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TRIAL_LIMIT_EXCEEDED — Free trial used up

Summary

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Free accounts start with 250 credits. Once they’re spent, further coding requests return TRIAL_LIMIT_EXCEEDED instead of charging — you can’t go negative on a free account.

HTTP status

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402 Payment Required. Standard envelope.

Example response

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{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "TRIAL_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "Free trial credits exhausted. Upgrade to continue.",
    "request_id": "req_01HXJZK4ABCDEF",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.surveycoder.io/errors/trial-limit-exceeded"
  }
}

Why this happens

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You’re on the free plan and have used all 250 starter credits.

How to fix it

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  1. Open surveycoder.io/pricing and pick a plan.
  2. The Starter pack ($59) adds 500 credits one-time, no subscription. Pro ($199) adds 2,000. Studio ($399) adds 5,000.
  3. After purchase, credits land in seconds. Retry the same request.

For evaluation use cases, the free tier on POST /free/code accepts up to 100 responses per call with 3 calls per IP per day — useful for prototyping without any account.

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