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title: "What is found-only billing? – Invenitor"
description: "Found-only billing means you pay for a contact only when the tool returns one. Here is how to check what a vendor really charges for."
url: https://invenitor.com/glossary/found-only-billing
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mcp: https://api.invenitor.com/mcp
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Glossary

# What is found-only billing?

Found-only billing means you pay for a contact only when the tool returns an email or phone, and pay nothing when it comes back empty.

By Invenitor team. Updated 2026-11-01.

## How does Invenitor apply it?

A contact is 1 credit (₹2), charged only when an email or phone comes back. Opening the same person again is free. A search is 20 credits (₹40) and is free if it finds nobody.

## How do you check other tools?

Read how the vendor treats an empty result, and how it treats a repeat lookup. The [pricing table](https://invenitor.com/research) records what vendors publish, and marks where they say nothing.

## Guides on this

- [How Invenitor credits work, with worked examples](https://invenitor.com/guides/how-invenitor-credits-work)

## Related terms

- [Credit](https://invenitor.com/glossary/credit)
- [Contact enrichment](https://invenitor.com/glossary/contact-enrichment)
- [Waterfall enrichment](https://invenitor.com/glossary/waterfall-enrichment)

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