specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Shodan
providerId: shodan
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-30'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Security
  - Search
  - Internet
  - Vulnerabilities
  - Threat Intelligence
description: >-
  Shodan publishes a public, self-service pricing surface consisting of a
  one-time Membership tier and three monthly subscription tiers (Freelancer,
  Small Business, Corporate) plus a negotiated Enterprise contract. Each tier
  budgets three core metered resources — query credits, scan credits, and
  monitored IPs — and gates feature flags such as advanced filter access,
  vulnerability search, batch IP lookups, and streaming firehose tier. The
  free Developer tier comes with any Shodan account registration.
sources:
  - https://account.shodan.io/billing
  - https://developer.shodan.io/api
  - https://developer.shodan.io/api/stream
  - https://cvedb.shodan.io/
  - https://internetdb.shodan.io/
plans:
  - id: shodan-developer
    name: Developer (Free)
    type: free
    description: >-
      Free tier available with any registered Shodan account. Limited query
      and scan credits, with the most restrictive filter access.
    entries:
      - label: Query Credits
        name: query_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Scan Credits
        name: scan_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monitored IPs
        name: monitored_ips
        type: included
        metric: ip
        limit: 16
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shodan REST API
      - name: Shodan InternetDB API
      - name: Shodan CVEDB API
  - id: shodan-membership
    name: Membership (One-Time)
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      One-time $49 upgrade that grants persistent access to the Shodan UI
      and a small block of query and scan credits. Limited filter access.
    entries:
      - label: Membership Fee
        name: membership_fee
        type: subscription
        metric: account
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: one-time
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 49
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Query Credits
        name: query_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Scan Credits
        name: scan_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monitored IPs
        name: monitored_ips
        type: included
        metric: ip
        limit: 16
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shodan REST API
      - name: Shodan InternetDB API
      - name: Shodan CVEDB API
  - id: shodan-freelancer
    name: Freelancer
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $69/month subscription targeting independent researchers and
      consultants. Most filters available (excludes `vuln` and `tag`),
      paging enabled, basic streaming API access, commercial use allowed.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Subscription
        name: monthly_subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: account
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 69
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Query Credits
        name: query_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 10000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Scan Credits
        name: scan_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 5120
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monitored IPs
        name: monitored_ips
        type: included
        metric: ip
        limit: 5120
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shodan REST API
      - name: Shodan Streaming API
      - name: Shodan InternetDB API
      - name: Shodan CVEDB API
  - id: shodan-small-business
    name: Small Business
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $359/month subscription for small security teams. Most filters
      available (excludes `tag`), vulnerability search, paging, basic
      streaming API, commercial use.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Subscription
        name: monthly_subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: account
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 359
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Query Credits
        name: query_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 200000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Scan Credits
        name: scan_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 65536
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monitored IPs
        name: monitored_ips
        type: included
        metric: ip
        limit: 65536
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shodan REST API
      - name: Shodan Streaming API
      - name: Shodan InternetDB API
      - name: Shodan CVEDB API
  - id: shodan-corporate
    name: Corporate
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $1,099/month subscription for security teams. Unlimited query credits,
      access to all filters (including `tag`), full streaming API, batch
      IP lookups, vulnerability search, InternetDB commercial use included.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Subscription
        name: monthly_subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: account
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 1099
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Query Credits
        name: query_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Scan Credits
        name: scan_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: 327680
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monitored IPs
        name: monitored_ips
        type: included
        metric: ip
        limit: 327680
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shodan REST API
      - name: Shodan Streaming API
      - name: Shodan InternetDB API
      - name: Shodan CVEDB API
  - id: shodan-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: >-
      Custom enterprise agreement. Adds bulk data exports, real-time
      firehose, Internet-wide scanning, Trends API access, unlimited
      credits, organization management, and contractual support.
    entries:
      - label: Annual Contract
        name: annual_contract
        type: subscription
        metric: account
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Query Credits
        name: query_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Scan Credits
        name: scan_credits
        type: included
        metric: credit
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monitored IPs
        name: monitored_ips
        type: included
        metric: ip
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shodan REST API
      - name: Shodan Streaming API
      - name: Shodan Trends API
      - name: Shodan InternetDB API
      - name: Shodan CVEDB API
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com