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

# API access

> Enable read-only REST access to your visitors, companies, and pages as a flat $19/month account-wide add-on, then create tokens to call the API.

API access is an account-wide add-on at \$19 per month. It enables read-only REST access to your identified visitors, companies, and pages, with no per-call charges. Once it is enabled, you create API tokens to authenticate your requests. You turn it on in **Settings → Add-ons**.

## If you're coming from RB2B

RB2B runs its API as a separate product with its own credit billing, so heavy use keeps adding cost. Squid ID offers the API as one flat monthly add-on with no per-call charges.

<div className="compare">
  <table>
    <thead>
      <tr><th /><th>RB2B</th><th>Squid ID</th></tr>
    </thead>

    <tbody>
      <tr><td>Pricing model</td><td>Pay-per-credit, from \$9 for 100 credits</td><td>Flat \$19/month add-on</td></tr>
      <tr><td>Per-call charges</td><td>Each call spends credits (about \$0.09 each)</td><td>None</td></tr>
      <tr><td>Billing</td><td>A separate app with a separate invoice</td><td>One account, one invoice</td></tr>
      <tr><td>Access type</td><td>Credit-metered</td><td>Read-only REST (GET only)</td></tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

<p className="why"><strong>Why this matters.</strong> With RB2B the API is metered, so cost scales with every call and lands on a second invoice. Here it is a flat monthly cost with no per-call charges, so your bill stays predictable no matter how much you query.</p>

<Info>The API is <strong>read-only</strong>. Keys work on the visitor details endpoint only. The base URL is <code>[https://id-api.asksquid.ai/api](https://id-api.asksquid.ai/api)</code>.</Info>

## Getting started

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enable API access in Add-ons">
    Go to **Settings → Add-ons** and turn on API access. Enabling requires a card and takes effect immediately, prorated for the current period.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a key">
    Generate a read-only key to authenticate your requests. See [API keys](/account/api-tokens) for key management.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Call the read-only endpoint">
    Send the key as <code>Authorization: Bearer \<key></code> against the read-only endpoint at <code>[https://id-api.asksquid.ai/api](https://id-api.asksquid.ai/api)</code>.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>Disabling API access cancels at the end of the billing period. Access runs until then.</Info>

## Need more than read-only?

This add-on is the read-only REST API for your Squid ID data. If you need the full developer platform, with write access, enrichment, and the broader set of endpoints, that lives at [sqid.dev](https://sqid.dev) with its own docs at [docs.sqid.dev](https://docs.sqid.dev/getting-started/introduction). [Get in touch](mailto:hello@asksquid.ai) and we will help you get set up.

## Related

* [API tokens](/account/api-tokens)
* [Additional domains](/add-ons/additional-domains)
* [Manage payment methods](/billing/manage-payment)