> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bravadotrade.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# API Credits

> Usage on Bravado's pricing plans is measured in API Credits. Credit cost varies by product and transport.

Usage on our pricing plans is measured in **API Credits**. Credit cost varies by product and transport. The **Trade API** and **Copytrade API** do not consume API credits.

## Credit cost by product

| Product       | Transport | API credits          |
| ------------- | --------- | -------------------- |
| Data API      | HTTP      | 1 credit / request   |
| Data API      | WSS       | 1 credit / response  |
| MCP Server    | HTTP      | 10 credits / request |
| Trade API     | HTTP      | No API credits       |
| Copytrade API | HTTP      | No API credits       |
| UMA           | HTTP      | 1 credit / request   |
| UMA           | WSS       | 1 credit / response  |

<Note>
  **MCP requests carry a 10× multiplier.** Every call to the [MCP Server](/products/mcp-server) costs **10 API credits**, ten times a Data API request, reflecting the heavier analytics each MCP tool runs. The `run_sql` query budget is metered separately, by bytes scanned; see [MCP rate limits](/products/mcp-server#rate-limits).
</Note>

## Related

* [MCP Server](/products/mcp-server)
* [Rate limits](/reference/rate-limits)
* [Authentication](/authentication)