Village.ai: Credit-based usage system launched across all plans
What happened
Between the Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026 captures of Village's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Introduced credit-based usage system — Free 100/mo, Pro 4,000/mo, Business 7,500/mo (pooled); credit packs $25/1,000, $50/2,200 (+10%), $100/5,000 (+25%). API access extended from Business-only to all plans; new MCP server integration (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) added. In detail: Introduced a credit-based usage system across all plans: Free 100 credits/mo, Pro 4,000 credits/mo, Business 7,500 credits/mo (pooled). New credit packs purchasable ($25/1,000, $50/2,200+10%, $100/5,000+25%); AI-metered actions (search, list building, agents, email reveals) draw from the balance; API access extended from Business-only to all plans (Free/Pro/Business now show 'API & MCP access'); new MCP server integration added (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) alongside existing API access in the comparison table. Pulse files it as a packaging change (packaging change, feature added). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Core at $1, Business at $134, VIP at $2,000, Forward-deployed at $10,000 and API Platform at $10 per active user.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Village. Village has been tracked since 2026-07-15.
In the same window SMARTe, ShowingTime, Salesmotion, Reply and ProspectSoft also changed their CRM pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- AddedBusinessPackaging
BeforeNot listed
Aftercredit-based usage system
- ChangedBusinessFeatureBusiness-onlyall plans
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Packaging | Not listed | credit-based usage system | Added |
| Business | Feature | Business-only | all plans | Changed |
Values as written on Village's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Village's pricing page (village.ai) from Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where credit-based usage system now appears.
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Village, pricing history
Full history- Oct 19, 2026Price decreaseVillage cuts Business credits to 7,500 and trims annual discount to 10%
- Oct 11, 2026PackagingVillage launches $1/seat Core plan, adds $10k Forward-deployed tier
- Aug 24, 2026PackagingVillage: Free profile enrichment capped to 3mo cache, older data costs 1 credit
- Aug 17, 2026PackagingVillage.ai: Credit-based usage system launched across all plans This change
Across CRM in the same window
All CRM changes- SMARTeNov 9SMARTe drops Free and Pro plans for single $15,000 unlimited-user subscription
- ShowingTimeNov 9ShowingTime hikes Appointment Center agent plan 67% to $25/month
- SalesmotionNov 9Salesmotion ends Q4DEAL promo, Individual plan jumps to $85/mo from $39
- ReplyNov 9Reply ends Halloween SCARY15 promo: 15% off Multichannel for a year
- ProspectSoftNov 9ProspectSoft launches Black Friday deal: 90% off first 3 months of CRM
Questions about this change
Did Village raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: packaging change, feature added.
What changed on Village's pricing page between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026?
Business packaging added: credit-based usage system; Business feature: Business-only → all plans, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Village change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Village in the 90 days before this one; Village has been tracked since 2026-07-15.