> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.parallellabs.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Credits

> Your data credit balance, what each kind of lookup costs, and how to top up.

**Data credits** pay for contact data from outside the platform. [Enrichment](/find-enrich/lead-data/enrichment), [People Search](/find-enrich/lead-data/people-search), and [Sales Navigator](/find-enrich/lead-data/sales-navigator) all draw on the same shared pool, and credits never expire.

> **If your plan includes lead data**, there is nothing to buy — the page shows **Included** and the Credits item may not appear in your menu at all.

## Checking Your Balance

1. Select your company from the sidebar
2. Go to **Lead Data** → **Credits**

Your remaining balance is shown at the top. Click **Buy Data Credits** to top up.

## What Things Cost

| Action              | Cost                                             |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Enrichment**      | 1 credit per contact returned                    |
| **People Search**   | 1 credit per search, plus 1 per contact imported |
| **Sales Navigator** | 1 credit per lead the search returns             |

A lookup that finds nobody doesn't cost anything — you're charged for results, not attempts.

## Keeping Costs Down

1. **Give enrichment strong identifiers.** An email or LinkedIn URL matches far more often than a name alone, so fewer credits are spent on misses.
2. **Preview before importing.** Previewing an audience in People Search is cheap; importing it is what scales.
3. **Import in stages.** Pull 50, check they're right, then pull the rest.
4. **Cap Sales Navigator searches.** The maximum-leads slider is a direct cap on what a search can cost.
5. **Reuse saved results.** Recent lookups and recent searches are free to reopen.

## Data Credits vs. Plan Credits

These are not the same thing. **Data credits** buy contact data from external sources. The credits that pay for AI work — chat, content generation, agent conversations — are part of your subscription and are shown on your [Profile](/account/profile).

## Next Steps

* [Enrich a contact](/find-enrich/lead-data/enrichment)
* [Search for an audience](/find-enrich/lead-data/people-search)
* [View your subscription](/account/profile)