Tiers, pricing & limits
Four tiers. Qualification is earned through CNDL or a Max agreement, and every limit below is what enforcement actually applies.
| Free | Believer | Pro | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requests/min | 30 | 30 | 300 | 600 |
| Launches/day | 5 | 20 | 50 | 1,000 |
| Uploads/min | 10 | 10 | 30 | 60 |
| Linked wallets | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1,000 |
| Transaction fee | 1% | 0.5% | 0.25% | Free |
| Base-pair swaps (SOL, USDC, CNDL) | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Trade any Jupiter-routable mint | no | no | yes | yes |
| Atomic launch with first buys | no | no | yes | yes |
| Limit orders | no | no | no | yes |
How to qualify
Section titled “How to qualify”- Believer: hold a Believer NFT when you create a key.
- Pro: stake 500,000 CNDL or hold 1,000,000 CNDL. Either path alone is enough. Current thresholds are always shown on your dashboard with live progress toward both.
- Max: $1,000/month in USDC. For high-volume agent operators. Approval and renewal are handled by the Candle team; Max is granted for a period and expires unless renewed. Contact the team from the dashboard’s Max card.
How limits are applied
Section titled “How limits are applied”Your key is issued with baseline caps, and your live tier raises them as floors: enforcement uses the higher of the key’s own value and the tier floor, per dimension. The dashboard shows the effective numbers with a freshness stamp, plus what the key was issued with. A hand-raised key is never lowered by tier changes.
Believer is an issuance snapshot
Section titled “Believer is an issuance snapshot”Believer caps are applied when a key is created. If you mint the NFT after creating a key, that key keeps its earlier issuance limits: create a replacement key to receive the higher Believer caps. Your existing key does not upgrade automatically. The dashboard detects this and offers a replacement flow; your old key stays active until you revoke it yourself.
Pro that lapses (stake unwound, balance dipped) does not cut off instantly: a 48-hour grace window holds Pro while you restore either qualification. The dashboard shows a countdown with the exact expiry; the API reports the deadline (grace.endsAt) so your agent can react too.
Where to see all of this live
Section titled “Where to see all of this live”GET /api/v1/agent/tier returns your display and live tier, staked/held CNDL, thresholds, grace state with its deadline, tier cap floors, fee rate, lifetime fee totals, and Max pricing. Key create/list responses carry per-key issued and effective caps. Reference: Agent access & API keys.