> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.socdefenders.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# API pricing and subscription tiers

> SOC Defenders offers a Free tier with 1,000 requests/day and a Pro subscription at $299/month with 1M requests/day, STIX, TAXII, MISP, and all export formats.

SOC Defenders is available on two tiers: a Free plan for getting started and personal projects, and a Pro subscription for security teams and organizations that need higher throughput, longer lookback, and access to all export formats.

<Note>
  To start a free trial or upgrade to Pro, visit [socdefenders.ai/export](https://socdefenders.ai/export).
</Note>

## Free tier

The Free tier is available at no cost and requires no credit card.

* **Price**: Free
* **Rate limit**: 10 requests/minute, 1,000 requests/day
* **IOC lookback**: 1 day
* **Article lookback**: 7 days
* **Results per request**: up to 100
* **Export formats**: JSON IOC export and paginated news articles
* **API keys**: up to 3
* **Support**: community support

## Pro tier

The Pro tier is designed for SOC analysts, security engineers, and teams that integrate threat intelligence into production pipelines.

* **Price**: $299/month, or $2,990/year (\$249/month)
* **Rate limit**: 1,000 requests/minute, 1,000,000 requests/day
* **Lookback period**: 365 days (IOCs and articles)
* **Results per request**: up to 10,000
* **Export formats**: all formats — STIX 2.1, TAXII 2.1, MISP, CEF/Syslog, OpenIOC, and Sigma YAML detection rules
* **Statistics access**: full IOC stats by type, category, and source
* **API keys**: up to 50
* **Support**: priority email support
* **Uptime SLA**: 99.9%

## Tier comparison

| Feature                | Free                             | Pro                      |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Rate limit             | 10/min, 1,000/day                | 1,000/min, 1,000,000/day |
| Lookback period        | 1 day (IOCs) / 7 days (articles) | 365 days                 |
| Results per request    | 100                              | 10,000                   |
| JSON/CSV export        | Yes                              | Yes                      |
| STIX 2.1 / TAXII 2.1   | —                                | Yes                      |
| MISP / CEF / OpenIOC   | —                                | Yes                      |
| Sigma rules            | —                                | Yes                      |
| Full statistics access | —                                | Yes                      |
| API keys               | Up to 3                          | Up to 50                 |
| Support                | Community                        | Priority email           |
| Uptime SLA             | —                                | 99.9%                    |