{"article":{"id":16194632655895,"url":"https://plaid.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/16194632655895.json","html_url":"https://support.plaid.com/hc/en-us/articles/16194632655895-How-much-does-Plaid-cost-and-what-are-the-pricing-models","author_id":5390778350871,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":1,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"section_id":15991482483223,"created_at":"2023-07-21T14:48:31Z","updated_at":"2026-06-03T17:39:36Z","name":"How much does Plaid cost, and what are the pricing models?","title":"How much does Plaid cost, and what are the pricing models?","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-06-03T17:39:36Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":1121774,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>If you're on a <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/account/billing/#trial-plans\">Trial plan</a>, Plaid is free — Trial plans support up to 10 Production <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/quickstart/glossary/#item\">Items</a>. The pricing models below apply to paid Production plans only.</p>\n<p>Each Plaid product has its own pricing structure that is dependent on how the product works. For specific details on our pricing models, see the <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/account/billing/#pricing-models\">Plaid Billing documentation</a>. These pricing models are only applicable in the Production environment.</p>\n<p>Plaid uses three basic pricing models: one-time fee products, subscription fee products, and a per-request fee structure.</p>\n<p>Auth, Identity, and Income are one-time fee products, meaning you incur a charge only once for each connected account. The cost for one-time fee products is the same no matter how many API calls are made for the connected account.</p>\n<p>Transactions (except for the <code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/transactions/refresh</code> endpoint), Liabilities, and Investments are based on a subscription fee model, meaning that the Item will incur a monthly subscription fee as long as it exists. For more information, please see our documentation on <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/account/billing/#subscription-fee\">Subscription fees</a>.</p>\n<p>Balance (<code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/accounts/balance/get</code>), <code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/transactions/refresh</code>, <code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/asset_report/audit_copy/create</code>, <code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/asset_report/pdf/get</code>, and Signal Transaction Scores (<code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/signal/evaluate</code>) are billed on a flat fee per successful API request. For more information, please see our documentation on <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/account/billing/#per-request-flat-fee\">Per-request flat fees</a>.</p>\n<p><code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">/asset_report/create</code> (pricing depends on number of days of transaction history requested and quantity of Items in the Asset Report) and Enrich (pricing depends on quantity of transactions sent for enrichment) are billed on a per-request flexible fee. For more information, please see our documentation on <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/account/billing/#per-request-flexible-fee\">Per-request flexible fees</a>.</p>","user_segment_ids":[]}}