# TickTape pricing (canonical, machine-readable)

Payment is x402-only (USDC on Base, network eip155:8453). No accounts, no
subscriptions, no card checkout. Live calls answer HTTP 402 from the first
request; pay and retry. Humans can read. Agents can buy.

## Per-call (x402 "exact", pay as you go)

| Tool | Path | Price | Credits |
|------|------|-------|---------|
| preflight_trade | GET /api/preflight_trade | $0.02 | 1 |
| leaderboard | GET /api/leaderboard | $0.02 | 1 |
| red_list | GET /api/red_list | $0.02 | 1 |
| preflight_copy | GET /api/preflight_copy | $0.10 | 5 |

## Credit pack (the fast lane)

- POST /api/credits with one x402 payment of $5 -> 500 credits + bearer token
- Credit calls skip on-chain settlement: ~0.4s instead of 2-5s, half price
- Credits valid 12 months; last 5 tokens per wallet stay valid

## Free

- `?sandbox=1` on any tool: deterministic example response, unlimited
- `?x402_probe=1`: exact payment requirements without paying
- QUEUED responses on preflight_copy (wallet not yet covered) are never charged

Details: https://ticktape.cc/llms.txt | https://ticktape.cc/openapi.json | https://ticktape.cc/agent.json