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What could a first month with Starter look like?

Starter includes 300 credits each month. An illustrative first month uses 200 credits for 4 AI visibility checks and 40 credits for 4 blog post drafts. That leaves 60 credits to put toward the next improvement your brand needs.

Illustrative allocation, not a guaranteed bundle: credit costs vary by action and scope. Confirm each quote before running. All actions share the same allowance; unused monthly plan credits reset at the next cycle.

How much does DataEase AI cost?

DataEase AI offers Starter at $79/month for 300 credits, Growth at $199/month for 900 credits, and Business at $399/month for 2,000 credits. Pay As You Go costs $20 per 50 credits. Growth and Business also offer yearly billing; Starter is monthly-only.

Is there a free tier or free trial?

The standalone Brand Analyzer is free and scores Brand Readiness across 7 pillars. It is a readiness snapshot, not ongoing monitoring across all 3 BPI components. Check any current account trial offer in the app; paid plans and credit packs fund ongoing analysis.

What is Pay As You Go, and who is it for?

Pay As You Go costs $20 for 50 credits with no subscription. It includes 1 brand, 1 seat, 3 engines, 50 pages per audit, 5 competitors and 25 keywords per brand. It suits occasional checks, and months without a purchase cost $0.

Pay As You Go exists because most AI visibility tools make you commit before you know whether the data changes anything. Here the smallest real commitment is one credit pack. Nothing auto-renews, so there is no cancel-before-the-30th anxiety and no forgotten subscription draining a founder's card between fundraises. When you go quiet for two months, you pay nothing for those two months, and the credits sitting in your balance are still there when you come back.

It also has no ceiling on when you use it. A pre-launch founder can burn a pack in one afternoon auditing 50 pages against 5 competitors, then not touch the account until the launch week retest. A consultant can buy a pack per client engagement instead of carrying a monthly plan between projects. The tradeoff is honest: at $0.40 a credit it is the highest per-credit rate, and it caps you at 1 brand and 1 seat, so compare your actual monthly usage and team needs before choosing a subscription.

Should I choose Pay As You Go or a monthly plan?

Choose Pay As You Go for occasional work at $0.40 per credit. At full monthly allowance use, Starter costs about $0.263 per credit, Growth $0.221 and Business $0.200. Plans add scheduled work, with higher tiers supporting more brands, teammates and deeper analysis.

Starter is a practical entry point for one founder and one brand, with limited scheduled checks. If you work in bursts, Pay As You Go avoids subscription charges in quiet months. When the full monthly allowance is used, Starter saves 34.2%, Growth 44.7% and Business 50.1% per credit versus Pay As You Go. These are credit-value comparisons, not guaranteed savings when credits go unused. Growth supports a founder tracking 3 brands with a team of 5 and includes MCP access. Business also includes MCP and adds all 5 engines, unlimited brands and seats, and advanced reports.

Scan history is unlimited on every plan, as long as the account has been active in the last 3 months.

Which AI engines and models does each plan monitor?

Pay As You Go, Starter and Growth cover 3 engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. Business covers 5, adding Claude and Grok. These checks track brand mentions, competitors and citations in the selected engines. Gemini coverage does not mean direct Google AI Overviews monitoring.

Start with the engines your buyers use and a consistent set of questions, then compare mentions and citations over time. Business adds Claude and Grok when you need broader coverage. Check the quoted credit cost for each action: plan coverage and action scope are separate considerations. What a scan records on each engine, prompt by prompt, is explained on the AI citation tracking for SaaS page, and the DataEase AI FAQ covers questions before the first scan.

How much do I save with yearly billing?

Yearly Growth costs $1,990, saving $398 versus 12 monthly payments: $165.83/month equivalent. Yearly Business costs $3,990, saving $798: $332.50/month equivalent. Both give 2 months free with an upfront annual payment. Credits refresh monthly, and Starter remains $79 billed monthly only.

Yearly billing keeps the monthly allowance unchanged: 900 credits on Growth and 2,000 on Business. The full annual charge is paid upfront. At full allowance use, the effective rate is about $0.184 per credit on yearly Growth and $0.166 on yearly Business. Choose an annual commitment only when your expected usage justifies it.

What is a credit, and what does a scan cost?

A credit is the usage unit across DataEase AI. Scans, blog post drafts, competitor analysis and other actions draw from one balance. Costs vary by action and scope. For illustration, 4 visibility checks at 50 credits each use 200 credits; confirm the quote before running.

Do you show the price of a scan before it runs?

Yes. Every scan shows its exact credit price before you start it, and your balance and full spend history stay visible in the app. Brand discovery, the step that works out your competitors and the questions buyers ask, costs 0 credits.

This is the part that makes a credit model liveable. You are never guessing what a click will cost, and because the price is on the button rather than on the invoice, you can decide that a deep scan across every competitor is worth it this month and a lighter one is enough next month. Scheduled work uses the same balance, so include it when planning your monthly allowance.

What happens when I run out of credits mid-month?

You can buy a $20 pack of 50 credits without changing plan. Plan allowances refresh monthly, including on yearly plans: 300 credits on Starter, 900 on Growth and 2,000 on Business. Packs top up the same balance, with no forced upgrade or automatic overage bill.

What happens to my scheduled scans if I run out of credits?

They pause, they do not fail. DataEase AI pauses paid schedules when your balance reaches 0, emails you once rather than on every skipped run, and resumes them automatically the moment you top up or your plan credits refresh.

What happens to my credits if a scan fails?

You get them back. A run that fails partway is refunded automatically and the refund appears in your credit history, so you are never charged for a scan that produced no result. Re-auditing a single fixed page costs 1 credit.

Do unused credits roll over to next month?

Monthly plan allowances do not roll over: unused Starter, Growth and Business credits reset each monthly allowance period, including on yearly plans. Bought credit packs carry over until spent. A $20 pack adds 50 credits to the same balance, whether you use Pay As You Go or a subscription.

That split is worth planning around. If you regularly finish a month with 200 unused Growth credits, you are paying for capacity you never claim, and the cheaper setup is a smaller commitment plus packs on the months you spike. If you regularly run dry, compare the extra capacity you would actually use with the cost of packs; a lower per-credit rate alone does not make a larger subscription cheaper overall. Packs are the safety valve either way: because pack credits carry over, buying one late in a cycle is never wasted money.

Which plan includes MCP access and advanced reports?

Growth and Business include MCP access for querying your brand presence data from your own AI tools. Business adds advanced reports, 5 engines including Claude and Grok, 500 pages per audit, 20 competitors, 100 keywords, unlimited brands and seats, and Slack support.

For token creation, client requirements and example prompts, follow the DataEase AI MCP setup guide. Check Connections for your workspace's effective access settings.

Can I switch plans or cancel anytime?

You can manage upgrades, downgrades and cancellation in the app. Growth and Business offer monthly or yearly billing; Starter is monthly-only. Check the effective date and any billing adjustment before confirming a change. Pay As You Go has no subscription to cancel.

Where are credits used across the platform?

One credit balance covers DataEase AI analysis and content work. Use it for AI visibility checks, blog post drafts, new page drafts, competitor analysis or website audits. Starter includes 300 credits per month; available actions and their quoted costs determine how much you can do.

Last updated: November 9, 2026