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 "id": "volza",
 "name": "Volza",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "volza.com",
 "category": "Growth & Revenue",
 "task": "Sales outreach, leads & CRM",
 "summary": "Export-import trade intelligence: search customs-level shipment records to find verified buyers and suppliers. Downloads run on a published credit allowance, from 360,000 full-shipment credits a year.",
 "best_for": "import-export businesses and sourcing teams that want global customs-level trade data plus verified buyer/supplier contacts at a fraction of enterprise pricing",
 "skip_if": "you only need US shipment data with fast daily updates (ImportGenius refreshes daily), or you're not doing import/export — this is a niche intelligence tool",
 "honest_knock": "Three honest catches. The entry plan is narrower than the marketing implies: $1,500 a year covers 182 countries and two users, while the 200-country coverage and ten seats start at $4,500. Downloads run on a credit allowance — 360,000 a year on Startup — and an earlier reading of the catalogue put the cost per record at one credit for US or India shipments and up to ten in thinner markets; that per-country rate is not stated on the current pricing page and we could not re-verify it on 1 September 2026, so treat it as a question for sales rather than a fact. And the update cycle is slow, with some datasets taking up to two months to refresh, which suits structural questions far better than reactive ones. There is a learning curve too; it rewards analysts, not casual users.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$1,500",
  "entry_price_terms": "a year (182 countries, 6,000 searches, 2 users)",
  "from_price_usd_month": null,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "(price re-verified 2026-09-23 on volza.com/pricing; first read 2026-09-01) Three paid annual plans and a free trial. Startup is $1,500 a year: 182 countries (44 export and 50 import detailed databases, 160 export and 158 import mirror databases, 7 export and 7 import one-side databases, premium countries excluded), data from 2014 onward, 6,000 searches, full shipment view, 360,000 full-shipment download credits and 2 users. SME is $4,500 a year: 200 countries, adds the statistical databases (46 export, 48 import), unlimited searches under fair use, 1,040,000 download credits and 10 users. Corporate is $9,600 a year: the same 200-country coverage, unlimited searches under fair use, 2,400,000 download credits and 15 users. The free trial runs 7 days with no card, is advertised as \"$50 On sign up + Unlimited Volza credits\", shows the last three years in full view with a six-month preview, and carries no full-shipment download credits. The 2-Year Value Plan is paid for the two years at once and advertised as 15% saving plus 15% bonus credits: Startup $2,550 (13,800 searches, 828,000 download credits, 5 users), SME $7,650 (2,392,000 credits, 10 users), Corporate $16,320 (5,520,000 credits, 15 users). The comparison table also caps workspaces at 75, 300 and 600 (Startup, SME, Corporate), workspace deletions at 20, 75 and 100 a month, and shipments per workspace at 300,000, 500,000 and 750,000; the free trial allows 10 users. The page also states a refund promise: if you find no profitable opportunity, Volza will help you find one or refund in full.",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-23",
  "source_url": "https://www.volza.com/pricing",
  "schema_offer": null,
  "source_quotes": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "usage_metered",
   "label": "Usage-metered",
   "evidence": "Startup is $1,500 a year: 182 countries (44 export and 50 import detailed databases, 160 export and 158 import mirror databases, 7 export and 7 import one-side databases, premium countries excluded), data from 2014 onward, 6,000 searches, full shipment view, 360,000 full-shipment download credits and 2 users.",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-23",
   "source_url": "https://www.volza.com/pricing"
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "ImportGenius or Panjiva",
  "why": "the US-focused faster-updating one and the pricey enterprise incumbent"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/volza.json",
  "review": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/b2b/volza-review/",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/volza/",
  "vendor_site": "https://volza.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://partner.volza.com/gfxywibpiht5",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "Being verified: free trial and refund terms are not yet matched to a verbatim line on the vendor's own pages. Not matched does not mean there is none.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "verification": {
  "price": "read",
  "free_trial": "being_verified",
  "refund": "being_verified"
 },
 "status_page": null,
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "volza:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "volza:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "volza:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "volza:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_checked",
   "detail": "We could not read the vendor's pages as plain HTML.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}