API Reference
Billing & Usage
Balance management and usage tracking
Billing & Usage
Balance Model
Parallect uses a balance-based billing system:
- Your account has a credit balance
- Credits come from invite codes, manual top-ups, or automatic charges
- Each research job deducts from your balance upon completion
Required Balance
You need sufficient balance or a payment method on file to start a research job. If neither is available, the API returns a 402 error prompting you to add credits.
| Tier | Max Cost |
|---|---|
| XXS | $1.00 |
| XS | $2.00 |
| S | $5.00 |
| M | $15.00 |
| L | $30.00 |
| XL | $60.00 |
Checking Balance
You can check your balance and spending from the dashboard, or programmatically via the MCP balance and usage tools.
Each completed job response also includes totalCustomerCostCents showing what was charged for that run.