🔍 What Are Hyperdrive Credits?
Hyperdrive credits are the in-platform currency used to power certain premium actions inside Search Atlas, such as URL indexing and citation building. Credits are consumed each time you trigger one of these actions, so understanding how they work helps you plan your usage and avoid unexpected charges.
📊 What Does the Growth Plan Include?
The Growth plan gives you access to a wide range of Search Atlas tools and a set monthly allowance of platform resources. The Growth plan includes a monthly Hyperdrive credit allocation. If you use up your monthly allocation, additional Hyperdrive credits can be purchased as top-ups when needed. Your plan's monthly allowance covers core platform features, but credit-powered actions (citations, URL indexing) draw from your Hyperdrive credit balance specifically.
- To check your current Hyperdrive credit balance, navigate to your account or billing settings inside the platform.
- If your balance is at zero or running low, you will need to purchase a credit top-up before triggering credit-powered actions.
💰 How Much Do Hyperdrive Credits Cost?
Hyperdrive credits are sold in purchasable top-up bundles. Pricing for these bundles can vary based on your account configuration and any active promotions. To find the current bundle sizes and prices available to your account:
- Log in to Search Atlas and go to your billing or account settings.
- Go to Avatar → Billing → Plans & Top-ups and click the Top Up button — available bundle options and their prices are listed there.
- If no top-up options are visible in your settings, contact our support team (see below) with your plan name so they can confirm available bundles for your tier.
📍 What Do Citations Cost in Credits?
Citations are local business listings built through the Authority Building tool, and each citation consumes a set number of Hyperdrive credits from your balance. The per-citation credit cost is displayed inside the Authority Building tool before you confirm a submission, so you can review the cost prior to triggering it. Key points to know:
- Credits are deducted at the time each citation is submitted — not at the time the listing goes live.
- If you do not have enough credits in your balance, the submission will not proceed until you top up.
- You can review your credit usage history in your account or billing settings to see how many credits previous citation runs consumed.
🛠️ Do I Need to Buy Extra Credits on Top of My Plan?
The Growth plan includes a monthly Hyperdrive credit allocation, but if you exceed it, additional credits for citation building and URL indexing can be purchased separately as top-ups. Your subscription covers access to the tools, but the credit balance that powers those tools is maintained independently. To estimate how many credits you will need:
- Check the per-citation credit cost shown in the Authority Building tool before submitting.
- Multiply that figure by the number of citations you plan to build per month.
- Compare that total to your current credit balance in account settings.
- Purchase a top-up bundle large enough to cover your planned usage.
If you need to escalate a question about credits that you cannot resolve through the steps above, have the following ready: your current plan name and billing cycle, the specific action you are trying to perform (e.g., citations, URL indexing), the credit cost displayed in-platform (if visible), and your approximate monthly usage volume.
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.