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You already have the data. Pay when the pipeline cannot miss.

Every tier includes the full API and full history. You upgrade for volume, signed payloads, live embeds, and release webhooks, not for unlocking series.

Why free is not the finish line

Free is honest: 500 calls / month, every endpoint, no card.

Stay free if you poke the cash rate once a week. Upgrade when:

a daily job, agent loop, or dashboard would burn the quota before month-end
release morning cannot wait on a scrape race
a customer or auditor asks you to prove JSON came from ausdata.io
you need a live chart on your page without putting an ak_ key in the browser

Analyst · $29 / mo

For pipelines, notebooks, backtests, and internal tools. Most people land here.

10,000 calls / month (20× Free): daily cash / CPI / composites without rationing
Same endpoints + full history: no paid-only series bait
Quota via /v1/whoami: monthly_usage and monthly_limit on every key

Keep the same key. Upgrade with the same email.

Upgrade to Analyst · $29/mo Stay on Free

Embed · $99 / mo

For products, newsrooms, and public dashboards that show AU numbers to someone else.

1. Signed responses

Every payload can be HMAC-verified so you (or your customer) can prove it came from us, not a mirror.

Do not ask users to trust a screenshot. Ship a signed JSON body they can verify. Secret: GET /v1/account/signing-secret (Embed / Enterprise; Free/Analyst get 403).

2. Embed tokens

Drop a live chart into your own page without a long-lived API key in the browser.

emb_… tokens from GET /v1/account/embed-token are chart-scoped. Chart SVG path returns 200 with a valid key; see docs · Charts and embedding. Your ak_… key stays server-side.

3. Webhooks → cited Embed refresh

Get pinged on release.published, then refresh /v1/series/{series_id}/latest (citation + source_url + retrieved_at) and chart.svg?key=emb_.... Same citation contract, less polling.

Create via POST /v1/webhooks (Embed-gated). Preview the calendar on any tier with GET /v1/releases. Full path: Embed · webhook → hero and docs (API guide §10b).

No invented live demos on this page. Walk signed / token / webhook→hero with real paths on the Embed page, then the docs and OpenAPI.

Subscribe to Embed · $99/mo How Embed works Compare all tiers

Quick decision

Need the number once? Free, or an MIT sister (pip install rba-mcp)
Agent or script daily? Free until quota, then Analyst
Showing numbers to end users? Embed (signed + embed tokens + webhooks)
Procurement / SLA? Enterprise

Questions

Is Free already everything?

Data yes. Ops no. Free is 500 calls a month with every endpoint and full history. Analyst raises the monthly quota. Embed adds signed responses, embed tokens, and webhooks for product-facing use.

Why not just use the free PyPI MCP sisters forever?

Do, for single-source local work (for example pip install rba-mcp). Pay the gateway when you need joins across sources, history at scale, shared caching, or product-facing proof.

How do I upgrade without a new key?

Subscribe with the same email you used on Free. Your existing key is upgraded automatically. Month to month; cancel any time from the Stripe customer portal.

Start free. Upgrade when the habit needs room.

Month to month. Cancel anytime. Same email upgrades your existing key. Already subscribed? Manage subscription.

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