- Jan 2025 Rung 3 · Hard allotment
- Now Rung 3 · Hard allotment
Held one rung all window — pattern: Incumbent bolt-on.
The short version A usage meter was bolted onto a seat you already pay for — the subscription is no longer the whole bill.
The verdict
PhantomBuster has sat at hard allotment throughout the window. Its spine has always been execution-time hours — a hard monthly meter where running out blocks automations and the only remedy is a permanent tier upgrade, never pay-as-you-go overage. The product steadily bolted additional meters onto that same chassis: AI credits were present by January 2025 (10K/30K/90K), and a late-2025 restructure (visible by December 2025) added URL-finder and CAPTCHA-solving credit buckets plus storage and API tiers. Across every snapshot the dollar prices held ($69/$159/$439 monthly) and every resource stayed a hard, no-rollover ceiling. The moves were incumbent bolt-ons and a tightening via more meters, not a traversal toward overage.
Current pricing snapshot
As published on PhantomBuster's own pages · captured Jun 12, 2026. Unit: execution time (hours).
| Plan | Price / mo | Included | At zero | Top-up vs plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | $69 | 20 | Hard stop | None |
| Grow | $159 | 80 | Hard stop | None |
| Scale | $439 | 300 | Hard stop | None |
- Credit ↔ dollar
- Not pegged — a credit is not a fixed $
- Billing
- Monthly or annual · 20% off annual
- Included credits
- Expire each cycle
What changed
No dated repricing events are itemized for PhantomBuster in this edition's log (the pricing history is in the verdict above). New moves are added to the change log as they're captured.
Where it's headed
Sourced from PhantomBuster's official pricing pages and archived snapshots. Primary: pricing page. Method & limits: Methodology & data.