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Credits
On Meerko Cloud, lead search and email finding cost credits. Sending, replies, AI columns and everything else don't. New workspaces start with 1,000 free credits.
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What costs credits
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Search result saved | 1 per result |
| Email found | 8 |
| Email verified | 1 |
| Counting search results | Free |
| Searches and lookups that find nothing | Free |
AI columns cost nothing because your own agent answers them. Plans and prices are on the pricing page. Check your balance with get_credits, pnpm meerko credits or the dashboard's Settings.
Running out
A search saves as many results as your balance pays for. Email finding stops when credits run out and says so; the rows it didn't reach are picked up next time. The find-leads command checks your balance first and asks before spending more than 500.
Use your own provider key
Have an Icypeas account? Store its API key in your workspace and searches and email finding run on it, with no Meerko credits charged. Meerko checks the key with Icypeas before saving it, stores it encrypted and only ever shows its last 4 characters.
$ pnpm meerko keys set icypeas <key>
Self-hosted
Credits are off by default when you self-host: everything runs on your own Icypeas key, and get_credits returns no balance.