Public Web search is free and does not require an account. API/MCP access is a separate machine service with keys and usage limits.
One account, multiple keys
Sign in with your Banquise account to create or revoke a key. The same account used to manage websites also holds your billing plan. MCP does not require a separate account.
Quotas are not credits
A quota limits the requests allowed during a period. Prepaid credits are a purchased balance with debit and refund rules. The dashboard currently shows per-key quotas, not a prepaid credit wallet.
Control usage
Check the displayed limits, reuse relevant results and stop retrying when the server returns 429. A token budget bounds the requested context size; it is not a billing cap. A network error does not necessarily mean no processing occurred.
Applicable offers and purchase terms must be shown before payment. A purchase never improves your website’s organic ranking.