HS Ping gives new accounts a one-time signup credit rather than an ongoing free tier. The free plan includes 100 free trial lookups, one-time and Billing starts automatically after the 100 free lookups are used.
About
HS Ping is an HS code lookup API that returns officially sourced HS and HTS classification data across multiple countries. It accepts keyword, HS code, or combined queries and exposes structured JSON responses with hierarchy, source attribution, version, and last-updated fields.
The service currently supports 32 countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, Singapore, Australia, and EU TARIC countries. The pricing page states that new accounts receive 100 free trial lookups one time, with a credit card required at signup and billing starting automatically after the trial allowance is used.
- Officially sourced HS and HTS data
- 32-country classification coverage
- 100 one-time free lookups
- Keyword, HS code, and hybrid queries
- Bulk lookup API support
- Versioned and source-attributed responses
- 1,000 lookups per minute rate limit
Free Tier Value
This offer is a one-time trial rather than a recurring free tier, so a monthly dollar value would be misleading. The cheapest paid plan is $49/month, and the trial gives 100 lookups before billing starts, with a credit card required at signup and no renewal after the credits are used. That makes it a small but real starter allowance with limited parity to the paid plans.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 100 free trial lookups, one-time.
- Credit card required at signup.
- $0 due today.
- Billing starts automatically after the 100 free lookups are used.
- Free trial credits do not reset or recur.
See HS Ping pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Professional
- free lookups
- 100 one-time
- lookups / month
- 50K
- lookups / minute
- 1,000
- 100 free lookups (one-time)
- 50K lookups / month
- Rate limit: 1,000 lookups / minute
- 256-bit Encrypted API
Volume
- free lookups
- 100 one-time
- lookups / month
- 500K
- lookups / minute
- 1,000
- 100 free lookups (one-time)
- 500K lookups / month
- Rate limit: 1,000 lookups / minute
- 256-bit Encrypted API
Scale
- free lookups
- 100 one-time
- lookups / month
- 2M
- lookups / minute
- 1,000
- 100 free lookups (one-time)
- 2M lookups / month
- Rate limit: 1,000 lookups / minute
- 256-bit Encrypted API
Pricing extracted from HS Ping's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is HS Ping free forever?
No. HS Ping gives new accounts a one-time signup credit, spent at normal usage rates, then the account moves to pay-as-you-go.
What happens when you exceed HS Ping's free tier?
Once the signup credit runs out the account moves to pay-as-you-go pricing. HS Ping's cheapest published paid plan is Professional at $49 / month.
