The unit of cost
Access the independent historical Reddit archive using a straightforward credit system. Each successful retrieval request consumes exactly one credit, regardless of whether the result set is empty or contains data. The cost structure is standardized at one dollar per one thousand successful requests, providing predictable budgeting for data analysts and developers querying the archive. One credit equals $0.001. The minimum paid top-up of $50 adds 50000 credits. There are no subscriptions and paid credits do not expire. Billing counts successful requests rather than rows in the finished table; public /v1/status is uncharged.
A product action that makes 15 successful page requests consumes 15 credits, even if your application displays only a few records. Additional pages, item lookups and successful repeats each have their own cost. Your customer pricing and per-user budgets are your own application's policies. Conditional 100 trial credits depend on network-wide anti-abuse eligibility; they are not a guaranteed purchase bonus. Signup displays the key before payment.