What agents and RAG pipelines pay per 1,000 queries on each web search and scraping API: free credits, price per credit at each tier, what one credit buys (search depth, page extraction, JS rendering), rate limits and overage rules, copied from each vendor on the check date.
Per creditAPI credits are consumed based on the type of request you make (such as search, extract, or crawl). More advanced or higher-volume requests use more credits.
Researcher plan: 1,000 free API credits every month, no credit card required. Credits reset on the first day of each month.
Pay As You Go · $0.008per credit
$0.008 per creditPay-as-you-go price per credit
$0.0075 - $0.005 per creditMonthly plans price per credit range
1 API credit per requestBasic search
Hard stopIf you exhaust your monthly credits, requests stop until your credits reset or you upgrade to a paid plan. Pay-as-you-go allows you to be charged $0.008 per credit once your plan's credit limit is reached.
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Plans
Researcher
$0
1,000 API credits / month; no credit card required; email support"Researcher Free / month For new creators - 1,000 API credits / month - No credit card required - Email support"
Pay only for what you use; cancel anytime; email support"Pay As You Go $0.008 / credit For flexible usage - Pay only for what you use - Cancel anytime - Email support"
Enterprise
Custom
Custom API calls; custom rate limits; enterprise-grade support and SLAs; enterprise-grade security and privacy"Enterprise Custom For corporations - Custom API calls - Custom rate limits - Enterprise-grade support and SLAs - Enterprise-grade security and privacy"
With auto_parameters enabled, search_depth may be automatically set to advanced, which uses 2 API credits per request. Set search_depth to basic explicitly to avoid this.
On non-paying plans, search requests that set max_age_hours are served under a flex tier and may be refused with 434 Flex tier capacity exceeded under heavy load.
Per 1,000 requests (USD prepaid credits)One request is one API call to an endpoint. Prices are quoted per 1,000 requests, so a $7 / 1k rate is $0.007 per call. Credits are a prepaid dollar balance on your account, and usage draws down credits at the published rates.
Free tier: $10 in credits on sign-up (up to 2,500 Lite searches). The free balance resets to $10 on the first of every month and does not carry over. Only a user's first team receives the monthly grant. There is also a one-time $10 bonus for completing onboarding, which does not expire. No payment method required. The Free tier does not include Exa Snapshot.
Starter (Free) · $0$10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus; access to all endpoints; 10 Search QPS; 50 Agent concurrency; Web, People, Company and Scholarly works indexes
$4 / 1k requests/search lite, base price (up to 10 results)
$4 / 1k requests/search instant (legacy), base price (up to 10 results)
$7 / 1k requests/search auto or fast, base price (up to 10 results)
Hard stopRequests are charged against prepaid credits. If the team runs out of credits, requests return 402 Payment Required. Optional auto recharge buys credits when the balance reaches a threshold you choose.
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Plans
Starter (Free)
$0
$10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus; access to all endpoints; 10 Search QPS; 50 Agent concurrency; Web, People, Company and Scholarly works indexes"$10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. No payment method required"
Developer (Pay as you go)
Custom
Everything in Starter, plus PAYGO usage-based billing, standard email support, pay via card or bank account, SOC 2 Type II, up to 25 Search QPS, 50 Agent concurrency, self-serve Exa Connect data providers"Exa is pay-as-you-go. There is no subscription and no minimum spend: you load credits and are charged per request, at the rates below."
Enterprise (Custom)
Custom
Everything in Developer, plus custom MSA and DPA, zero data retention, SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA, monthly invoicing, SSO and SCIM, enterprise SLAs, custom Search QPS and Agent concurrency, up to 1,000 results per search, custom indexes"Tailored for your organization to solve for large scale requirements and enterprise needs"
The base price covers the first 10 results in a request. Every result above 10 adds $1 per 1,000 results, so numResults: 20 costs the base price plus 10 additional results.
Pay-as-you-go starts at 10 QPS. It rises to 25 QPS for 90 days after you add $1,000 in credits within any 30-day window. The threshold counts credits purchased, not spent.
Per 1,000 requestsPrepaid: buy credits upfront and draw them down as you use the API. Search is priced per 1,000 requests. Only successful requests (non-error responses) are counted against your quota and billed.
$5 in free credits every month, automatically applied to your account.
Answers · $4per 1,000 queries + $5.00 per 1,000,000 input tokens + $5.00 per 1,000,000 output tokens
$5.00 per 1,000 requestsSearch price per 1,000 requests
$4.00 per 1,000 queriesAnswers price per 1,000 queries
$5 in credits every monthFree credits per month (each plan)
Pay-as-you-goPrepaid credits, no subscription: buy credits upfront and draw them down as you use the API. Optional automatic reload charges your payment method when your balance drops to a threshold you set.
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Plans
Search
$5
Complete search results (URLs, text, news, images, and more), with additional LLM context optimized for AI. Web search, LLM context, news, videos, images. Free $5 in credits every month. Capacity 50 requests per second."$5.00 per 1,000 requests"
Answers
$4
LLM-generated answers grounded on a single search or multiple searches. Free $5 in credits every month. Capacity 2 requests per second."$4.00 per 1,000 queries + $5.00 per 1,000,000 input tokens + $5.00 per 1,000,000 output tokens"
Spellcheck
$5
Spellcheck, enriched autosuggest, autosuggest. Free $5 in credits every month. Capacity 100 requests per second."$5.00 per 10,000 requests"
Autosuggest
$5
Spellcheck, enriched autosuggest, autosuggest. Free $5 in credits every month. Capacity 100 requests per second."$5.00 per 10,000 requests"
Enterprise
Custom
Bespoke plans for large-scale deployments: custom terms, capacity, or ZDR; full-funnel Zero Data Retention; custom agreements & NDAs; invoicing & enterprise-grade support."Contact us about bespoke plans for large-scale deployments."
Storing results or training needs a plan with storage rights
Storing results or using them to train models requires a plan that includes storage rights. The standard terms prohibit storing, caching or building a database of results beyond transient storage.
Per creditCredits are bought in prepaid top-up packs and deducted each time a query returns a successful response. Each pack's credit count matches its query count (for example, 50k credits lets you submit 50,000 queries).
Per search (credit)Only successful searches are counted toward your monthly searches. Cached, errored, and failed searches are not. The number of results returned does not change the credit count: a response with 100 results and an empty one each count as 1 search.
Free plan: $0/month, 250 searches per month, 50 throughput per hour.
Starter · $25/mo1,000 searches per month, 200 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield
Default 10, maximum 100Extract API crawl, maximum pages per request
50 throughput per hourRate limit, Free
1 search per successful response, whatever the number of resultsSearches counted per response
Auto-chargeYou can set your plan to Automatic Early Renewal, which triggers an early renewal once all searches are used. You can also renew manually. Either way, searches are fully replenished and the renewal date is updated.
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Plans
Free
$0
250 searches per month, 50 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield"Free $ 0 / month ... 250 searches per month 50 throughput per hour U.S. Legal Shield"
Starter
$25/mo
1,000 searches per month, 200 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield"Starter $ 25 / month ... 1,000 searches per month 200 throughput per hour U.S. Legal Shield"
Developer
$75/mo
5,000 searches per month, 1,000 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield"Developer $ 75 / month ... 5,000 searches per month 1,000 throughput per hour U.S. Legal Shield"
Production
$150/mo
15,000 searches per month, 3,000 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield"Production $ 150 / month ... 15,000 searches per month 3,000 throughput per hour U.S. Legal Shield"
Big Data
$275/mo
30,000 searches per month, 6,000 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield"Big Data $ 275 / month ... 30,000 searches per month 6,000 throughput per hour U.S. Legal Shield"
Enterprise
Custom
Custom searches per month, custom throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield, ZeroTrace Mode, Priority support"Enterprise Contact sales for pricing contact@serpapi.com ... Custom searches per month Custom throughput per hour U.S. Legal Shield ZeroTrace Mode Priority supp"
Rates
Searches counted per response
1 search per successful response, whatever the number of results
When searches run out, Automatic Early Renewal or manual renewal replenishes the plan and resets the renewal date. No per-search overage rate is listed.
Per credit1 credit = 1 page on a basic scrape, crawl, or map. Search costs 2 credits per 10 results; Interact costs 2 credits per browser minute. Credits are shared across all endpoints.
Free plan: 1,000 credits every month, refreshed monthly, no credit card required (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped). 2 concurrent browsers. No pay-as-you-go; requests return HTTP 402 once the monthly allotment runs out.
2 / 20 / 100 / 1,000 / 2,000 requests per minute / Custom; batch scrape shares the crawl limit, extract shares the agent limitRate limit /crawl, /agent (Free / Hobby / Standard / Growth / Scale / Enterprise)
2 / 20 / 100 / 1,000 / 1,500 sessions started per minute / CustomRate limit /interact (Free / Hobby / Standard / Growth / Scale / Enterprise)
Auto-chargePaid plans only: when the credit balance reaches zero, Firecrawl charges the card on file for a 5 USD increment and adds its credits, repeating up to the monthly pay-as-you-go limit you set (blank = no limit, 0 = off). The Free plan, or a paid plan with pay-as-you-go off, returns HTTP 402.
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Plans
Free
$0
1,000 credits/month (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped), 2 concurrent requests, low rate limits"500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped"
Custom credits and concurrency, dedicated support and SLA, bulk discounts, zero-data retention, SSO and advanced security"Enterprise: custom pricing, credits and concurrency."
X (x.com) requests typically cost 30 credits; LinkedIn profile and company pages cost what third-party providers charge (5 to 40 credits) instead of the 1-credit base.
Per tokenAPI pricing is based on token usage; one API key and its token balance cover all Jina search foundation products. Reader (r.jina.ai) counts the tokens in the output response; Search (s.jina.ai) costs a fixed number of tokens per request, starting from 10,000 tokens.
Every new API key comes with 10M free tokens (one-time grant). Reader can also be called without an API key at 20 RPM; Search requires an API key.
Reader without API key · $0No key; Reader only
Fixed number of tokens per request, starting from 10,000 tokensSearch (s.jina.ai) cost per request
Number of tokens in the output responseReader (r.jina.ai) cost per request
10M tokensFree tokens per new API key
Pay-as-you-goPrepaid token balance topped up as you go; optional auto top-up recharges the saved payment method for the last purchased package when the balance drops below a set threshold.
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Plans
Reader without API key
$0
Reader (r.jina.ai) at 20 RPM; Search (s.jina.ai) not available without a key."Reader is free for basic usage: prepend 'https://r.jina.ai/' to your URL. Supplying an API key raises the rate limit and charges tokens based on content length."
Free API key
$0
10M free tokens; Reader 500 RPM; Search 100 RPM."Don't panic! Every new API key comes with 10M free tokens!"
Paid API key (token top-up)
Custom
Prepaid tokens shared across all Jina APIs; Reader 500 RPM; Search 100 RPM."The easiest way to access all of our products. Top-up tokens as you go."
Premium API key
Custom
Reader 5000 RPM; Search 1000 RPM."| Reader API | `https://s.jina.ai` | Search the web and convert results to LLM-friendly text | *block* | 100 RPM | 100 RPM | *trending_up*1000 RPM"
Rates
Search (s.jina.ai) cost per request
Fixed number of tokens per request, starting from 10,000 tokens
Per 1,000 requestsPriced per request, not per token. A Search request includes 10 page results with excerpts; additional results are billed per 1,000. Extract is billed per 1,000 URLs.
Up to 5,000 requests per month for free; up to $80 at signup plus $5 in free credits per month. Qualified startups can apply for up to $250 in free credits. MCP web_search, web_fetch and web_decisions are free without an API key at lower rate limits.
Pay as you go · CustomNo monthly fee published; usage-based per request
$1Search, turbo mode, per 1,000 requests (10 results)
$1Search, fast mode, per 1,000 requests (10 results)
$5Search, basic mode, per 1,000 requests (10 results)
Pay-as-you-goUsage-based pricing per request from a prepaid credit balance, or by invoice (postpaid) for some organizations. Monthly spend limits only send a notification; they never block requests.
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Plans
Pay as you go
Custom
Up to 5,000 requests per month free; up to $80 at signup + $5 in free credits per month"Earn up to $80 at signup + $5 in free credits per month"
Enterprise
Custom
Zero Data Retention (ZDR), Data Protection Agreements, Single Sign-On, Custom rate limits, Early access to new products, Dedicated onboarding and technical support"Built for scalable, reliable, enterprise workloads"
Rates
Search, turbo mode, per 1,000 requests (10 results)
Under standard Customer Terms, Parallel may use inputs and outputs, not linked to any individual, to train models; ZDR enterprise plans and EU-endpoint Search traffic are excluded.
Per requestPrepaid USD balance; each successful API request deducts an amount that depends on the endpoint and parameters (Search: depth and outputType; Fetch: mode, renderJs and schema; Research: reasoningDepth).
Accounts created with a professional email address get $20 of credit on sign-up, and eligible accounts are topped back up to $20 each month. The pricing page describes this as 4,000 free queries.
$0.005 per requestSearch, flash/fast/standard depth, searchResults output, per request
$5 per 1,000 queriesSearch, flash/fast/standard depth, searchResults output, per 1,000 requests
$0.006 per requestSearch, flash/fast/standard depth, sourcedAnswer or structured output, per request
Hard stopUsage is deducted from a prepaid balance. When the balance runs out, the API responds with an HTTP 429 error.
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Plans
Free monthly credit
$0
$20 credited on sign-up, topped back up to $20 each month"When you first sign up with a professional email address, your account is automatically credited with \$20. We will top up eligible accounts back to \$20 each m"
Pay as you go (prepaid balance)
Custom
Add money to your account in the Billing section; per-call amounts are deducted from the balance"You can add money to your account in the [Billing](https://app.linkup.so/organization/billing) section of the Linkup app."
Enterprise
Custom
Custom pricing models, personalized indexes, dedicated index refresh rate, private environment, premium features (IP whitelisting, higher refresh rate), ZDR / SOC 2 Type II / SLA, dedicated support"- Custom pricing models - Build personalized indexes - Dedicated refresh rate of the index - Private environment"
Rates
Search, flash/fast/standard depth, searchResults output, per request
Fetch costs $0.001 per call in standard mode without JS rendering. JS rendering or pro mode costs $0.005, and both together cost $0.01. A schema adds $0.001 to any combination.
Extract cost scales with crawl complexity, most tasks cost $2–10, and a $10 minimum balance is required to submit a task. Failed tasks are not charged.
Per requestSearch API charges for each successful POST /search request, not for each query in the request. A successful request containing an array of up to five queries is one billing unit.
No free credits stated. Credits are purchased in advance and used for API calls.not published
Search API with Fast Search · $1per 1,000 successful requests
$5.00 per 1K requestsSearch API, standard, per 1,000 requests
$1.00 per 1K requestsSearch API, Fast Search, per 1,000 requests
$0.0025 per invocation; $2.50 per 1,000 invocationsAgent API web_search tool (standard)
Hard stopPrepaid credits. If you run out of credits, your API keys are blocked until you add to your credit balance. Auto reload can add credits automatically when the balance drops below a threshold.
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Plans
Search API (standard)
$5
Ranked web results as JSON, with page text extracted into each result's snippet. No model, no generated answer, no token billing."Search API | $5.00 | Ranked web results as JSON, with page text extracted into each result's `snippet`. No model, no generated answer, no token billing."
Search API with Fast Search
$1
Lower-latency results in the same response format. Set search_type: "fast"."Search API with [Fast Search](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/search/fast-search.md) | $1.00 | Lower-latency results in the same response format. Set `search_ty"
Agent API (replacement for Sonar Chat Completions)
Custom
Per token, at each model's rates, plus tool fees. Most tools bill per call; sandbox bills per session."Agent API: per token, at each model's rates, plus tool fees. Most tools bill per call; `sandbox` bills per session, plus each SDK search query made inside it."
Sonar Chat Completions support ended on September 27, 2026. Synchronous and streaming requests are being reformulated as Agent API requests; asynchronous Sonar requests are no longer supported.
A successful Search API response is billed even when it returns no results. Invalid requests, rate-limited requests, and upstream failures are not billed.
250,000 API credits; 50 concurrent requests; all scraping features and dedicated scraping APIs included"Freelance $49/mo - API Credits: 250,000 - Concurrent requests: 50"
Startup
$99/mo
1,000,000 API credits; 100 concurrent requests; all scraping features and dedicated scraping APIs included"Startup (Recommended) ... $99/mo - API Credits: 1,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 100"
Business
$249/mo
3,000,000 API credits; 200 concurrent requests; priority email support, dedicated account manager, team management"Business $249/mo - API Credits: 3,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 200"
Business +
$599/mo
8,000,000 API credits; 400 concurrent requests; priority email support, dedicated account manager, team management"Business + $599/mo - API Credits: 8,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 400"
Enterprise 14
$999/mo
14,000,000 API credits; 500 concurrent requests"Enterprise 14 $999/mo - API Credits: 14,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 500"
Enterprise 24
$1,599/mo
24,000,000 API credits; 600 concurrent requests"Enterprise 24 $1,599/mo - API Credits: 24,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 600"
Enterprise 41
$2,399/mo
41,000,000 API credits; 700 concurrent requests"Enterprise 41 (Recommended) ... $2,399/mo - API Credits: 41,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 700"
Enterprise 69
$3,599/mo
69,000,000 API credits; 800 concurrent requests"Enterprise 69 $3,599/mo - API Credits: 69,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 800"
Enterprise 120
$5,799/mo
120,000,000 API credits; 900 concurrent requests"Enterprise 120 $5,799/mo - API Credits: 120,000,000 - Concurrent requests: 900"
Per creditCredits are used for each successful request. A standard page costs 1 credit. The number of credits depends on the domain and the parameters sent with the request.
7-day trial with 5,000 API credits, no credit card required. After the trial, a free plan gives 1,000 API credits per month with 5 concurrent threads.
5 credits per requestE-commerce request (Amazon, Walmart, eBay)
Hard stopBy default, scraping pauses until credits renew. Hobby, Startup, Business, Scaling and Professional can opt in to auto-upgrade to the next plan. Scaling, Professional, Advanced and Enterprise can opt in to pay-as-you-go at a fixed per-credit rate, up to a monthly spending cap you set. Annual plans can renew early for a fresh batch of credits.
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Plans
Free Plan
$0
1,000 API credits per month, 5 concurrent threads"Credits: 1,000 per month; Price: $0 (no credit card required); Concurrency: 5 concurrent threads"
Hobby
$49/mo
100,000 API credits per month, 20 concurrent threads, geotargeting US & EU, analytics history last 30 days"Price: $49/month or $44.10/month billed annually ($529.20/year, save $58.80)"
Startup
$149/mo
1,000,000 API credits per month, 50 concurrent threads, geotargeting US & EU, analytics history last 30 days"Price: $149/month or $134.10/month billed annually ($1,609.20/year, save $178.80)"
Business
$299/mo
3,000,000 API credits per month, 100 concurrent threads, country-level geotargeting, unlimited analytics history"Price: $299/month or $269.10/month billed annually ($3,229.20/year, save $358.80)"
Scaling
$475/mo
5,000,000 API credits per month, 200 concurrent threads, country-level geotargeting, unlimited analytics history, pay as you go"Price: $475/month or $427.50/month billed annually ($5,130/year, save $570)"
Professional
$975/mo
10,500,000 API credits per month, 300 concurrent threads, country-level geotargeting, priority support, pay as you go"Price: $975/month or $877.50/month billed annually ($10,530/year, save $1,170)"
Advanced
$1,975/mo
21,500,000 API credits per month, 500 concurrent threads, country-level geotargeting, priority routing, pay as you go"Price: $1,975/month or $1,777.50/month billed annually ($21,330/year, save $2,370)"
Enterprise
Custom
22,000,000+ API credits per month, 500+ concurrent threads, dedicated support team, Slack support, custom volume discounts"Credits: 22,000,000+ per month; Price: Custom; Concurrency: 500+ concurrent threads"
The vendor recommends testing URLs before scraping because domains may switch protection measures. Each response shows its cost in the sa-credit-cost header.
Pay As You Go: $0.008 per usage. Pay only for what you use; cancel anytime; email support Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Tavily pay-as-you-go price per credit?
$0.008 per credit (USD/credit). Vendor wording: "**Pay-as-you-go**: \$0.008 per credit (allows you to be charged per credit once your plan’s credit limit is reached).". Checked 2026-10-30.
How much does Exa cost?
Starter (Free): free to start. $10 credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus; access to all endpoints; 10 Search QPS; 50 Agent concurrency; Web, People, Company and Scholarly works indexes Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Exa /search lite, base price (up to 10 results)?
Answers: $4 per usage. LLM-generated answers grounded on a single search or multiple searches. Free $5 in credits every month. Capacity 2 requests per second. Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Brave Search API search price per 1,000 requests?
$5.00 per 1,000 requests (USD/1,000 requests). Vendor wording: "$5.00 per 1,000 requests". Checked 2026-10-30.
How much does Serper cost?
Starter: $50 per usage. 50k credits ($1.00/1k); submit 50,000 queries; 50 queries per second; real-time results; customize query location; credits valid for 6 months Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Serper price per 1,000 credits, starter?
Starter: $25 per month. 1,000 searches per month, 200 throughput per hour, U.S. Legal Shield Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the SerpApi extract api crawl, maximum pages per request?
Default 10, maximum 100 (pages/request). Vendor wording: "Parameter defines the maximum number of pages to extract, including the starting page. Default: `10`. Maximum: `100`.". Checked 2026-10-30.
How much does Firecrawl cost?
Hobby: $19 per month. 5,000 credits/month (2,500 searches or 5,000 pages scraped), 5 concurrent requests, basic support Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Firecrawl rate limit /scrape, /map, /search (free / hobby / standard / growth / scale / enterprise)?
10 / 100 / 500 / 5,000 / 10,000 requests per minute / Custom (requests / min). Vendor wording: "| Rate limit, /scrape, /map and /search | 10 / min | 100 / min | 500 / min | 5,000 / min | 10,000 / min | Custom |". Checked 2026-10-30.
How much does Jina Reader & Search API cost?
Reader without API key: free to start. Reader (r.jina.ai) at 20 RPM; Search (s.jina.ai) not available without a key. Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Jina Reader & Search API search (s.jina.ai) cost per request?
Fixed number of tokens per request, starting from 10,000 tokens (tokens/request (minimum)). Vendor wording: "Every request costs a fixed number of tokens, starting from 10,000 tokens". Checked 2026-10-30.
How much does Parallel Search API cost?
Pay as you go: No monthly fee published; usage-based per request. Up to 5,000 requests per month free; up to $80 at signup + $5 in free credits per month Checked 2026-10-30.
What is the Parallel Search API search, turbo mode, per 1,000 requests (10 results)?
Each record is read from the vendor's pricing page, docs or help centre on the check date; every figure carries the vendor's exact sentence and a link to the page it came from. Where a vendor publishes no number the row says "not published" and quotes their wording instead. Numbers we saw only in third-party copies, forums or cached pages are kept out of the table. Reuse the JSON with a link back (CC BY 4.0).