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  • July 28, 2025
  • 23 replies
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According to:
https://docs.censys.com/docs/censys-credits#censys-credits-for-free-and-starter-users
Every Free and Starter user receives 100 credits per month for free. Unused credits expire at the end of each month. Free accounts provide access to basic protocols and services for search and exploration.”
 

I’ve never received any credits, and have thusly been unable to evaluate the service, is there something wrong with my account or is the documentation incorrect?

Best answer by MattK_Censys

Thanks for the info. I checked with the team and your account was never provisioned credits on the backend for some reason - it’s been resolved now and you should be good to go. Let me know if you run into any other issues.

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MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
  • 122 replies
  • July 29, 2025

Hey scallensc, are you unable to perform any actions in the Platform? What do you see when you go to https://platform.censys.io/credits?


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  • New Participant
  • 2 replies
  • July 29, 2025

Hi MattK_Censys, yes that's correct I can't perform any actions whatsoever. 

 

I see "You have run out of credits.

Buy credits now!"

 

No usage is shown and all metrics say "No data available.

Please try again later"

 


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
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  • July 30, 2025

Thanks for the info. I checked with the team and your account was never provisioned credits on the backend for some reason - it’s been resolved now and you should be good to go. Let me know if you run into any other issues.


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  • New Participant
  • 2 replies
  • July 31, 2025

Thanks, all working as expected now.


  • New Participant
  • 1 reply
  • July 31, 2025

I also didn’t get provisioned any credits for the free tier.


  • New Participant
  • 1 reply
  • August 1, 2025

Hi, I also have 0/0 credits. On credits usage page shows that I wasn’t using the service in 2 months. 


  • New Participant
  • 2 replies
  • August 4, 2025

@MattK_Censys   0/0 credits, here, too. 


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
  • 122 replies
  • August 4, 2025

Thanks for letting me know, summerof95, following up with the team.

shadejinx and Jako, you should both be all set.


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
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  • August 4, 2025

Hey ​@summerof95 , we just fixed your account. Please check your balance at your convenience.


  • New Participant
  • 2 replies
  • August 4, 2025

Amazingly fast resolution. Thank you!  ​@MattK_Censys 


  • New Participant
  • 1 reply
  • August 4, 2025

@MattK_Censys  Can you add me to the fix list? I haven’t had credits refreshed since April. Thanks!


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
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  • August 4, 2025

@scott101 you should be all set now.


  • New Participant
  • 1 reply
  • August 4, 2025

Looks, like I also didn’t get any for this month


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
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  • August 4, 2025

@Interstellar Pi we have credited your account.


  • New Participant
  • 1 reply
  • August 7, 2025

It looks like I have the same issue 😥


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
  • 122 replies
  • August 7, 2025

@SPC_Europe you should be all set now.


  • New Participant
  • 3 replies
  • August 14, 2025

I also have the same issue, my monthly credits haven’t reset but I haven’t be active for at least a couple on months. Could you please take a look?


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
  • 122 replies
  • August 14, 2025

@PVoorhees your account is fixed now.


  • New Participant
  • 1 reply
  • August 14, 2025

I also have the same issue, that my credit limit is 0/0.


MattK_Censys
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  • Censys Community Manager
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  • August 14, 2025

@JemmyLoveJenny you should have credits now.


  • New Participant
  • 3 replies
  • August 15, 2025

Hmm, still says I’m out of credits.


MattK_Censys
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  • August 15, 2025

Sorry about that ​@PVoorhees - we just updated something on our end and you should be good now.


  • New Participant
  • 3 replies
  • August 15, 2025

Thank you, working now!