Subscriptions

Subscriptions

Pick the plan that fits your usage. Use the calculator to estimate your monthly QU burn and Brief allotment — Briefs are metered separately and never draw down your query units.

Early Access — pricing may change as we ship more features
What is a QU?

Query Unit — the metering unit for your monthly plan.

Each plan includes a monthly QU allowance. Costs depend on which surface you call from.

1 QUper call
REST API + MCP V2 tools

Default rate. Each /api/v2 call (events, stories, entities, summaries, energy assets) and each MCP V2 tool call counts as 1 QU.

5 QUper tool call
GDELT Cloud Agent UI

Tool calls fired by the in-app Agent are billed at 5× the standard rate. One agent run typically triggers 5–10 tool calls across GDELT Cloud, Energy Data, and enrichment categories.

Counts toward QU
Other MCP tools

Energy Data (Global Energy Monitor assets), Macroeconomic & Finance, Prediction Markets, and Open Web Search tools all consume QU when called via MCP.

What is a BU?

Brief Unit — the metering unit for Monitoring Briefs.

Briefs are metered in BU, separate from QU — they never draw down your query units. Each plan includes a monthly BU allowance; buy more anytime.

1 BUper Brief
Skim & Standard Briefs

A standard Monitoring Brief — what changed, why it matters, the evidence, and what to watch — costs 1 Brief Unit.

Set by planper Detailed Brief
Detailed Briefs

Detailed Briefs investigate deeper — first, second, and third-order effects via many more tool calls. Their BU cost and availability are set per plan; see each plan above.

Never expirepurchased
Top up anytime

Beyond your included allowance, purchase Brief Units that never expire and roll over month to month.

Contact us

Have a question? Want to trial Briefs? Contact us at

hello@gdeltcloud.com
Free
Basic access to experiment with 100 QU/month
Free/month
  • Briefs not included
  • Teams not included
  • 100 QU per month
  • API access (30 RPM)
  • MCP access included
  • Alerts up to 1
  • Minimum alert frequency: Daily
Intelligence +
Subscription plan
$1,249.17/month
billed annually at $14,990/yr · save 17%
  • 180 Briefs/month included
  • Additional Briefs $14.00 each
  • Team workspaces & members
  • 200,000 QU per month
  • API access (150 RPM)
  • MCP access included
  • Alerts up to 40
  • Minimum alert frequency: Hourly

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

Intelligence
Subscription plan
$624.17/month
billed annually at $7,490/yr · save 17%
  • 60 Briefs/month included
  • Additional Briefs $24.00 each
  • Team workspaces & members
  • 75,000 QU per month
  • API access (120 RPM)
  • MCP access included
  • Alerts up to 30
  • Minimum alert frequency: Hourly

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

Professional
Subscription plan
$332.5/month
billed annually at $3,990/yr · save 17%
  • 16 Briefs/month included
  • Additional Briefs $29.00 each
  • Team workspaces & members
  • 30,000 QU per month
  • API access (90 RPM)
  • MCP access included
  • Alerts up to 20
  • Minimum alert frequency: Hourly

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

Analyst
Subscription plan
$124.17/month
billed annually at $1,490/yr · save 17%
  • Briefs not included
  • Teams not included
  • 10,000 QU per month
  • API access (60 RPM)
  • MCP access included
  • Alerts up to 10
  • Minimum alert frequency: Hourly

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.

Builder
Subscription plan
$40.83/month
billed annually at $490/yr · save 17%
  • Briefs not included
  • Teams not included
  • 2,500 QU per month
  • API access (60 RPM)
  • MCP access included
  • Alerts up to 5
  • Minimum alert frequency: Daily

Paid plans include limited customer identification/logo-use permission. See Terms.