- Jan 2025 Rung 3 · Hard allotment
- Now Rung 3 · Hard allotment
Held one rung all window — pattern: Credit burn-rate reprice.
The short version The sticker barely moved — but the meter did. The same work costs more than it used to.
The verdict
Instantly moved inside one rung, not across the access-to-usage axis. In January 2025 its lead/data product was already a hard allotment — Verified Leads sold as a fixed monthly bucket ($47 / $97 / $197), denominated in a delivered result. On May 14, 2025 the official changelog launched SuperSearch with a new credit-based system that re-denominated that meter from per-verified-lead into abstract Instantly credits with variable burn (1 per own-source email, 2+ via partner, 0.5 enrichment). Wayback brackets the cutover tightly between May 9 and June 13, 2025, while the dollar ladder held. The dollars stayed; the unit and its cost-per-action changed — the signature of a credit burn-rate reprice. It remains a hard allotment: monthly ceiling, no public top-up packs, no documented auto-billed overage.
Current pricing snapshot
As published on Instantly's own pages · captured Sep 21, 2026. Unit: Instantly credit.
| Plan | Price / mo | Included | At zero | Top-up vs plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (bundle) | $94 | 1,500 | Hard stop | — |
| Scale (bundle) | $194 | 5,000 | Hard stop | — |
| Agency (bundle) | $555 | 10,000 | Hard stop | — |
| Growth (outreach) | $47 | — | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Hyper Growth (outreach) | $97 | — | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Light Speed (outreach) | $358 | — | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Nano Credits | $9 | 150 | Hard stop | — |
| Growth Credits | $47 | 1,500 | Hard stop | — |
| Supersonic Credits | $97 | 5,000 | Hard stop | — |
| Hyper Credits | $197 | 10,000 | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
- Credit ↔ dollar
- Not pegged — a credit is not a fixed $
- Credit burn rate
- Varies by model / action
- Billing
- Monthly or annual · 10% off annual
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What changed
- Jul 17, 2026 · Policy change · Instantly added credit tiers by 17 July 2026: 'Nano credits $9/month 150' and a '$425/month/add-on 50,000' credit add-on for Hyper and above. (archive)
- May 14, 2025 · Credit burn-rate repricing · Official changelog 'SuperSearch is here' announces a 'New Credit-Based System' that re-denominates the lead/data meter from 'verified leads' to abstract 'Instantly credits' with variable burn: 1 credit = verified email via Instantly, 2+ = verified email via partner, 0.5 = AI enrichment — same unit now varies in cost per action instead of one flat 'verified lead'.
Where it's headed
Sourced from Instantly's official pricing pages and archived snapshots. Primary: pricing page. Method & limits: Methodology & data.