Credits and pricing reference

Every search in UserSearch is metered in Credits. This page explains what Credits are, the two pools they live in, the three cost types a search can carry, and the per-Search type costs observed in the product.

Account Credits & Team Licenses, Credit Top-up panel

Credits: the usage currency

Credits are UserSearch’s prepaid usage currency. Every search costs zero or more Credits, deducted from a running balance shown in the top bar and topped up on the Account Credits & Team Licenses page.

Credits are displayed with a currency symbol ($) rather than an abstract point count, and search charges in your transaction log are likewise shown as dollar amounts (for example $0.50 or $0.70).

Two separate credit pools

There are two independent credit pools, topped up and spent separately (per Lee, 2026-07-08):

1. the main Global search-credits pool — the balance shown in the top bar and labelled UserSearch 2.0 Credits in the top-up panel; and
2. the S.A.R.G.E. pool, used by the AI Agent feature.

Ordinary searches draw down the Global pool; S.A.R.G.E. usage draws down its own pool.

Note

Only the Global pool’s top-up control has been captured. Where the S.A.R.G.E. pool is topped up is not yet confirmed.

The three cost types

Per-search pricing uses a closed set of three cost types:

Cost type	Meaning
free	0 Credits.
fixed	A set Credit amount. single-source Modules and Search type searches such as Vehicle are fixed-price (per Lee, 2026-07-08).
dynamic	A variable amount shown as a range. A OneScan search costs the sum of every data source left selected in its Choose Data Source modal, so its displayed range moves as data sources are toggled on or off (per Lee, 2026-07-08).

Note

Each Module’s price is set by the cost of the underlying third-party data source, so prices vary between Modules and can change over time as those sources change their own pricing (per Lee, 2026-07-10). The Cost per search line shown before you run is always the authority; a OneScan total depends on which data sources you leave selected.

A OneScan Module is the recommended multi-source Module in a Search type; it is always dynamic. As an observed example, the Username OneScan shows $1.20 | Dynamic (0.50 – 1.20), where the $1.20 total is Predicta ($0.50) plus OSINT Industries ($0.70) with both data sources selected.

Per-Search type cost reference

The table below lists the cost observed on-screen for each Search type’s selected lead Module.

Caution

In each Search type, only the selected Module’s cost line is visible on screen, so the other Modules’ costs in that Search type are not captured and are not listed here. Where a Module is free or fixed, running additional Modules in the same Search type will add their own (uncaptured) cost.

Search type	Lead Module	Cost type	Observed cost
Username Intelligence	Username Search (3000+ sites)	free	Free
Email Intelligence	Reverse-Email (Fast)	free	Free
Phone Intelligence	Background Check (US)	fixed	$0.40
People Intelligence	Person (Pipl – Social)	fixed	$1.00
Corporate Intelligence	Company Search (OpenCorporates)	fixed	$0.50
Cyber Intelligence	IP Host Lookup	fixed	$0.20
Product Intelligence	Product Trends (Google Trends)	free	Free
Chat Messaging	Telegram Chat Messages (TelemetryApp)	fixed	$0.50
Public Forums	Reddit User (Intel AI)	fixed	$0.20
Picture	Fake Image Check	free	Free
Cryptocurrency	Address Lookup	free	Free
Vehicle Lookup	Vehicle Lookup (UK Only, Enriched)	fixed	$5.00
Threat Intelligence	Computer/IP Threat (HudsonRock)	free	Free
Wireless Device	Bluetooth by BSSID	fixed	$0.40
Website Forensics	Website Domain Ownership (by Domain)	free	Free
Public Leaks	Public Leaks (IntelX)	fixed	$0.20
Court Records	Court Records (OneScan)	dynamic	$0.60 (range $0.12 – $0.60)

Note

Vehicle Lookup is fixed-price, up to $5.00 for the captured UK lookup (per Lee, 2026-07-08). The Cyber Intelligence Search type runs entirely on the Shodan data source, and Wireless Device entirely on WiGLE — so their per-search costs follow the same fixed model as the observed lead Module.

OneScan (dynamic) Modules

Seven Search types offer a OneScan Module. Because a OneScan total is the sum of the selected data sources, its cost is always a range. Two ranges have been observed:

Search type	OneScan cost
Username Intelligence	$1.20 (range $0.50 – $1.20)
Court Records	$0.60 (range $0.12 – $0.60)
Email Intelligence	Dynamic (range not captured)
Phone Intelligence	Dynamic (range not captured)
People Intelligence	Dynamic (range not captured)
Picture	Dynamic (range not captured)
Public Leaks	Dynamic (range not captured)

To see and adjust a OneScan’s cost, open its Choose Data Source modal (the gear on the Module card) and toggle data sources; the displayed range updates to the sum of those left selected.

How charges appear

Running a search creates a DEBIT entry in Transaction History on the Account Credits & Team Licenses page, capped to the last 100 entries. Each row records the time, who initiated it, the type (DEBIT), the amount, and a description naming the Search type and Module — for example Cost for search: Username - Username Search (OsintIndustries) at $0.70.

Transaction History table

Topping up

You add Credits to the Global pool on the Account Credits & Team Licenses page:

1. Set an amount using the Credit Top-up dropdown (preset amounts) or the Custom Selection slider, which spans 10–200.
2. Choose One Time for a single purchase or Monthly for a recurring top-up.
3. Select Proceed to Checkout to complete payment.

An Auto-topup control sits beside the checkout button; it configures automatic recurring top-ups when your balance runs low.

Note

The term is Top-up (not recharge or refill), and the automatic variant is Auto-topup. A recurring paid plan is a Subscription, which is distinct from both a one-time top-up and auto-topup and is managed under Settings › Billing.

Teams and shared credits

Accounts are either single or team (per Lee, 2026-07-08):

• Single accounts do not share; Cases and Credits belong to the one user.
• Team accounts share Cases and draw on one common pool of Global Credits, controlled by a team leader. Every team member spends from the same shared balance.

Caution

Team and seat management live on a dedicated Team screen reached via the My Team left-nav item — not on the Account Credits & Team Licenses page. That screen is not yet captured, so its controls are not documented here.

Verified against UserSearch v2.0.20