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Shodan Monitor

Approaching Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · monitor.shodan.io · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 71 / 100
Network Monitoring
Public API

Shodan Monitor scores 71/100 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.

See Shodan Monitor pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Shodan Monitor pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · developer.shodan.io/pricing
Freelancer
$69/mo
flat
Up to 1 million results per month
Scan up to 5,120 IPs per month
Network Monitoring for 5,120 IPs
Access to most filters
Basic access to the Streaming API
Small Business
$359/mo
flat
Up to 20 million results per month
Scan up to 65,536 IPs per month
Network Monitoring for 65,536 IPs
Access to most filters
Basic access to the Streaming API
Corporate
$1099/mo
flat
Unlimited results per month
Scan up to 327,680 IPs per month
Network Monitoring for 327,680 IPs
Access to all filters
Basic access to the Streaming API
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Shodan Monitor scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

16 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

13 / 20

Free entry path

0 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10


Total
71 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 user on Freelancer plan
$69/mo
· Single subscription, monthly billing· No overage usage
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 100/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes


Payment methods

card
wire
invoice

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No


Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

Yes

Cancellation policy visible

Yes

Refund policy visible

Unknown


Invoice payment available

Yes

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown


Trial

Available

API readiness
API & developer surface

API-first product

Yes

Public API docs

developer.shodan.io

Sandbox present

Unknown

Webhooks

Unknown

MCP mentioned

No

Rate limits

1 request per second per plan

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem

Buyer persona

developer
smb
enterprise

Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Shodan Monitor?
✓

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.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Shodan Monitor 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

Shodan Account — No contracts. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.

tier_count

3

lowest_paid_entry_usd

69

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

https://developer.shodan.io/api

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

{"unit_class":"query","confidence":"rejected","agent_task_price_forecastable":"no","rejected_reason":"reject-context word found within ±200 chars (seat/period/credit/etc.)","evidence_text":"$1099/ month Custom Query"}

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

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

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CTAs (29): Shodan · Maps · Images · Monitor · Developer · More... · Account · Billing · Take a Tour · Login · Register · Login to Subscribe
Price tokens (7): $69/month Login to Subscr · $359/month Login to Subscr · $1099/month Login to Subscr · $49 · $69/ month · $359/ month · $1099/ month Custom Query cr
Shodan Maps Images Monitor Developer More... Account Billing Take a Tour Login Register Choose Your Plan No contracts. No setup fees. Cancel anytime. Freelancer $69/month Login to Subscribe Up to 1 million results per month* Scan up to 5,120 IPs per month Network Monitoring for 5,120 IPs Access to most filters Allows paging through search results Basic access to the Streaming API Commercial Use Grandfathered Pricing E-Mail support Small Business $359/month Login to Subscribe Up to 20 million results per month* Scan up to 65,536 IPs per month Network Monitoring for 65,536 IPs Access to most filters Allows paging through search results Basic access to the Streaming API Commercial Use Grandfathered Pricing E-Mail support Vulnerability search filter Corporate $1099/month Login to Subscribe Unlimited results per month* Scan up to 327,680 IPs per month Network Monitoring for 327,680 IPs Access to all filters Allows paging through search results Basic access to the Streaming API Commercial Use Grandfathered Pricing Premium Support Vulnerability search filter Batch IP Lookups Tag Search Filter InternetDB API Commercial Use Complementary Membership Upgrades * All API plans are subject to a rate limit of 1 request per second Just getting started? If you'd like to explore more of the Shodan websites and API than the free account provides then checkout the Shodan Membership. It's a one-time payment for a lifetime account upgrade to browse more results, monitor some IPs and dive into the …
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Agent-Ready Spec
Shodan Monitor
Approaching Agent-Ready

71

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)

Category

Network Monitoring

Pricing model

Shodan Account — No contracts. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.

Tier count

3

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

$69/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1


Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published


Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from developer.shodan.io/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
100/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Shodan Monitor pricing starts at $69/mo for the Freelancer plan; paid plans up to $1099/mo. Billed monthly.

Cheapest entry

Freelancer plan ($69)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Approaching Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://developer.shodan.io/pricing.
Agent-friendly features0 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

x402 / MPP

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