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A profile is the detailed record you open for one company or one person. Your allowance is the number of new profiles you can open.

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Searching versus opening a profile

Searching gives you a short list of possible matches. Opening a profile retrieves the available details about a chosen company or person. Searching still requires an active allowance. Using another connected app does not give you a separate allowance: usage belongs to your Datalayer account. For example, searching for five companies uses no profiles. Opening the full profiles of two new matches uses two profiles.

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What if I open the same profile again?

An eligible repeat within 24 hours is included. The clock starts when you first use a profile for that lookup. Reopening it does not restart the clock. You still need an active allowance, and the allowance used for the original lookup must not have been reversed. After the window ends, a new successful lookup can use another profile.

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What if information is missing?

A successful profile lookup counts even when some details are missing. Work email is included when requested, but the person lookup still counts if no email is available or the email check is inconclusive. No match or a failed data-provider request does not create a new profile charge. A connection error can happen after a lookup has completed, however. Check your dashboard usage before assuming it used nothing.

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Keep a research task small

Ask your assistant to show search matches first and wait before opening full profiles. This lets you choose what is worth researching. See the example questions for wording you can copy. If requests happen too quickly, Datalayer may ask you to wait. Your account allows up to 60 data requests per minute; provider limits can also apply. People searches can sometimes take longer or time out.

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Plans during private preview

Paid checkout is not available yet. The planned offering is USD 25/month for 1,000 profiles, with another USD 25 for 1,000 more within the same paid period. Unused profiles would not roll over, and extra profiles would expire at renewal. This is the planned offering, not a plan you can purchase today. Building an integration? See usage metadata and safe retries for the technical rules.