GOI pricing has two layers that are easy to mix up:
- Account tier — who you are when you use the GOI dashboard or GOI MCP. Set by your login and subscription.
- API key tier — which quotas apply when you call the GOI API. Only available on premium accounts.
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.
Account tiers
| Tier | Who gets it | Dashboard | GOI MCP | API keys |
|---|
| Guest | Visitor without signing in | Limited search and map | No | No |
| Standard | Any signed-in user at index.istari.ai | Full UI with monthly quotas | Yes | No |
| Premium | Paid commercial plan (Regional or Global) | Higher quotas + exports | Yes, higher quotas | Yes |
Commercial plans
There are two paid packages. Both include the web interface, API access, and GOI MCP. The difference is mainly coverage and volume.
| Plan | Annual price | Coverage | Base monthly volume | Analyst upgrade |
|---|
| Regional | €2,500 / year | One or more areas at region, district, or municipality level | 5,000 organization rows / month | +€7,500 / year → 250,000 rows / month |
| Global | €5,000 / year | Worldwide | 5,000 organization rows / month | +€20,000 / year → 250,000 rows / month |
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.
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.
GOI dashboard limits
Quotas apply per calendar month. Results = organization rows returned (search hits or fetch IDs).
Search
| Account tier | Requests / month | Results / month |
|---|
| Guest | 20 | 2,000 |
| Standard | 100 | 1,000 |
| Premium | 5,000 | 250,000 |
Export (CSV / XLSX)
Max 5,000 rows per export request.
Easy mode in GOI dashboard
| Account tier | Requests / month |
|---|
| Guest | 5 |
| Standard | 100 |
| Premium | 5,000 |
GOI MCP limits
GOI MCP uses the same standard / premium account tiers as the dashboard (via your index.istari.ai login). Request beta access if the connector is not yet enabled for your account.
Limits are grouped into tool buckets. All tools in a bucket share one monthly budget.
| Bucket | Tools | Standard | Premium |
|---|
| Search | search_organizations, find_similar_organizations, find_similar_with_steering, filter_organizations | 100 requests / 1,000 results | 1,000 requests / 5,000 results |
| Fetch | get_organization_details | 100 requests / 1,000 results | 1,000 requests / 5,000 results |
| Stats | aggregate_organizations | 100 requests | 1,000 requests |
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.
Search and fetch
| API tier | Requests / month | Results / month |
|---|
| tier_1 | 1,000 | 5,000 |
| tier_2 | 5,000 | 250,000 |
Stats (aggregations)
| API tier | Requests / month |
|---|
| tier_1 | 500 |
| tier_2 | 5,000 |
Fair use limits
We have some per-key throttle limits (requests per second) to ensure fair use of our API.
| API tier | Approx. steady RPS | Burst |
|---|
| tier_1 | 2 | 5 |
| tier_2 | 5 | 10 |
Upgrading or changing limits
