100 API credits/month, 10 req/min, 1,000 req/day, 1 API key, best-effort SLA. Built for evaluation, side projects and learning the API surface. No credit card.
DomainScan pricing — Free, Starter $5, Pro $18, Business $82. Every plan includes all 50+ tools, AI analysis and the Prism AI assistant.
Anonymous usage is free with per-IP daily limits — sign up to lift to 100 credits/month with no payment information. Paid plans add credits, throughput and a credit-backed SLA. There are no per-tool upcharges: every tool on DomainScan is available on every plan, including the AI assistant.
The four plans and what each one is built for
Four price points covering hobby projects to multi-seat security teams. Pick by monthly credit budget and request burst — features are identical across every tier.
5,000 API credits/month, 30 req/min, 5,000 req/day, 3 API keys, best-effort SLA. For solo developers shipping side projects, monitoring a personal domain portfolio or running ad-hoc audits.
20,000 API credits/month, 100 req/min, 25,000 req/day, 10 API keys, 99.5% uptime SLA. For teams running live integrations — internal dashboards, customer-facing checks, low-volume production traffic.
100,000 API credits/month, 300 req/min (burst 600), 100,000 req/day, 25 API keys, 99.9% uptime SLA. For agencies, security teams and scale users. Includes dark-web monitoring.
Rate limits and credit weights at a glance
All limits are enforced server-side and returned in every response via X-RateLimit-Limit / X-RateLimit-Remaining / X-RateLimit-Reset headers. Burst tolerance is added on top of per-minute rates to absorb spikes from concurrent calls.
- Free 10 req/min · 1,000 req/day · burst 2 req/sec · 100 credits/mo · 1 key · best-effort SLA.
- Starter 30 req/min · 5,000 req/day · burst 5 req/sec · 5,000 credits/mo · 3 keys · best-effort SLA.
- Pro 100 req/min · 25,000 req/day · burst 10 req/sec · 20,000 credits/mo · 10 keys · 99.5% SLA.
- Business 300 req/min · 100,000 req/day · burst 20 req/sec · 100,000 credits/mo · 25 keys · 99.9% SLA.
- Anonymous (no signup) 20 req/min · 200 req/day per IP · burst 1 req/sec · no key · session-only.
How credits get consumed
Most endpoints cost 1 credit. A few expensive endpoints cost more because they bundle multiple upstream calls or run a browser:
- 1 credit Domain Lookup, DNS Query, IP Lookup, Ping, Subnet, Reverse DNS, MAC Info, SSL Info, Security Headers, SPF/DMARC/DKIM, Port Scan (single).
- 2 credits DNS Propagation (queries 4 resolvers in parallel), Common-Ports Sweep, SSL Chain validation.
- 5 credits Domain Trust Score (composite of WHOIS + NS + SPF + DMARC + SSL + Blacklist + ~130 DNSBLs) and Domain Snapshot (Playwright browser render).
- AI credits Prism AI responses consume a separate AI-credit pool: each session-step typically costs 1 AI credit; multi-tool orchestrations consume 1 per tool call. AI credits are bundled with each plan at the same monthly count as API credits.
Billing, refunds and plan changes
Standard SaaS billing — Stripe-backed, prorated on changes, cancel anytime. No long-term contracts on self-serve tiers.
- Monthly vs annual Annual saves roughly 20%. Annual plans bill once and credits reset monthly within the year.
- Upgrades Instant — new limits apply on the next request. We prorate the price difference for the current billing period.
- Downgrades Take effect at the start of the next billing period. Your existing credit balance is preserved until the renewal date.
- Refunds Pro-rated refund within the first 14 days of a new subscription, no questions asked. Beyond that, refunds at our discretion for genuine product issues.
- Overage We do not charge surprise overage fees. Calls beyond your monthly credit budget are queued and 429-rejected once the daily/per-minute caps are hit.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there really a free tier with no card? Yes. Sign up with an email, get 100 API credits and 100 AI credits per month, free forever. No credit card collected at signup.
- Do unused credits roll over? Credits reset on each billing renewal. They do not roll over — design your monthly cadence around the plan you pick, or upgrade if you regularly run out before month-end.
- Can I use the same API key in production and development? Pro and Business plans include multiple keys precisely for this — issue a separate key per environment, rotate independently, and revoke a single key without affecting the rest.
- Do I need a paid plan to access the AI assistant? No. The Prism AI assistant works on every plan including Free. AI credits scale with the plan, but the feature is identical.
- What if I need higher limits than Business? Talk to us. Custom Enterprise tiers cover dedicated capacity, custom SLAs, on-prem proxy support, MSA paperwork and procurement-friendly invoicing. Contact via the /contact page.
- How do you handle DDoS / abuse? Anonymous traffic is per-IP rate limited at the edge. Authenticated traffic is rate-limited per key and per organization. Repeated abuse triggers automatic key suspension; appeal via support.