Effect Group
Subscription access

Pricing built for
investigators.

$8 to start. $3 is the floor. Every new account includes 3 free searches so you can try the desk. Pay once for a pack, or subscribe for a monthly allotment.

Occasional use
$8
Per individual search
  • Initial data-source search
  • Compare people who share a name
  • Confirm before the costly run
  • PDF when you brief the desk
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Most used
Desk / month
$149
40 searches · $3.73 each
  • 40 searches every month
  • Unused credits stay on the account
  • Enriched data for confirmed identities
  • Owner chat for refunds
  • The plan small investigative pairs keep
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Newsroom
$300
100 searches · $3.00 floor
  • Volume floor — never lower than $3
  • Named accounts per journalist
  • Admin desk for credits and search log
  • Talk to the owner for extras
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Pay per search

One search is $8. Larger packs step down to $3 — that is the floor.

One confirmed-person investigation.

Single search

$8.00

$8.00 / search

$4.50 each — for a short series.

10 searches

$45.00

$4.50 / search

$4.00 each — a working beat.

25 searches

$100.00

$4.00 / search

$3.50 each — a desk on deadline.

50 searches

$175.00

$3.50 / search

$3.00 each — the high-volume floor.

100 searches

$300.00

$3.00 / search

Monthly desk

A subscription tops up search credits each month. Unused credits stay on the account.

Reporter

A monthly allotment for one journalist.

$79.00 / mo

16 searches · $4.94 / search

Desk

Most used

For a small investigative pair.

$149.00 / mo

40 searches · $3.73 / search

Newsroom

The volume floor: $3.00 a search.

$300.00 / mo

100 searches · $3.00 / search

Need credits added by hand?

The owner can add or refund searches from the admin desk. Use the chat if a run went wrong.