- 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 Sep 21, 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 $
- Free tier
- 0.5 credits, per month
- Billing
- Monthly or annual · 20% off annual
- Included credits
- Expire each cycle
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What changed
- Jul 21, 2026 · Meter adopted · PhantomBuster added URL Finder and CAPTCHA credit meters (blog, 21 July 2026) and sells credit-pack top-ups for the credit meters at prices that are not published. (archive)
Where it's headed
Sourced from PhantomBuster's official pricing pages and archived snapshots. Primary: pricing page. Method & limits: Methodology & data.