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title: "Pricing update — effective August 1, 2026"
date: 2026-07-24
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authorName: Elvis Sun
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excerpt: "Subscribe before 11:59pm ET on July 31 to lock in up to 20% more credits every month. Plan prices don't change, nothing costs more, and 1 credit now buys 1 researched journalist."
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tags: [pr, media-relations, ai]
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---

**TLDR: Subscribe before 11:59pm ET on July 31 to lock in up to 20% more credits every month. Plan prices don't change, nothing costs more, and 1 credit now buys 1 researched journalist.**

## What's changing on August 1

**Each credit is worth 3× as much.** Plan prices don't move. Actions cost a third or less of the credits they used to, and your plan is restated in those bigger credits.

**1 credit = 1 researched journalist:**
- Verified email
- Recent articles
- Suggested pitch angle
- Relevancy score, and the reasoning behind it

Two things on top of that:
- **Misses are free.** If we don't find an email, you pay nothing.
- **Nothing costs more.** Every action is the same price or cheaper.

Updated pricing for the most common actions:

| Category   | Action                                      | Before (credits) | After (credits) | Effective change |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | ---------------- |
| Media List | Enrich a journalist — email found           | 3                | 1               | 0%               |
| Media List | Enrich a journalist — no email found (miss) | 3                | 0               | −100%            |
| Media List | Use AI column — Gemini 2.5 Flash (default)  | 1                | 0.3             | −10%             |
| Media List | Custom agent — Gemini 2.5 Flash (default)   | 5                | 1.5             | −10%             |
| API        | Publication lookup (authority + traffic)    | 0.2              | 0.01            | −85%             |
| API        | Article lookup                              | 1                | 0.1             | −70%             |
| API        | News search                                 | 0.1              | 0.01            | −70%             |

Every other action is unchanged or cheaper. **[See the full before-and-after breakdown →](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TuSc-jiSbzPiGxZuS3gDFOm4o4B7eJqfAMfaI3vbgQE/edit?usp=sharing)**

_"Effective change" adjusts for the new credit being worth 3× the old one. 0% = same price, new units. Negative = a real cut._

## Subscription plans

Same story here: prices don't move, and the allowances are now counted in the new, 3× bigger credits.

| Plan        | Price (no change) | Current* | **Subscribe by Jul 31** | Subscribe Aug 1 or later |
| ----------- | ----------------- | -------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ |
| **Starter** | $149              | ~1,170   | **1,200**               | 1,000                    |
| **Pro**     | $299              | ~3,330   | **3,500**               | 3,000                    |

_*Your current allowance restated in the new credits. The Jul 31 allowance is never less than what you have today._

Subscribe before 11:59pm ET on July 31 to lock in **20% more credits on Starter, 17% more on Pro** — the same $149 or $299, every month, for as long as you stay subscribed.

Already a customer? You're already locked in. The switch is automatic on August 1, 2026.

Questions: support@medialyst.ai.

— Your Medialyst Team