Quick answer
Birdeye Data's public API pricing lists Lite at $39/month, Starter at $99/month, Premium at $199/month and Business at $499/month.
Documentation also lists a free Standard tier with 30,000 monthly compute units.
These are API subscriptions, not consumer-terminal prices.
Official pages still disagree on Lite and Starter overage rates.
This guide therefore covers published base allowances only, not an all-in bill or a verified overage quote.
Birdeye Data pricing: the supported monthly base plans
The public pricing page and pricing documentation agree on the following base amounts and allowances. Longer commitments are marketed separately; this table uses monthly prices.
| API tier | Base/month | Included monthly CUs |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Free | 30,000, per documentation |
| Lite | $39 | 2.5 million |
| Starter | $99 | 8 million |
| Premium | $199 | 20 million |
| Business | $499 | 60 million |
This is a documentation-only review checked October 31, 2026. We did not test a paid account, checkout, endpoint consumption or invoice. StalkChain publishes this guide and offers a competing data product.
What this guide deliberately does not price
Lite and Starter overage rates remain inconsistent between the two official pages. Neither the cheaper figure nor the higher figure is established here as the rate your account will actually pay.
We therefore omit numeric overage rates and do not publish an excess-usage bill example. The base subscription is not a total-cost ceiling. Obtain plan-specific written terms before exceeding the included allowance.
Growth Autoscale descriptions also differ between the marketing page and documentation. Treat Growth and Enterprise as quote-required in this guide; do not infer an included allowance or marginal rate from a neighboring tier.
WebSocket traffic has separate overage pricing, according to the pricing documentation. A REST-only base comparison does not establish your WebSocket bill.
A compute unit is not a request
An API request consumes resources according to its endpoint and parameters. The documented cost model combines a base subscription with chargeable additional usage, but the applicable overage terms must first be known.
Build a workload inventory rather than assuming one CU per call:
- Identify the exact endpoint and chain.
- Record request frequency and result size.
- Include WebSocket traffic separately.
- Check package access and endpoint-specific limits.
- Ask for confirmed overage terms and available spending controls.
Do not run a production pipeline on the assumption that the headline base price buys unlimited requests. This article supplies no invented rate for the unresolved portion of that budget.
Check endpoint access before buying more CUs
The package accessibility matrix separates package access and supported chains. Some wallet endpoints are Solana-only, and some batch endpoints require a higher tier.
A plan's advertised request-per-second limit does not override endpoint restrictions. Confirm the specific wallet, holder, trader or market endpoint rather than assuming all APIs share the same chain coverage.
Birdeye's public consumer terminal is a separate product decision. An analyst browsing token information should not assume the developer subscription table is the price of using that interface.
Birdeye Data versus StalkChain
Birdeye Data is relevant when building programmable market, token or wallet-data workflows. StalkChain's REST API describes trader-wallet, PnL and thesis research, while MCP access serves AI-client workflows. Neither comparison establishes equivalent endpoint breadth.
Review the StalkChain tool reference and current pricing separately. A Birdeye CU and a StalkChain data call are not equivalent billing units.
For an analyst's smaller research workload, use the wallet-tracking guide to define what you actually need before buying developer throughput.
FAQ
Is Birdeye Data free?
The documentation lists Standard as free with 30,000 monthly CUs and limited access. It does not offer unlimited API usage or additional CUs on that tier.
Is Premium $199 per year?
No. The public page displays $199 per month. Longer commitments are separately marketed; confirm the final charge and term at checkout.
Can I estimate Lite or Starter overage from this guide?
No. Official sources conflict, so this article intentionally provides no numeric overage quote. Get current terms for the selected plan before estimating costs beyond the allowance.
Final checklist
- Separate developer API access from the consumer terminal.
- Confirm monthly price and included CUs for the selected plan.
- Check chain support and endpoint-specific access limits.
- Obtain written overage terms before exceeding the allowance.
- Budget WebSocket usage separately.
- Do not treat a base price as an all-in bill or spending cap.