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Calling an endpoint costs credits — the per-call cost varies by API. Building or revising a private (off-catalog) API costs 75 credits for a new build and 50 for a revision. Browsing, subscribing, and contributing back to the public catalog are always free.

A call's cost reflects the real work behind it — proxy rotation and anti-bot handling, the bandwidth moved, and the internal requests Parse makes to the source site to fulfill your one request. Heavier sites and multi-step actions cost more; a simple read costs less. You always get the credit headers back on every response so the math is never a surprise.

Usually much cheaper. Browser-rendering tools that render a full headless browser per request pay to load, script, and tear down a whole page every time. Parse talks straight to the network layer underneath, so one typed call replaces a page-load — you pay for the data you asked for, not for a browser session to render it.

Yes. Paid plans can top up credits anytime from the billing page — preset packs or a custom amount. Top-up credits don't expire at the end of your billing cycle.

No. The free plan comes with 200 credits and no card required. Upgrade only when you need more throughput or higher rate limits.