# Priced per answer. Not per attempt.

Every [Bird Lookup](/lookup-api) query on a phone number carries one flat charge. Each enrichment property you ask for is billed on top, but only when it comes back answered. An email lookup bills once per verdict. A lookup that fails costs nothing, and there is no seat fee.

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## Set up with your agent

[Read the agent setup guide](/docs/ai/set-up-your-agent)

Copy this prompt into your coding agent:

```text
Bird connects customer communications, data and automation. Help me build with Bird using my coding agent.
1. Read https://bird.com/docs/ai/set-up-your-agent.md and follow its setup workflow for this client. Use an existing connected Bird MCP server or signed-in CLI when available.
2. Read the product guide for the task I want to complete and inspect my existing integration. Identify the workspace, available operations and required setup.
3. Help me complete a first example for the product and destination I choose. Follow the operation through to its actual result, explain any uncertainty, and help me choose the next step.

Use this Bird page as the starting context: https://bird.com/lookup-api/pricing
Read its Markdown alternative and linked guides. Keep the first example relevant to this page and the customer outcome I choose. Preserve the supplied campaign context when following Bird signup or sales links.
```

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## Phone number lookup rates

All prices in US dollars (USD). Per query. The base lookup always bills; each enrichment property bills on top, and only when it comes back answered.

| Item | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Base lookup | $0.0050 |
| Classification property | $0.0080 |
| Porting property | $0.0070 |
| Presence property | $0.0070 |
| Roaming property | $0.010 |
| Score property | $0.025 |

## Email lookup rates

All prices in US dollars (USD). Per verdict. Every verdict bills, undeliverable included.

| Item | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Email lookup | $0.00050 |

## What one request costs

All prices in US dollars (USD). One lookup requesting classification and roaming.

| Item | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Base lookup | $0.0050 |
| Classification, answered | $0.0080 |
| Roaming, no answer available | Free |
| Total | $0.013 |

## How a lookup actually bills.

Five rules, straight from the billing path.

- **01** The base lookup always bills. A phone number lookup is charged once for the baseline answer, whether or not you asked for a single property on top of it.
- **02** A property bills only when it is answered. Each delivered property is charged on top of the base lookup. One that comes back unavailable or inconclusive is a real finding, and it costs nothing.
- **03** An email lookup bills per verdict. One flat charge per answered address, undeliverable included: that is the answer you asked for, and the one that saves you a bounce.
- **04** A failed lookup costs nothing. A malformed number, an address we refuse, or a data source we cannot reach all bill zero. You pay for answers, not for requests.
- **05** A retry replays instead of re-billing. Send the same request again with the same [Idempotency-Key](/docs/guides/idempotency) and the stored answer comes back without a second charge.

## What Lookup is not sized for.

Lookup answers one number or one address per request. Neither operation has a batch form, and the [rate limit](/docs/guides/rate-limits) starts at 10 requests a minute per credential, so cleaning a whole list is not what this is priced for today. Talk to us if that is what you need.

## Before you build on it

What Lookup answers, how each charge is decided, and where it sits on the platform bill.

- [The Lookup API](/lookup-api): Carrier, line type, porting, and fraud signals from one synchronous call.
- [Phone number lookup](/lookup-api/features/phone-number): Which fields the base rate covers, and which ones are a property.
- [Email address lookup](/lookup-api/features/email): One verdict per address, and why an undeliverable one still bills.
- [Lookup documentation](/docs/guides/lookup/overview): The billing contract in full, including what each property status means.
- [Platform pricing](/pricing): Every channel's rates in one place, with no platform fee to start.

## Check a number before you send to it.

Your first lookup takes one API call. Pay for the answers, nothing else.