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Credits and plansBeing built
Current Sitearc pricing, credits, and self-hosting costs.
Start free with one managed active site. Free usage is limited.
Pro is $12 per active site/month. It covers all released features for that site, with defined allowances.
Paid checkout is not live yet. Credit purchases are not live yet.
Plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | One managed active site with limited usage |
| Pro | $12 per active site/month | All released features, with defined allowances |
| Self-hosted | Free software | Your infrastructure and provider accounts |
Start free is the primary path today. Pro is the approved paid model, but checkout still needs to ship.
The repository still contains legacy entitlement constants. Treat those as compatibility code, not public pricing.
What credits cover
Credits are separate from site seats. They cover research and Sitearc-run AI.
Optional credit packs are planned for that spend. No pack sizes are published yet.
get_budget_status is the authority for your current research budget. Each metered tool should also report cost before or after the call.
Stored reads should remain free of upstream research spend. Reading saved reports, context, forms, or history should not call a research provider.
What can spend budget
Search research can spend budget when it calls a provider. Fresh keyword, domain, backlink, rank, local, audit, and AI visibility work can reach upstream services.
Model work can spend budget when Sitearc uses a hosted model. Bring-your-own model keys move model cost to your provider account.
Forms storage is different. Saving and reading form responses should not require an SEO or model provider account.
Current free capacities
These free capacities are verified from current app constants.
| Limit | Free capacity |
|---|---|
| Active managed sites | 1 |
| Crawl pages per refresh | 50 |
| Tracked keywords per site | 25 |
| Competitors per site | 2 |
| Feedback pages per session | 20 |
| Recommendations per refresh | 5 |
| Chat tool calls per turn | 8 |
| MCP requests per minute | 30 |
Pro allowances are defined for the paid plan. Do not infer their numeric values from legacy constants.
Cost guards
Provider calls can still have cost guards and ledger records during beta.
A budget check should run before metered research work. A call that would cross a configured ceiling should be refused before the provider is reached.
A run that trips a ceiling should stop and say so. It should not quietly return less.
Self-hosting costs
The self-hosted software is free.
Self-hosting still needs infrastructure, jobs, backups, monitoring, and maintenance. You also connect only the providers you need.
Forms do not require SEO or model provider accounts. SEO research needs a search data provider. Search Console and Analytics need Google OAuth. Model features need a model provider or your own key.
Self-hosting moves provider bills and operations to you. It does not make provider work cost-free.
Billing status
The public pricing model is approved. Free starts with one site. Pro is $12 per active site/month.
Checkout and credit pack purchases are not live yet. Start free now, then upgrade when billing opens.