# Tier Access Levels

Cubit offers tiered access designed for different use cases, from exploration to enterprise integration.

## Tier Comparison

| Feature                | Sandbox               | Professional        | Enterprise              |
| ---------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------- |
| **Requests/Day**       | 100                   | 5,000               | Unlimited               |
| **Occupations**        | Top 100 by employment | All 923             | All 923                 |
| **Job profiles**       | Basic (scores only)   | Full (with pillars) | Full                    |
| **Job search**         | Keyword               | Keyword             | Keyword + Semantic      |
| **Task-level data**    | No                    | Yes (scores)        | Yes (with explanations) |
| **Skill profiles**     | List only             | Yes                 | Yes                     |
| **Keystone skills**    | No                    | No                  | Yes                     |
| **Regional data**      | No                    | No                  | Yes                     |
| **Career transitions** | No                    | No                  | Yes                     |
| **Custom scoring**     | No                    | No                  | Yes                     |
| **Batch operations**   | No                    | No                  | Yes (500/request)       |
| **Support**            | None                  | Email (72hr)        | Priority (24hr)         |
| **Price**              | $0                    | $200/mo             | $5,000/mo               |

**Note:** Enterprise+ tier available with custom pricing for government agencies, global enterprises, and strategic partners. Includes dedicated account manager, raw embeddings, benchmark data access, white-label licensing, and on-premise deployment options.

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## Sandbox (Free)

**Best for:** Exploration, prototyping, students

### What You Get

* 100 API requests per day
* Access to top 100 occupations by employment
* Job profiles with headline scores only
* Keyword search
* Skills listing

### Limitations

* No semantic search
* No task-level analysis
* No keystone skills
* No regional data
* No technical support

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## Professional ($200/month)

**Best for:** Startups, researchers, and teams building workforce intelligence

### What You Get

Everything in Sandbox, plus:

* 5,000 API requests per day
* **All 923 occupations**
* Full job profiles with pillars
* Task breakdown with full scores
* Skills list with AI resilience scores
* Keyword search across jobs and skills
* Email support (72-hour response)

*Above limit: 10 cents per 1,000 standard calls*

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## Enterprise ($5,000/month)

**Best for:** Organizations building workforce strategy on AI-ready data

### What You Get

Everything in Professional, plus:

* **Unlimited API calls**
* **Semantic search** across jobs, tasks, and skills
* **Task explanations** for all four dimensions across all tasks
* **Regional intelligence** - all available MSAs with employment, wages, and risk data
* **Career transitions** - skill-based pathways with gap analysis
* **Custom scoring** - apply your own dimension weights
* **Batch operations** - up to 500 jobs per request
* **Keystone skills** and full requirement diagnostics
* Onboarding call and quarterly check-ins
* Priority support (24-hour response)
* 99.5% uptime target

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## Enterprise+ (Custom Pricing)

**Best for:** Government agencies, global enterprises, and strategic partners

### What You Get

Everything in Enterprise, plus:

* Dedicated account manager
* Raw embedding access for custom ML or transformer model training
* Full benchmark data access (1.2 million+ AI evaluations across 95 models)
* White-label licensing options
* Custom integrations and taxonomy mapping
* On-premise deployment options
* 99.9% uptime SLA

Contact: <enterprise@maidenlabs.tools>

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## Checking Your Tier

```python
from cubit import CubitClient

client = CubitClient("cubit_your_key")
info = client.me()

print(f"Tier: {info['tier']}")
print(f"Daily limit: {info['rate_limit']['daily_limit']}")
print(f"Remaining: {info['rate_limit']['remaining']}")
```

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## Tier-Specific Errors

### 403 - Insufficient Tier

```json
{
  "error": "insufficient_tier",
  "message": "This endpoint requires enterprise tier. Your tier: professional",
  "details": {
    "required_tier": "enterprise",
    "current_tier": "professional",
    "upgrade_url": "https://cubit.maidenlabs.tools/pricing"
  }
}
```

### 403 - Job Not In Tier

```json
{
  "error": "job_not_in_tier",
  "message": "Job 17-2051.00 is not available in the sandbox tier.",
  "details": {
    "soc_code": "17-2051.00",
    "current_tier": "sandbox"
  }
}
```

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## Rate Limit Details

| Tier         | Requests/Day | Burst (per minute) |
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------------ |
| Sandbox      | 100          | 10                 |
| Professional | 5,000        | 100                |
| Enterprise   | Unlimited    | 1,000              |

See [Rate Limits](/resources/rate-limits.md) for details on handling limits.


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