PricingIntelligence pricing
Your monthly plan includes Intelligence credits for research, monitoring and verification. The rate, credit allocation and usage rules are agreed with you in advance.
One monthly plan
Credits pay for agreed intelligence work whether or not a transaction completes. Every engagement also has a written scope, so the work always has a clear boundary.
Your base rate buys a monthly allocation of Intelligence credits.
Each engagement is bounded in writing before work starts.
Illustrative structure. Your plan defines the base rate, credit allocation and usage rules. Each engagement record defines the scope, evidence and any approved third-party costs.
The credit ledger
Intelligence credits can be used throughout an engagement. The ledger shows how they apply at each state.
The requirement, evidence, timing and commercial limits are written down before work starts.
Intelligence creditsCovered by creditsMiddleman structures the requirement and checks possible supply, terms and authority.
Intelligence creditsCredits usedDead ends, incorrect parts, rejected offers and incomplete transactions stay visible in the record.
Intelligence creditsCredits remain usedThe agreed result happens and the evidence named in the engagement record supports it.
Intelligence creditsCredits usedTwo sides · one plan
For buyers
We agree the exact requirement, acceptable condition, commercial limit, deadline and completion evidence before the search begins.
For suppliers + stock owners
We agree what is available, what evidence exists, who can release it, the acceptable terms and what completion looks like.
Written before action
Your plan defines the monthly credits. Every engagement also needs a short written record, so the work and its costs have a clear boundary.
The monthly allocation, what uses credits and the rules that apply to unused credits.
The product, service or milestone, including specification, timing, authority and commercial limits.
The records that prove the outcome happened and the cases that do not count.
Any approved third-party costs, the review window and the dispute process.
Questions
It buys a monthly allocation of Intelligence credits. Those credits pay for work such as structuring requirements, researching supply, monitoring markets, checking evidence and comparing offers. Your plan states the credit allocation, usage rules and any rollover before you subscribe.
Yes. The monthly base pays for the intelligence work carried out and the credits used, whether or not an engagement reaches a completed outcome.
It depends on the intelligence work you want covered each month. Before you subscribe, you see the monthly rate, the credit allocation, the usage rules and any rollover, so the plan is agreed in writing before work starts.
An unaccepted option does not count as a completed outcome. The credits used for the search and verification remain used.
Only if we agree that milestone in writing before work starts. Some engagements may end at a verified introduction or completed handoff. Others may require collection, delivery, acceptance or cleared payment. The engagement record controls the answer.
Third-party costs such as inspection, testing, freight, insurance, escrow or specialist services are separate. Nothing chargeable is commissioned without your approval, and the engagement record states which party pays it.
An outcome is not treated as completed while the agreed evidence is missing or a dispute about the completion criteria remains open. The written engagement sets the evidence, review window and resolution process.
Start narrow
Before you subscribe, we show you the monthly base rate, credit allocation and usage rules. Before work starts, we agree the outcome definition, evidence and any third-party costs in writing.
This page describes Middleman’s pricing approach, not a binding offer. Your subscription controls the base rate and credit terms. The written engagement record controls the outcome definition, approved costs and completion terms.