Pricing
Official recalls from U.S., Canadian, UK, EU and Australian agencies in one API, with VIN and barcode lookup, webhooks and an MCP server. The free tier is available now. Pro and Business are planned: there is no billing yet and nothing here can be bought.
| Feature | Free (beta)$0Available now | Pro$29 to $49 a month (planned)Coming soon | BusinessFrom $199 a month (planned)Coming soon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requests | 1,000 a month | About 50,000 a day | Higher volume |
| Burst | 10 a minute | Higher | Higher |
| Commercial use | Non-commercial only | Included | Included |
| Attribution ("Data from RecallDB" with a link) | Required | Not required | Not required |
| Watchlists | 1 (up to 10 values) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Webhooks | 1, hourly batch | Within minutes | Within minutes |
| /v1/new feed | Up to 1 hour old | Real time | Real time |
| Change history of a recall (/v1/recalls/{id}/history) | Latest change only | Full history (planned) | Full history (planned) |
| Bulk downloads | Not included | Included (monthly CSV and JSON) | Included |
| API keys | 1 | 1 | Several |
| SLA | None | None | Uptime SLA |
| Support | Community | Priority email | |
| Get it | Get a free key | Join the waitlist | Join the waitlist |
Beta limits may change with 30 days' notice.
The waitlist keeps your email only to write once when the plan opens (privacy policy). Planned prices and limits may change before launch.
What counts as commercial use
Using the API, or data from it, in or for anything that makes money or is run by a business: a product or service you sell, an app or site with ads or payments, work for a client or employer, or a company's internal tools. Personal projects, study, research, journalism, and non-profit or public-interest projects that charge nothing are non-commercial. Unsure? Ask at support@recalldb.app. The full wording is in the API terms.
Free tier rules
- 1,000 requests per month per key (resets on the 1st, UTC) and 10 per minute. One key per verified email. Every response has
X-RateLimit-*headers, andGET /v1/usage(not counted) shows what is left. - 1 watchlist of up to 10 values and 1 webhook. Webhook messages are sent together once an hour.
/v1/newis served from a copy that is up to 1 hour old.- Show "Data from RecallDB" with a link to recalldb.app wherever you show the data. Details.
- No bulk export: single records only. Copying the database record by record is not allowed (acceptable use).
- When a limit is reached the API answers
429withrate_limitedorquota_exceededand says when to try again. Rate limits and fair use. - Keys created before 2026-11-15 keep the earlier limits (60 a minute, 50 values per watchlist, webhooks within minutes, live /v1/new, bulk downloads, commercial use) until 2026-12-15. Their responses carry a notice until then.
AI agents
Agents can use a free key today through the MCP server. Pay-per-request without a key is being considered; it is not built.