# Pricing & Credits

Archive runs on **prepaid credits**.

## How credits work

- Each post in your dataset uses **1 credit**.
- Before an order runs, the estimate shows the post count so you know the cost up front.
- Your balance is charged by the **actual posts retrieved**, so you only pay for the data you get.
- Credits have a **reset date**. When it passes, unused credits expire. Webz.io emails you ahead of the reset, and again if your balance runs low.

## How the estimate is calculated

Your query runs against the **last 30 days** of live data, and the match count is multiplied by the number of months in your range:

**estimated posts = posts in last 30 days x number of months**

The same post can appear across multiple sites or across separate orders, so it may be counted more than once.

> [!NOTE]
> Only one order is processed at a time. While an order is pending, the credits it reserves are held - a second order that would exceed your remaining balance is rejected until the first completes.

## Pay per order (credit card)

The Wizard also supports one-off card payment instead of credits: **$0.0002 per post**, with a **$10 minimum per month** in the selected timeframe. The higher of the two applies, and the cost is charged regardless of the actual result count - including an empty dataset.

## Free sample

Every account can pull a **free sample** of up to 100 posts from the last 30 days. It uses no credits and is the fastest way to validate a query.

## Need more credits?

Contact [sales@webz.io](mailto:sales@webz.io) to top up your Archive credits.