Effect Group
Effect Group scores 74/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Effect Group pricing
Free
Free
Basic
$29.99/mo
flatPremium
$79.99/mo
flatEnterprise
$199.99/mo
flatHow Effect Group scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
12 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
13 / 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
74 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
Basic plan (100 searches/month)
$29.99/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Unknown
Purchase orders supported
Unknown
MSA required
Unknown
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
Available, no card
Annual discount
17% off
API & developer surface
API-first product
Public API docs
Sandbox present
Unknown
Webhooks
Unknown
MCP mentioned
Positioning & ecosystem
“Simple, Transparent Pricing”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Effect Group?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
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.- No clear agent-favorable signals were extracted on this scoring run.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
- The pricing URL did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date — possibly a router or sales-led landing page.
How Effect Group 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.
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Sales-led
0 / 0
Auth-walled
No
Not published
2026-05-10
Tier-based subscription
Effect Group pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans range from $29.99/mo to $199.99/mo. Billed monthly or annually with a 17% discount for yearly.
Free plan (Free)
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
x402 / MPP
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