Credit costs

Use this page to see how many credits are required for each type of Postcoder request.

As a guide, a standard UK address autocomplete lookup uses 2 credits each time a user selects an address. Use the tables below to estimate your usage for any feature, or try the credit calculator on the pricing page to find the right pack or plan for your volume.

Buy a credit pack or set up a monthly plan to add credits to your account.

Address lookup

Address autocomplete

Endpoint	Country	Credit cost
Endpoint	Country	Standard request	Enhanced request Using the addtags querystring parameter to include extra fields
autocomplete/find	All	0.0	-
autocomplete/retrieve	UK	2.0	2.4
	Ireland	4.5	4.5
	Rest of world	2.0	2.4

Other address lookup endpoints

Endpoint	Country	Credit cost
Endpoint	Country	Standard request	Enhanced request Using the addtags querystring parameter to include extra fields
address	UK	2.0	2.4
	Ireland	4.5	4.5
	Rest of world	2.0	2.4
reversegeo	UK	4.5	4.5
position	UK	0.9	-
position	Ireland	4.5	-
udprn	UK	2.0	2.4
street	UK	1.5	1.9
nyb	UK	1.8	2.2
ipaddress	All	0.2	-
ngd/find	GB	0.0	-
ngd/retrieve	GB	3.5	3.5
ngd	GB	3.5	3.5
pafaddressbase	UK	4.5	4.5
addressbase	GB	3.5	3.5
addressbase/uprn	GB	3.5	3.5
addressbase/dpa	GB	3.5	3.5
addressbase/lpi	GB	3.5	3.5

Bank validation

Endpoint	Credit cost
bank	1.2

Email validation

Endpoint	Credit cost
email	1.2

Mobile validation

Endpoint	Credit cost
mobile	1.2

OTP verification

Endpoint	Credit cost
otp/send	3.7
otp/verify	0.0

Health status

Endpoint	Credit cost
status	0.0
status/creditsabovethreshold	0.0