Yes, Tavily has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 1,000 API credits per month. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $4.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Tavily provides a single API for connecting AI agents to the web with real-time search, extraction, research, and crawling capabilities.
The platform is designed to ground model outputs in fresh web context and structured content, helping teams build retrieval-augmented workflows with lower hallucination risk. It also emphasizes production readiness with security, privacy, and content validation safeguards.
- Real-time web search for AI agents
- Content extraction and structured retrieval
- Research and crawling through one API
- Security, privacy, and validation layers
- Enterprise-focused performance and reliability
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped monthly allowance with no credit card required, so it has real recurring value but not unlimited access. Since the cheapest paid option is pay-as-you-go at $0.008 per credit, 1,000 credits are worth about $8 of usage; discounting for the fact that it is a starter allowance with support included but still tightly capped, a practical free-tier value is about $4/month.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 1,000 API credits per month.
- No credit card required.
- Email support included.
See Tavily pricing for current limits.
Tavily for students
Tavily runs a student plan: four months of the Project plan free. Project costs $30 a month for 4,000 API credits, so the offer is worth $120. That's a jump from the free plan's 1,000 credits a month to 4,000.
Apply by email to support@tavily.com from your student email address, or send the support team a copy of your student ID. Tavily replies with a coupon code once it confirms you're a student, then you redeem it on the Billing page: choose Upgrade under the Project plan and enter the code in the "Add Promotion Code" field.
Tavily names research, coursework, and hackathons as accepted uses for students. After the four months end, the free Researcher plan is still there with its 1,000 credits a month.
Paid plans
Pay As You Go
- Pay only for what you use
- Cancel anytime
- Email support
Project
- API credits
- 4,000 / month
- 4,000 API credits / month
- Higher rate limits
- Email support
Enterprise
- API calls
- Custom
- rate limits
- Custom
- Custom API calls
- Custom rate limits
- Enterprise-grade support and SLAs
- Enterprise-grade security and privacy
Pricing extracted from Tavily's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Tavily free forever?
Yes. Tavily has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Tavily require a credit card?
No. You can start on Tavily's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Tavily's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Tavily's cheapest paid plan is Project at $30 / month.
What is Tavily's free tier worth?
Tavily's free tier is worth about $4.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 54/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
Is Tavily free for students?
Yes. Students get four months of the Project plan at no cost, which is 4,000 API credits a month instead of the free plan's 1,000. Apply by email to support@tavily.com from a student email address, or send Tavily support a copy of your student ID.
