AwardTape

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Simple pricing for the AwardTape API

Start free. Pay only for the calls you make. Every key gets 100 free calls and opens the web dashboard, where you can see your balance and top up.

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Credit packs

One credit is one API call on any dataset. A CSV export costs 10 credits. Credits never expire. Bigger packs cost less per call.

Free

$0

100 calls with every key

No card needed

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Starter

$5

1,000 calls

$0.005 per call

Builder

$25

6,000 calls

$0.0042 per call, 17% off Starter

Scale

$100

30,000 calls

$0.0033 per call, 33% off Starter

Signed in with a key? A pack adds credits to that key. Otherwise you get a new key after checkout. Card payments run through Stripe.

Pay per call, no account

Agents can pay for each request with an HTTP 402 payment: x402 USDC on Base or Solana, or Stripe. List prices per call:

DatasetEndpointPer call
Rules and notices/api/agent/v1/rules$0.01
Contract awards/api/agent/v1/awards$0.02
Contractor profiles/api/agent/v1/companies/{id}$0.02
Global and allied contracts/api/agent/v1/allied$0.02
Arms sales/api/agent/v1/fms$0.02
Daily Pentagon release and premium feeds/api/agent/v1/daily$0.05
Free sample/api/agent/v1/sampleFree

Credit packs cost $0.0033 to $0.005 per call, below every list price. That is the volume discount.

Questions

What counts as a call?

Each request to a paid endpoint uses one credit, whatever the dataset. A CSV export uses 10.

What happens when credits run out?

The API returns HTTP 402 with the per-call price and a link to top up. Nothing is charged automatically.

Is the news free?

Yes. Every daily release, contract page and country page on the site is free to read.

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