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Countercyclical

Partially Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · countercyclical.io · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 51 / 100
Financial Analysis
Self-serve checkout

Countercyclical scores 51/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; API access is partial; a free entry path exists.

See Countercyclical pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Countercyclical — 2 products
As of 2026-05-09 · countercyclical.io/pricing
Free Trial
Free
14‑day free trial
No credit card required
Plus
$29/user/mo
or $24/user/mo billed annually
Global Company Search
Advanced Search Filters
3 Folders
Unlimited Investments
Unlimited Memos
Pro
$100/user/mo
or $80/user/mo billed annually
Everything in Plus
ETF/Fund Overviews
Unlimited Folders
Unlimited Teams
Unlimited Pipelines
Education
$75/user/mo
or $65/user/mo billed annually
All Pro features
20% discount for .edu email addresses
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Tailored solutions
Custom pricing
Private Cloud Deployment
SLA Agreement
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Countercyclical scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

2 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
51 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
5 users on Plus monthly
$145/mo
· 5 active seats· monthly billing
Confidence: high
10 users on Pro annual
$800/mo
· 10 active seats· annual billing (per‑month rate $80)
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Human-assisted
LLM score: 55/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Unknown

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

Unknown

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

No

Purchase orders supported

No

MSA required

No

DPA available

No

Security review required

No

Trial

14 days (no card)

API readiness
API & developer surface

API-first product

No

Sandbox present

Unknown

Webhooks

Yes

MCP mentioned

No

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Yes

Audit logs

Yes

Data residency

US

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Flexible pricing that adapts to every stage of your AUM growth”

Buyer persona

enterprise
mid market

Integrations mentioned
Slack
Airbyte
REST API
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Countercyclical?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Countercyclical could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Flexible pricing that adapts to every stage of your AUM growth — Investment research, reimagined.

tier_count

5

lowest_paid_entry_usd

29

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

5

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

false

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Flexible pricing that adapts to every stage of your AUM growth · Flexible pricing that adapts to every stage of your AUM growth
CTAs (40): CountercyclicalInvestment research, reimagined. · Pricing · Log in · Get started for free · Continue with Plus · Continue with Pro · Contact us · Airbyte · Get Add-On · Continue with Education · Book a demo · CountercyclicalInvestment research,reimagined.
Price tokens (24): $24/user per monthBilled · $29/user per monthContinu · $80/user per monthBilled · $100.00/user per monthContinu · $19/active seat · $180/active seat · $0.00/user per monthNo cred · $80.00/user per monthBilled · $100.00/user per monthContinu · $24/user per monthBilled · $29/user per monthContinu · $65.00/user per monthBilled
CountercyclicalInvestment research, reimagined.PlatformSolutionsResourcesPricingLog inGet started for freeCountercyclicalInvestment research, reimagined.CountercyclicalInvestment research, reimagined.PricingFlexible pricing that adapts to every stage of your AUM growthUnify your firm’s investment research and due diligence in a single system - purpose-built for analysts, portfolio managers, CIOs, and all of the teams that support them.PlusGreat for advanced research & those looking to leverage an even more powerful due diligence process.$24/user per monthBilled annually · Monthly plans start at $29/user per monthContinue with PlusDataGlobal Company SearchAdvanced Search FiltersUsage3 FoldersUnlimited InvestmentsUnlimited Memos5 Teams10 PipelinesFeaturesModel SyncingMulti-Factor AuthenticationRole-Based Access ControlsIntegrationsExtrasAccess to Beta Feature ProgramProFor growing teams & companies looking to tap dance through their due diligence process.$80/user per monthBilled annually · Monthly plans start at $100.00/user per monthContinue with ProDataEverything in our Plus PlanETF/Fund OverviewsUsageEverything in our Plus PlanUnlimited FoldersUnlimited TeamsUnlimited PipelinesFeaturesEverything in our Plus PlanWorkspace Usage AnalyticsExtrasEverything in our Plus PlanGuest PermissionsEnterpriseTailored solutions for solving complex problems that are unique to you & and your business.Contact UsCustom pricing availableBilled annually · Monthly plans available upon request Con…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Countercyclical
Partially Agent-Ready

51

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Financial Analysis

Pricing model

Flexible pricing that adapts to every stage of your AUM growth — Investment research, reimagined.

Tier count

5

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

$29/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

5 / 0

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from countercyclical.io/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Human-assisted
55/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Countercyclical pricing starts at $19/mo for the Relations plan; a 14‑day free trial is available; paid plans go up to $100/mo. Billed monthly or annually.

Cheapest entry

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Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://countercyclical.io/pricing.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

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