: 0.15
    currency: USD
    unit: API call
    period: per-call
    description: >-
      The base rate — nationwide coverage in one call, no per-seat or minimum fees. Weekly
      freshness included at this rate.
    included:
      - Nationwide coverage in a single call
      - Scored matches with matchConfidence + matchBasis
      - Per-source provenance and citations
      - Per-request freshness (weekly free; daily is the default and adds $0.01)
      - Synchronous, asynchronous and batch modes
      - Drop-in offenders.io compatibility endpoint
  - id: offendersearch-volume
    name: Volume tier
    type: usage-based
    price: 0.11
    currency: USD
    unit: API call
    period: per-call
    threshold: 2000 calls per calendar month
    description: >-
      Graduated automatically: the first 2,000 calls each calendar month bill at $0.15, every
      call after that bills at $0.11. In a batch, each search counts as one call.
add_ons:
  - id: daily-freshness
    name: Daily freshness
    price: 0.01
    currency: USD
    unit: per call
    default: true
    description: >-
      A per-request choice (freshness=daily), not a tier and not a key setting. Every call
      defaults to daily — the freshest snapshot of each registry. Set freshness=weekly for no
      surcharge. In a batch, freshness applies per search, so each row bills at its own tier.
  - id: verification-report
    name: Verification report (PDF)
    price: 0.02
    currency: USD
    unit: per document
    operation: makeReport
    description: >-
      A separate API call (POST /v1/report) any valid key can make — no per-key entitlement.
      Pass the searchId of a search run within the last 7 days to get a branded, timestamped
      PDF with a source citation on every record. Only the +$0.02 PDF is billed; the search
      was already billed.
  - id: proof-docs
    name: Per-registry look-alike proof docs
    price: null
    currency: USD
    unit: per document
    operation: makeProof
    description: >-
      An internal add-on (POST /v1/searches/{searchId}/proof) that carries an extra
      per-document charge and requires billing (402 otherwise). Price is not published;
      it is NOT the customer verification report.
overrides: >-
  All rates are metered defaults; an admin can override any rate (base, volume, daily
  surcharge, per-PDF) per customer, and enterprise customers can negotiate custom pricing.