# UseResume API Platform Pricing

UseResume API Platform pricing is separate from the consumer UseResume resume builder subscription. API subscriptions are billed monthly in US dollars and provide credits for resume and cover letter generation, AI tailoring, and document parsing.

Last verified: 2026-07-28.

## Monthly plans

| Monthly price | API credits per billing cycle | Standard PDFs | AI-tailored documents | Resume or cover letter parses |
| ------------: | ----------------------------: | ------------: | --------------------: | ----------------------------: |
|           $49 |                         1,000 |         1,000 |                   200 |                           250 |
|           $79 |                         5,000 |         5,000 |                 1,000 |                         1,250 |
|          $129 |                        10,000 |        10,000 |                 2,000 |                         2,500 |
|          $199 |                        25,000 |        25,000 |                 5,000 |                         6,250 |
|          $249 |                        35,000 |        35,000 |                 7,000 |                         8,750 |
|          $499 |                        70,000 |        70,000 |                14,000 |                        17,500 |

The capacity columns show the maximum number of one operation type that a plan can fund. A real account may use any mixture of supported operations.

## Credit cost by operation

| Operation                            | Endpoint                                    | Credits |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ------: |
| Generate a resume PDF                | `POST /api/v3/resume/create`                |       1 |
| Generate a cover letter PDF          | `POST /api/v3/cover-letter/create`          |       1 |
| Generate an AI-tailored resume       | `POST /api/v3/resume/create-tailored`       |       5 |
| Generate an AI-tailored cover letter | `POST /api/v3/cover-letter/create-tailored` |       5 |
| Parse a resume                       | `POST /api/v3/resume/parse`                 |       4 |
| Parse a cover letter                 | `POST /api/v3/cover-letter/parse`           |       4 |
| Retrieve a previous run              | `GET /api/v3/run/get/{run_id}`              |       0 |
| Test an API key                      | `GET /api/v3/credentials/test`              |       0 |

Failed validation requests do not consume credits. When processing fails after credits are reserved, the platform attempts to refund the reserved credits.

## Free trial

New API Platform accounts can receive 30 free API credits without a credit card. That is enough for:

- 30 standard resume or cover letter PDFs;
- 6 AI-tailored documents; or
- 7 document parses, with 2 credits remaining.

## One-time credit top-ups

An active API subscription is required to purchase a top-up.

| One-time price | Additional API credits |
| -------------: | ---------------------: |
|            $60 |                  1,000 |
|            $75 |                  3,500 |
|           $100 |                  5,000 |

## Included with every paid API plan

- Access to every API endpoint
- All available resume and cover letter templates
- No UseResume watermark or branding on generated documents
- Priority support
- Commercial use in applications and services
- Up to 10 API requests per second per account

Subscription credits reset to the selected plan allowance at the beginning of each billing cycle. Unused monthly subscription credits do not roll over. Subscriptions can be cancelled from the dashboard.

## Links

- [Start with 30 free API credits](https://useresume.ai/auth)
- [API Platform dashboard](https://useresume.ai/account/api-platform)
- [API documentation](https://useresume.ai/resume-generation-api/docs)
- [API Platform overview](https://useresume.ai/resume-generation-api)
- [Contact support](mailto:app@useresume.ai)