Lightdrift has a free plan with 500 credits every month and paid plans from $29 a month. A search uses 1 credit per 10 results, so the free plan covers up to 5,000 image results a month. Failed searches, image details and license lookups are never charged.
1 credit per 10 results. Credits reset monthly. Image details and license lookups are free.
Try Lightdrift in your agent.
500 credits / month
Start freeIncludes:
For one agent in production.
5,000 credits / month
Choose StarterEverything in Free, plus:
For products with steady traffic.
20,000 credits / month
Choose ProEverything in Starter, plus:
For high-volume workloads.
75,000 credits / month
Choose ScaleEverything in Pro, plus:
Custom. Custom credits and limits, dedicated support, and an SLA.
Contact us| Limit | Free | Starter | Pro | Scale | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credits / month | 500 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 75,000 | Custom |
| Search by image and find similar | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Results per search | Up to 10 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 | Up to 100 |
| Requests / minute | 30 | 60 | 300 | 1,000 | Custom |
| Requests / day | 1,000 | 5,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 | Custom |
| Searches at the same time | 2 | 4 | 10 | 25 | Custom |
| Extra credits (10,000 for $40) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Docs | Priority email | Shared Slack channel | Dedicated support and SLA |
| Free | Starter | Pro | Scale | Custom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0 | $29 | $99 | $299 | Contact us |
| Annual price | Not available | $290 | $990 | $2,990 | Not available |
| Credits per month | 500 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 75,000 | Custom |
| Results per month | Up to 5,000 | Up to 50,000 | Up to 200,000 | Up to 750,000 | Custom |
| Search by image, image plus text, find similar | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max results per search | 10 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Requests per minute | 30 | 60 | 300 | 1,000 | Custom |
| Requests per day | 1,000 | 5,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 | Custom |
| Concurrent searches | 2 | 4 | 10 | 25 | Custom |
| Support | Docs | Priority email | Shared Slack channel | Dedicated support and SLA |
Annual billing costs the same as 10 months. Scale and Custom can add credit packs of 10,000 credits for $40, which never expire. Current plans are also available as JSON from GET /v1/pricing.
| Results requested | Credits used |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 1 |
| 25 | 3 |
| 50 | 5 |
| 100 | 10 |
The same rule applies to text search, search by image, image plus text search, and find similar, through the REST API or the MCP server. You are charged for the results actually returned. Full details are in Plans and limits.
Free is $0 with 500 credits a month. Starter is $29 a month for 5,000 credits, Pro is $99 a month for 20,000 credits, and Scale is $299 a month for 75,000 credits. Annual billing costs the same as 10 months. Custom plans are available by email.
A search uses 1 credit per 10 results, rounded up, with a minimum of 1. A search for 10 results uses 1 credit and a search for 100 results uses 10. The same rule applies to text search, image search, and find similar.
Image details, metadata, and license lookups are free, failed searches are not charged, and the Docs MCP server does not use credits.
No. Credits reset every month on your billing date. Credit packs bought on Scale or Custom never expire and are used after monthly credits run out.
Searches return 402 credits_exhausted until your next reset. On Free, Starter and Pro you can upgrade to keep searching. On Scale and Custom you can buy a credit pack of 10,000 credits for $40.
Search by image, image plus text search, find similar, and more than 10 results per search. Paid plans also raise request limits: Starter allows 60 requests a minute, Pro 300, and Scale 1,000.
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