Virlo's public web-app pricing on 30 August 2026 is Starter at $49 per month after a 7-day $0 trial (2,000 plan credits) and Pro at $199 per month after the same trial (12,000 plan credits). Enterprise is custom. The Annual toggle is labeled Save 30%; this fetch did not print billed-annual dollar totals. A second surface at dev.virlo.ai/pricing is prepaid pay-as-you-go with no subscriptions, 1 credit equal to $0.01, and a Content Research Agent run at $0.50. Trends MCP is not a Virlo replacement for creator tracking, Meta ads, or short-form outlier reports. It is the cheaper MCP path when the job is a live TikTok hashtag or search board, plus Google, YouTube, and other feeds, at $0 Free (100 requests) or $19 Starter (1,000 requests).
What Virlo's public cards charge after the 7-day trial
The Virlo pricing page (fetched 30 August 2026) prints two self-serve cards plus a custom Enterprise column. JSON-LD on the same URL matches the monthly dollars: Starter price 49, Pro price 199, currency USD, plus a 7-Day Free Trial offer at price 0 with a 7-day eligible duration.
| Plan | Monthly dollars on the card | Plan credits / month | Trial copy on the card |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $49 / mo after trial | 2,000 | 7-day free trial; billed monthly after 7-day trial |
| Pro | $199 / mo after trial | 12,000 | 7-day free trial; billed monthly after 7-day trial |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Book a Demo |
The Pro card also prints "32% cheaper per credit than Starter." That claim matches the printed SKUs: $49 / 2,000 is $0.0245 per credit; $199 / 12,000 is about $0.0166 per credit.
The comparison grid on the same page fills Team Seats as blank on Starter, 3 on Pro, and Custom on Enterprise. Account Connections is blank on Starter, 6 on Pro, and Custom on Enterprise. JSON-LD describes Pro as "3 team seats" and does not put a seat count on Starter. Do not invent a Starter seat number the grid left blank.
JSON-LD also lists Trustpilot aggregateRating 4.4 from 52 reviews and a MerchantReturnNotPermitted return policy. The refund policy (last updated April 2026) still says every new subscription begins with a 7-day free trial, no refunds after that trial on monthly or annual billing, and unused credits are non-refundable. Cite both the schema flag and the written exceptions (verified outage over 48 consecutive hours, confirmed duplicate charges) rather than flattening them.
The pricing-page FAQ accordion lists "Do unused credits roll over?" as a heading. This HTML fetch did not print the accordion bodies. The developer docs are explicit in a different direction: prepaid API balance never expires. Treat web-app rollover as unanswered on this fetch.
Which extras the Pro card claims that the comparison grid already checks on Starter
The Pro card lists extras as Performing Meta Ads Library, Team seats, beta access, and Priority Support. JSON-LD describes Pro as everything in Starter plus Meta Ads Intelligence, 3 team seats, Slack/Discord/webhook alerts, and Zapier and n8n integrations.
The comparison grid on the same URL checks Meta Ads Library, Slack and Discord alerts, Zapier and n8n, Webhooks, and API access on Starter, Pro, and Enterprise. Custom integrations, Founder support, and Dedicated account manager stay Enterprise-only. Priority support is blank on Starter and checked on Pro and Enterprise.
That is the split to price against. JSON-LD treats Meta Ads and Slack/Zapier as Pro extras. The grid treats them as already on Starter. API access is checked on all three plan columns, which matches the 27 March 2026 Virlo blog line that any paid plan includes API access. Do not quote only one of those blocks.
A note under the cards says credits are consumed when actions run in the web app, and Content Research Agents cost 100 credits per run. At 2,000 Starter credits that is 20 agent runs if nothing else spends the pool. At 12,000 Pro credits that is 120 agent runs on the same meter. Those are page-stated web-app costs, not API dollars.
What the developer API bills instead of a monthly credit pool
dev.virlo.ai/pricing and dev.virlo.ai/docs/credits (both fetched 30 August 2026) describe a prepaid dollar balance, no subscriptions, auto top-up, and "balance never expires." The conversion on the credits doc is 1 credit = $0.01. Only 2xx responses are charged. A 402 with code insufficient_credits is the empty-balance error, not a 429.
Public endpoint rates on that pricing table include:
| Category | Price on the developer table | Notes printed on the page |
|---|---|---|
| Hashtag lookups | $0.05 / call | /v1/hashtags and platform-specific hashtag routes |
| Video digests | $0.25 / call | /v1/videos/digest and platform digest routes |
| Trends | $0.25 / call | Trends API endpoints |
| Content Research Agents | $0.50 / run | POST /v1/agents, one-shot or scheduled |
| Satellite analysis | $0.50 / call | Satellite endpoints |
| Tracking cycles | $0.25 / cycle | Per API tracking cycle |
| Data Intelligence on agents | +$1.00 / run | 43 AI fields per video |
| Agent reads and tracking reads | Free | Result slices, GETs, status polling |
A $0.50 agent run is 50 API credits at the 1-credit = $0.01 rate. The web-app pricing page still says Content Research Agents cost 100 credits per run. The MCP catalog on dev.virlo.ai/docs/mcp prices search_keywords at 50 credits (plus 100 if Data Intelligence is on) and create_niche_monitor at 50 per run. The 27 March 2026 setup blog still lists search_keywords at 100 credits, get_trending_videos at 50, search_hashtags at 10, and get_credit_balance at 10. The live MCP table prices those at 50, 25, 5, and Free. Price the current docs; keep the blog as a dated meter, not a second live grid.
That same March 2026 blog also printed credit packs at $19.99 / 5K, $49.99 / 15K, and $99.99 / 40K and pointed Enterprise pricing at dev.virlo.ai/pricing. The live developer page is prepaid with no subscription packs. Cite the date.
Minimum deposit is "shown at checkout" and "shown in Billing." This run did not print a public dollar floor, so do not invent one.
How Cursor mcp.json differs for Virlo versus Trends MCP
Virlo's live MCP page (30 August 2026) pastes a Cursor block with url and a Bearer header. There is no transport field in that snippet. Keys are documented as starting with virlo_tkn_. Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf need that key. Claude Desktop, claude.ai, and Claude Code are documented as OAuth, with a key minted at sign-in.
"virlo": {
"url": "https://dev.virlo.ai/api/mcp/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer virlo_tkn_YOUR_KEY"
}
}
Trends MCP's Cursor snippet on the Cursor setup page uses url plus transport: http plus Bearer against https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp. That transport field is the paste difference. Do not "fix" Virlo's snippet by adding it, and do not drop it from Trends MCP.
"trends-mcp": {
"url": "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp",
"transport": "http",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
Tool-count copy on Virlo does not agree with itself. The MCP page says the server exposes 49 tools. The AI Agents page on the same docs host says "Native MCP with 46 tools." The 27 March 2026 blog says "20 tools total" and lists three workflow prompts. The live MCP page lists four prompts: full_niche_analysis, creator_deep_dive, trend_scout, and genre_monitor. Trends MCP documents three tools (get_time_series, get_growth, get_top_trends). Virlo wins on short-form research verbs. Trends MCP wins on a small, stable live-board surface.
get_top_trends default limit is 25, max 200, counted per feed and per page. The TikTok live feeds named in docs.md are TikTok Trending Hashtags, TikTok Trending Searches, and TikTok Trending Hashtags by Category. docs.md still says official category names live on /data-sources. The 30 August 2026 data-sources.md table lists 20 live feeds and omits all four by Category boards, including TikTok. The same day's llms.txt intro still says "plus 21 live feeds" while its live-feed table lists 24 names including those four boards. HTML /pricing markets 35+ data sources. Do not flatten those counts.
For a paste-ready TikTok board in Cursor, the matching Trends MCP landing page is TikTok trends. Hashtag-only pulls sit on TikTok Trending Hashtags API.
Who should buy Virlo instead of a live TikTok trend board
Buy Virlo when the job is short-form research inside TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels: Content Research Agents, creator and video tracking, sound intelligence, hooks, and Meta ads. That is a product Virlo actually ships. The $49 / $199 web-app meters and the $0.50 agent run are the prices attached to that job.
Buy Trends MCP when the job is a live ranked board (or keyword growth) that an agent can call without a short-form research studio. Starter is $19 per month for 1,000 requests; Pro is $49 for 5,000; Business is $199 for 25,000. HTML yearly as billed on 30 August 2026 is Starter $16 per month ($192), Pro $39 ($468), Business $159 ($1,910), with a "2 months free" yearly toggle. Keyword alerts are Pro 50 and Business 250. Free is 100 requests, no card, with HTML caps of top 10 trends, 12 months of history, and 24-hour delayed data. pricing.md does not restate those Free caps.
Paid HTML fine print still says the card is charged after day 7. The FAQ on the same HTML page says the card is collected at checkout but not charged until day 8. Cite both.
Virlo is the wrong cart if the need is Google Search interest, Amazon best sellers, App Store charts, Reddit, Wikipedia, or npm. Trends MCP is the wrong cart if the need is a tracked TikTok creator dossier, a 43-field per-video intelligence dump, or a recurring niche agent with Meta ads attached.
A wider tool set, including non-price rows, is in Virlo alternatives.
FAQ
How much does Virlo cost per month?
On 30 August 2026 the public web-app cards are $49 per month for Starter (2,000 plan credits) and $199 per month for Pro (12,000 plan credits), each after a 7-day $0 trial. Enterprise is custom. The Annual toggle is labeled Save 30% without billed-annual dollar totals on that fetch. The developer API is a separate prepaid balance, not a third monthly card.
Does Starter include API and MCP access?
The comparison grid checks API access on Starter, Pro, and Enterprise. The 27 March 2026 Virlo MCP blog says any paid plan includes API access and that all plans get every endpoint. Cursor still needs a virlo_tkn_ key for the https://dev.virlo.ai/api/mcp/mcp URL. Claude Desktop is documented as OAuth on that same host.
How do Virlo credits convert to dollars?
Developer docs state 1 credit = $0.01, so a $0.50 Content Research Agent run is 50 API credits. The web-app pricing page states Content Research Agents cost 100 credits per run. The live MCP table prices search_keywords at 50 credits. The March 2026 blog still prices that tool at 100. Use the live credits doc for API invoices and the web-app 100-credit line for in-app agent runs until Virlo prints one meter.
Is Virlo cheaper than Trends MCP for TikTok trend boards?
For a live hashtag or search board in Cursor, Trends MCP Starter at $19 for 1,000 requests is the lower public monthly card, and Free covers 100 requests. Virlo's cheapest public web-app card after trial is $49 for 2,000 plan credits, and a developer trends call is $0.25. Virlo is priced for creator-level short-form research, not for a 25-row TikTok board. Default get_top_trends limit is 25.
What is Virlo's refund policy after the trial?
The April 2026 refund policy says no refunds after the 7-day trial on monthly or annual plans, unused credits are non-refundable, and access continues until the end of the current period after cancel. JSON-LD on the pricing page marks MerchantReturnNotPermitted. The same policy still lists exceptions for a verified outage over 48 consecutive hours and confirmed billing errors, via [email protected].
Access dates: Virlo pricing, refund policy, developer pricing, credits, MCP, and AI-agents docs fetched 30 August 2026. The Claude Desktop MCP blog is dated 27 March 2026. Trends MCP pricing HTML, pricing.md, docs.md, data-sources.md, and llms.txt fetched the same day.