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AgentKey has no monthly platform fee, no per-provider subscriptions, and no minimum commitment. You add credits to a single balance, your agent’s tool calls draw from that balance as they run, and you see one consolidated invoice instead of separate charges from every vendor your agent touches. If your agent is idle, you spend nothing.

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How it works

One balance

A single credit balance covers every tool and every provider in the catalog. You top up once and every call — whether it hits a search API, a scraping service, or a blockchain data provider — draws from the same pool.

Per-call pricing

Each tool has a fixed credit cost that is shown to your agent before any spend. There are no tiered rate cards to decode and no surprise overages — you see the price, then you decide whether to call.

One invoice

All usage across every provider rolls up into a single invoice. No more reconciling charges from dozens of vendors or wondering which line item came from which API.

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See the cost before you spend

Every response from find_tools and describe_tool includes the per-call credit cost for each tool. Before your agent commits to any significant volume of calls, it should multiply that per-call cost by the planned number of executions to estimate total spend, then verify that the balance is sufficient by calling execute_tool("agentkey_account") — which is always free. This means your agent always knows what it is about to spend before it spends it — there are no hidden charges and no way to accidentally run up a large bill without first seeing the number.
For any task that involves several tool calls or a meaningful credit estimate, have your agent confirm the plan and projected cost with the user before proceeding. This keeps humans in the loop on spend and prevents surprises.

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Managing your balance

Top up your credit balance and review detailed usage history from the AgentKey console. The console shows a breakdown of spend by tool and by time period, so you can see exactly where credits are going. From within your agent, calling execute_tool("agentkey_account") returns your current remaining credit balance and the health status of upstream providers at any time — and it never costs credits.
Exact credit-to-USD conversion rates and per-tool credit costs are displayed both in the console and in the describe_tool output for each tool. The console is the authoritative source if you need to plan a budget in dollar terms.

Account Tool Reference

Check your remaining credit balance and upstream provider health — the account tool is always free to call.