> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://deepline.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pricing, Billing, and Credits

> Understand BYOK, managed credits, rate cards, billing modes, and spend checks before scaling Deepline workflows from pilot rows to production.

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  <Card title="Bring Your Own Keys" icon="key">
    Connect your own provider accounts. **Deepline cost: \$0.** You pay
    providers directly and keep your existing contracts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Managed Credits" icon="coins">
    Buy Deepline credits and let us handle provider billing. **\$0.10 per
    credit, pay as you go.** Volume discount at 1,000+ credits (\$0.096 each).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

No bundles, no tiers, no platform fee. If you already pay Apollo, Hunter,
Crustdata, or PDL directly, Deepline adds orchestration at zero markup. If you
don't have provider accounts, managed credits work across all 97+ integrations
with one price.

Common enrichment workflows run
[50-80% cheaper than Clay](https://deepline.com/pricing/per-task) because
there's no required subscription.

## Billing modes

| Mode                | What you pay                                                     | Use when                                                |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bring Your Own Keys | Your provider bills you directly. Deepline adds no platform fee. | You already have provider accounts or negotiated rates. |
| Managed credits     | Deepline credits pay for supported provider calls.               | You want one balance and no separate provider setup.    |

Managed credits are pay as you go. There is no managed monthly tier. The only
flat monthly add-on documented in Deepline pricing is the Headless / Database
platform add-on.

## What trips people up

* BYOK and managed credits are different billing paths. BYOK keeps provider
  billing in your provider account. Managed credits use your Deepline balance.
* A waterfall miss is not always free in managed mode. Some upstream providers
  charge for attempted lookups, so managed misses can consume credits when
  providers were actually called.
* Prices can vary by tool, provider, operation, and runtime options. Check the
  live tool card before a large run.
* Promo credits add balance. They do not change tool pricing or provider cost
  semantics.
* Provider spend is not exposed to customers. Deepline shows customer-facing
  Deepline credits and Deepline-priced usage.

## Check pricing before a run

Find the tool:

```bash theme={null}
deepline tools search "work email" --json
```

Inspect the current pricing for a specific tool:

```bash theme={null}
deepline tools get name_and_domain_to_email_waterfall --json
```

For the generated docs table, use the
[pricing schedule](/_generated/pricing-schedule). For operating limits, use
[Cost Control](/cost-control).

## Pilot before scaling

Run a small row range first. `--rows` is inclusive, so `0:4` runs five rows.

```bash theme={null}
deepline enrich --input leads.csv --output pilot.csv --name "email-pilot" --rows 0:4 \
  --with '{"alias":"email","tool":"name_and_domain_to_email_waterfall","payload":{"first_name":"{{first_name}}","last_name":"{{last_name}}","domain":"{{domain}}"}}'
```

Then check session usage:

```bash theme={null}
deepline session usage
```

If the sample is correct, set a limit and run the full file:

```bash theme={null}
deepline session limit --dollars 10

deepline enrich --input leads.csv --output enriched.csv --name "email-full" \
  --with '{"alias":"email","tool":"name_and_domain_to_email_waterfall","payload":{"first_name":"{{first_name}}","last_name":"{{last_name}}","domain":"{{domain}}"}}'
```

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  <Card title="Full rate card" icon="table-list" href="/_generated/pricing-schedule">
    Every provider and endpoint in Deepline credits.
  </Card>

  <Card title="BYOK guide" icon="key" href="/features/bring-your-own-keys">
    Connect your own provider contracts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cost Control" icon="shield-halved" href="/cost-control">
    Session limits, monthly caps, usage checks, and safe rollout patterns.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>