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GOI pricing has two layers that are easy to mix up:
  1. Account tier — who you are when you use the GOI dashboard or GOI MCP. Set by your login and subscription.
  2. API key tier — which quotas apply when you call the GOI API. Only available on premium accounts.
GOI access by account tier: Guest uses the dashboard; Standard adds GOI MCP; Premium unlocks dashboard, GOI MCP, and GOI API with tier_1 or tier_2 keys
The istari.ai technology page shows Regional and Global commercial packages. Those plans set your account tier, geographic coverage, and API key tier. The tables below show the rate limits which are consequentially enforced.
All monthly quotas reset on the first of each month (UTC). A server-level burst cap of 60 requests/minute per IP also applies across dashboard, API, and MCP.

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Account tiers

Standard is the default when you create a free account and sign in. You can search, filter, save lists, and use GOI MCP within the limits below. Premium is required for API access (creating keys in the dashboard), CSV/XLSX exports, and the higher monthly quotas. API key management is blocked for standard accounts.

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Commercial plans

There are two paid packages. Both include the web interface, API access, and GOI MCP. The difference is mainly coverage and volume.

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What counts as a region (Regional plan)

On the Regional plan, coverage is scoped to geographic areas you select in the GOI dashboard. A region can be defined at the region, district, or municipality level — not at country or state level.
GOI location picker showing Region, District, and Municipality levels in a hierarchy
For example, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a region, Weinheim can appear as a district or municipality, each with its own organization count. Your plan limits which of these units you can query and export. Global plans remove this geographic scope — you can search across all countries that GOI covers. How to read “downloads” on the website: each returned organization row via search counts toward your monthly result quota. A search that returns 50 organizations uses 50 rows; a CSV export uses one download request but can include up to thousands of rows against the same quota. Analyst upgrade raises you to higher API and dashboard result caps (roughly aligned with API tier 2 / premium dashboard limits at 250,000 rows/month). Contact support@istari.ai to change plan or upgrade.

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GOI dashboard limits

Quotas apply per calendar month. Results = organization rows returned (search hits or fetch IDs).

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Export (CSV / XLSX)

Max 5,000 rows per export request.

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Easy mode in GOI dashboard

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GOI MCP limits

GOI MCP uses the same standard / premium account tiers as the dashboard (via your index.istari.ai login). Request access and see Connect to add GOI MCP as a custom connector. Limits are grouped into tool buckets. All tools in a bucket share one monthly budget. See GOI MCP overview for connection setup and Tools for what each tool does.

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GOI API limits

API keys are only available on premium accounts. Create them under Profile → API keys in the dashboard. Each key is assigned an API tier (tier_1 or tier_2) when created. That tier controls quotas on POST /v2/search, POST /v2/fetch, and POST /v2/stats.

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Search and fetch

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Stats (aggregations)

Regional vs global coverage is enforced via your account or API key scope (region, district, or municipality for Regional plans). See API reference.

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Fair use limits

We have some per-key throttle limits (requests per second) to ensure fair use of our API.

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Upgrading or changing limits