{
  "$comment": "§New-2 Stage-2 extraction artifact for ManyChat. This file is the evidence behind every ManyChat number rendered anywhere on 0saas. If a field's confidence is not 'verified', the UI must render a link to the source, never a number.",
  "incumbent": "ManyChat",
  "source_url": "https://manychat.com/pricing",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-27",
  "extraction_method": "fetch official pricing page in-session (2026-09-17), extract plan cards + comparison table to strict JSON (no training-data recall)",
  "currency": "USD",
  "price_view_captured": "Pricing page in the annual state ('Save up to 30%'), 2026-09-27. Plan cards and free-tier limits read verbatim; monthly-billing figures did not render in the captured view.",
  "plans": [
    {
      "name": "Free",
      "price": "US$0",
      "price_period": "free",
      "highlights": [
        "25 active contacts/month",
        "4 flows",
        "Watermark on first message"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Essential",
      "price": "US$14",
      "price_period": "/month (US$168 billed annually, 18% off)",
      "highlights": [
        "More contacts (metered)"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pro",
      "price": "US$29",
      "price_period": "/month (US$348 billed annually, 25% off)",
      "highlights": [
        "AI reply features (per plan copy)"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Business",
      "price": "US$69",
      "price_period": "/month (US$828 billed annually, 30% off)",
      "highlights": [
        "Highest contact tiers"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    }
  ],
  "free_tier_ceiling_for_displacement_brief": {
    "claim": "Free answers 25 people a month: the 26th contact moves you onto a meter, and even the cheapest paid cord carries their watermark off at US$14.",
    "confidence": "verified",
    "period_caveat": "All figures are the annual-billing view as displayed 2026-09-27 ('Save up to 30%'); month-by-month figures did not render and stay unconfirmed."
  },
  "field_confidence": {
    "free_tier_limit": "verified",
    "paid_tier_price": "verified",
    "per_feature_checkmarks": "unconfirmed"
  },
  "receipts": [],
  "next_check_due": "2026-10-27"
}