generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://webz.io/pricing
docs: https://docs.webz.io/docs/webz/archive-pricing-credits
summary: >-
  Webz.io splits its commercial surface in two. The Open Web APIs are self-service and publicly
  priced down to the individual call and result, including a genuinely free tier with no credit card.
  The Dark Web APIs — Cyber and Data Breaches — publish no price at all and are contact-only, which
  is why the plan list below carries both a fully-specified pay-as-you-go rate card and two tiers with
  price: null. Archive is priced separately on prepaid credits in the documentation.
plan_count: 6
currency: USD
plans:
- name: Free
  family: Open Web APIs
  price: 0
  currency: USD
  billing_period: month
  included: $5 free monthly usage credits
  credit_card_required: false
  features:
  - Search API and Open Web Data Feeds
  - Limited historical access
  - Self-service support
- name: Scale
  family: Open Web APIs
  price: null
  price_model: pay-as-you-go
  currency: USD
  billing_period: usage
  included: $5 free monthly usage credits
  commitment: none — no minimum spend
  rates:
  - item: Search API
    per_call: 0.001
    per_result: 0.0005
  - item: Open Web Data Feeds
    per_call: 0.01
    per_result: 0.005
  - item: Fact Check API
    per_call: 0.15
  features:
  - Extended historical access
  - Self-service support
- name: High Volume
  family: Open Web APIs
  price: null
  price_model: custom
  billing_period: negotiated
  features:
  - Bulk volume discount
  - Flexible packages
  - Custom source additions
  - Premium support
  - Tailored data feeds
  - Custom setup for AI, analytics and monitoring
- name: Dark Web API
  family: Dark Web APIs
  price: null
  price_model: contact-for-pricing
  features:
  - Multilingual forum access
  - Advanced search
  - Enriched metadata
  - Threat-actor profiles
  access: sales@webz.io
- name: Data Breach API
  family: Dark Web APIs
  price: null
  price_model: contact-for-pricing
  features:
  - Real-time breach detection
  - Unified JSON format
  - Forensic context
  - Advanced filtering
  access: sales@webz.io
- name: News API Lite
  family: Free / non-commercial
  price: 0
  currency: USD
  billing_period: month
  source: https://docs.webz.io/docs/webz/news-api-lite
  included: 1,000 API calls per month, 10 results per call
  limits:
  - Non-commercial use only
  - Up to 30 days of historical news
  - Matching snippets only, not full article text
  - Blogs, reviews and forums are not included
  - Results ordered by relevance; sorting not supported
  signup: https://webz.io/products/news-api#lite
archive_credits:
  source: https://docs.webz.io/docs/webz/archive-pricing-credits
  model: prepaid credits
  unit_cost: 1 credit per post retrieved
  charged_on: actual posts retrieved, not the estimate
  expiry: Credits have a reset date; unused credits expire when it passes.
  card_alternative:
    per_post: 0.0002
    currency: USD
    minimum_per_month_in_range: 10
    note: >-
      The higher of the two applies, and the cost is charged regardless of the actual result count,
      including an empty dataset.
  free_sample: up to 100 posts from the last 30 days, no credits consumed
  concurrency: One order is processed at a time; a pending order holds its reserved credits.
notes:
- The published rate card is unusually granular for this market — per-call AND per-result pricing on
  each Open Web product — which makes cost genuinely predictable for an agent.
- Cyber and Data Breaches publish no price, no quota and no self-service signup, so an agent cannot
  plan spend on the dark-web half of the catalog from public information.