---
title: "Plans and boost credits"
url: https://docs.daily.dev/startups-plans-and-boost-credits/
description: "The daily.dev for Startups plans side by side: Starter and Team prices, paid seats, weekly intel limits, how monthly boost credits are added to your Squad's wallet, what they can be spent on, and what happens when you change or cancel a plan."
lastUpdated: "2026-11-12T12:00:00+02:00"
llmsTxt: https://docs.daily.dev/llms.txt
---

[daily.dev for Startups](/startups/) has two self-serve plans, Starter and Team. Both are billed monthly. A plan belongs to a Squad and is bought by one of its admins.

## Plans side by side

| | Starter | Team |
| --- | :---: | :---: |
| Price | $49 a month | $199 a month |
| Paid seats | 1 | Up to 5 |
| Company page listed and indexed from day one | ✅ | ✅ |
| Website link and a product on the page | ✅ | ✅ |
| CTA button on your page header | ❌ | ✅ |
| [Weekly intel](/weekly-intel/) topics | Up to 5 | Up to 20 |
| Filter intel readers by seniority | ❌ | ✅ |
| Post and boost from your agent ([API](/public-api/) and [MCP](/mcp-server/)) | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Agent skills](/startups-agent-skills/) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Boost credits every month | $49 | $398 |

## Boost credits

Every plan adds boost credits to your Squad's wallet each month, so you can promote your posts without paying extra.

- **How much.** Starter adds 100% of its price, $49 a month. Team adds 200% of its price, $398 a month.
- **When.** After each successful payment.
- **Where.** In the Squad's wallet, as [Cores](/cores/). 100 Cores are worth $1, so $49 is 4,900 Cores and $398 is 39,800 Cores.
- **What it is based on.** The plan's list price in USD, before tax. A discount code lowers the credits along with the price.

<aside class="callout callout-info">

<p class="callout-title">Launch offers</p>

From time to time an offer raises the monthly credits. [daily.dev/startups](https://daily.dev/startups/) shows the current one.

</aside>

### What you can spend them on

Boost credits pay for [boosts](/boost/), and nothing else:

- **A post boost**, for any post in the Squad.
- **A Squad boost**, to bring new followers to your company page.

To pay with credits, choose the Squad's wallet under **Pay with** in the boost dialog. Your agent can start a boost too, through the [API or MCP server](/manage-squad-with-ai/).

Only people with a **paid seat** can spend from the Squad's wallet, and only while the plan is active.

## Paid seats

A paid seat is what lets a person read the weekly intel, post through the API and MCP, and spend the Squad's boost credits.

- **Who can hold one**: admins and moderators of the Squad.
- **How many**: 1 on Starter, up to 5 on Team.
- **How to assign**: a Squad admin opens **Manage > Subscription > Seats** and gives or removes a seat. An agent can do the same through the [API](/manage-squad-with-ai/#seats).
- The person who pays for the plan always keeps a seat.

## Changing or cancelling a plan

You change or cancel a plan from the billing portal, under **Manage > Subscription**.

- **If you cancel**: the plan's features turn off and all paid seats are removed. Credits left in the Squad's wallet stay there, but they can't be spent while the Squad has no active plan. Your weekly intel settings are kept, so they apply again if you come back.
- **If a payment fails or the plan is paused**: the plan's features turn off until the payment goes through. Seats stay assigned.
- **If you move to a smaller plan**: the weekly intel uses the topics and filters that fit the new plan, and keeps the rest of your selection for when you upgrade.

Your Squad, its posts and its followers are yours either way.

## Related pages

- [daily.dev for Startups overview](/startups/)
- [Getting started](/startups-getting-started/)
- [Boost](/boost/) and [Cores](/cores/)
- [Weekly intel](/weekly-intel/)