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Plans & pricing

Pricing

Sign up free for 50 QU/month in the web app and API Arena. Eligible new accounts can choose any public subscription plan for a 7-day free trial with a payment method. One plan trial per customer. Cancel online before billing. Each paid plan includes REST API and MCP access; one 7-day extension adds time without refilling allowances.

Sizing rule

Use Query Units for on-demand work. Use Monitors for recurring checks.

A direct API integration that polls one query hourly uses roughly 750 QU a month. A plan Monitor runs the same Core API check on its schedule without consuming QU, leaving the QU pool for exploration and application traffic.

1 QUper call
REST API + MCP tools

Ordinary data reads through REST or MCP use 1 QU each. Situation creation or expansion uses 5 QU for admitted analysis; reusing existing membership adds no creation charge.

0 QUper scheduled check
Monitors

Scheduled checks are included with the plan. Preview and Run now use 1 QU; setup and signed-webhook demonstrations use 0 QU. Capacity and hourly versus daily cadence depend on your plan.

Explore in the web app

Explore
Explore in the web app and API Arena. No external API or MCP access.
Free/month
50
QU/month
—
Monitors
1 selected target each
—
Cadence
—
Bulk
1
Seats

What's included

Free plan terms +

Free includes the web app and API Arena. External API and MCP access require a subscription plan.

Build & prototype

Builder
Build with every data endpoint and three daily Monitors

Typical workload

1,500 QU/month ≈ 1,500 standard API calls or 2 simple one-call jobs running hourly.

3 daily Monitors; up to 1 selected target in each.

$59/month
1,500
QU / mo
3
Monitors
Up to 1 selected targets each
Daily
Cadence
—
Bulk
1
Seats

After the trial, automatic overages are on by default: $18 per 250 additional QU. Disable or cap in Settings. Included QU resets monthly, including with annual billing.

What's included

Plan terms +

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

7 days free · payment method required · cancel before billing. No automatic trial overage charges.

Automate a watchlist

Watch
Run ten daily Monitors with signed webhooks across two seats

Typical workload

3,000 QU/month ≈ 3,000 standard API calls or 4 simple one-call jobs running hourly.

10 daily Monitors; up to 5 selected targets in each.

$149/month
3,000
QU / mo
10
Monitors
Up to 5 selected targets each
Daily
Cadence
—
Bulk
2
Seats

After the trial, automatic overages are on by default: $25 per 500 additional QU. Disable or cap in Settings. Included QU resets monthly, including with annual billing.

What's included

Plan terms +

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

7 days free · payment method required · cancel before billing. No automatic trial overage charges.

Cover a beat

Analyst
Add hourly Monitors for a working team

Typical workload

10,000 QU/month ≈ 10,000 standard API calls or 13 simple one-call jobs running hourly.

30 hourly Monitors; up to 25 selected targets in each.

$399/month
10,000
QU / mo
30
Monitors
Up to 25 selected targets each
Hourly
Cadence
—
Bulk
5
Seats

After the trial, automatic overages are on by default: $85 per 2,000 additional QU. Disable or cap in Settings. Included QU resets monthly, including with annual billing.

What's included

Plan terms +

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

7 days free · payment method required · cancel before billing. No automatic trial overage charges.

Commercial intelligence

Full surface, team seats, and bulk delivery

Run a team

Intelligence
Scale hourly monitoring and bulk delivery across your team

Typical workload

25,000 QU/month ≈ 25,000 standard API calls or 33 simple one-call jobs running hourly.

75 hourly Monitors; up to 25 selected targets in each.

$899/month
25,000
QU / mo
75
Monitors
Up to 25 selected targets each
Hourly
Cadence
Included
Bulk
Unlimited
Seats

After the trial, automatic overages are on by default: $100 per 2,500 additional QU. Disable or cap in Settings. Included QU resets monthly, including with annual billing.

What's included

Plan terms +

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

7 days free · payment method required · cancel before billing. No automatic trial overage charges.

Academic & research access

Free verified individual access; application required

Research & report

Academic & Research
Free, verified access for individual researchers and journalists — every data surface, API, MCP, Monitor webhooks and bulk downloads

Typical workload

5,000 QU/month ≈ 5,000 standard API calls or 6 simple one-call jobs running hourly.

5 daily Monitors; up to 25 selected targets in each.

Free/month
5,000
QU / mo
5
Monitors
Up to 25 selected targets each
Daily
Cadence
Included
Bulk
1
Seats

What's included

Verified individually. Tell us about your work and we’ll follow up.

Enterprise
Contact us for custom terms, usage limits, or procurement requirements.
Contact us
Coverage & freshness

Our data is updated hourly, not streamed — new events are typically queryable within about an hour of the underlying reporting (median ~40 minutes), and continue to reconcile as coverage accretes. GDELT Cloud events, stories and entities run continuously from March 2026; earlier history is being backfilled and is incomplete. Maritime AIS and screening lists accrue forward from June 2026. Rows marked Early access are fully usable but still expanding. See every source, licence, coverage window and known limitation →