How much does an analysis run cost?

In Standard mode, each AI response costs EUR 0.04 with a platform key or EUR 0.03 with your own API key. Website analysis costs EUR 1.00 per run. The total depends on the number of prompts and enabled providers.

What billing mode does GEOlyze use?

GEOlyze uses Standard billing where you pay per AI response. Each response costs EUR 0.04 with a platform key or EUR 0.03 with your own API key.

How can I reduce my analysis costs?

You can reduce costs by providing your own API keys (25% discount per response), and by using delta runs which only re-analyze changed prompts and skip the website analysis fee.

A delta run detects which prompts changed since the last completed run and only re-analyzes those. Unchanged results are inherited at no cost, and the website analysis fee is skipped.

How do I top up my balance?

Click the Top Up button in the low-balance warning on the dashboard or use the Billing link in the navigation menu. This opens the external billing portal where you can manage payment methods and add credit.

What happens if my balance is too low to start a run?

The cost estimation dialog will show that your balance is insufficient and the run cannot be started. You will be offered a link to top up your balance instead.

Am I charged for failed responses?

No. After a run completes, GEOlyze counts only the actual successful responses and charges the exact amount. Failed responses and inherited delta-run responses are excluded.

Do I need to provide my own API keys?

Providing your own API keys is optional. If you do, you receive a 25% discount on the per-response rate (EUR 0.03 instead of EUR 0.04). If you don't, GEOlyze uses its platform keys.

Billing

Understand GEOlyze's pricing, cost estimates, and balance management.

Billing

GEOlyze uses a pay-per-response billing model. You pay for each AI response based on actual usage.

Pricing

Platform key rate: EUR 0.04 per response -- applies when GEOlyze uses its own API key for a provider.
Own key rate: EUR 0.03 per response -- applies when you supply your own API key for a provider (a 25 % discount).
Website analysis: EUR 1.00 per run, charged once when a website crawl completes successfully with at least one page. Delta runs (re-runs that only process changed prompts) reuse crawl results from the base run and do not incur this fee.

The total cost of a run depends on the number of prompts, the number of enabled providers, and whether you provide your own API keys. For example, 10 prompts with 3 enabled providers using platform keys would cost 10 x 3 x EUR 0.04 = EUR 1.20 for the AI analysis portion.

Cost estimation before a run

Before starting a run, GEOlyze shows a cost estimate dialog that breaks down:

AI analysis cost -- based on the number of prompts multiplied by the number of enabled providers, at the applicable rate per provider (own key or platform key).
Website analysis cost -- EUR 1.00 if website crawling is enabled (omitted for delta runs).
Total estimated cost -- the sum of both.
Your current balance -- shown alongside the estimate so you can see whether you can afford the run.

Cost estimation dialog showing AI analysis cost, website analysis cost, total estimate, and current balance

If your balance is insufficient, the run cannot be started from this dialog. You will be offered a link to top up your balance instead.

Delta runs and cost savings

When you re-run an analysis, GEOlyze detects which prompts have changed since the last completed run and offers a delta run that only re-analyzes the changed prompts. Unchanged results are inherited from the previous run at no cost. Delta runs also skip the website analysis fee because they reuse the existing crawl results.

Using your own API keys

Providing your own LLM API keys under Settings is optional. For each provider where you supply a key, the per-response rate drops from EUR 0.04 to EUR 0.03. If you do not provide a key for a provider, GEOlyze uses its platform key at the standard rate.

You can configure keys for:

Anthropic (Claude)
OpenAI
Google (Gemini)
Perplexity

Settings page showing API key configuration fields for each LLM provider

Balance management

Checking your balance

Your current balance is displayed:

On the dashboard (projects overview page), as part of the billing status.
In the cost estimation dialog before starting a run.
Via the Billing link in the navigation menu, which opens the external billing portal.

Low balance warning

When your balance drops below EUR 2.00, a warning appears on the dashboard prompting you to top up.

Dashboard showing low balance warning with current balance and Top Up button

Topping up your balance

To add funds, click the Top Up button that appears in the low-balance warning or the billing navigation link. This opens the external billing portal where you can manage your payment methods and add credit.

Setting up a billing account

If no billing account is linked to your user, the dashboard shows an alert with a Set Up Billing Account button. Clicking it opens the onboarding page of the billing portal. You must complete this setup before you can start analyses in Standard mode.

Dashboard alert prompting the user to set up a billing account with a setup button

How charges work

Billing follows a two-step process:

Pre-check -- Before a run starts, GEOlyze estimates the cost and verifies that your balance is sufficient. If your balance is too low, the run is blocked.
Post-charge -- After a run completes, GEOlyze counts the actual successful responses (excluding inherited responses from delta runs and failed responses) and charges the exact amount. This means you are only charged for responses that were actually delivered.

Billing errors

If a billing issue occurs, the dashboard or the run detail page will show an alert. Common billing errors include:

No billing account -- You need to set up a billing account before running analyses.
Insufficient balance -- Your balance is too low to cover the estimated cost. Top up your balance and try again.
Billing service unavailable -- The billing service could not be reached. Try again later or contact support.

API Keys

Create and manage API keys for programmatic access.