LEGAL

Terms of Service

Last updated: February 2026

1. Service Description

SiftlyAPI provides trust scoring for signup quality. Our API analyzes:

  • Email address quality and patterns
  • IP address geolocation and reputation
  • Request velocity patterns
  • User agent and device fingerprint

2. Acceptable Use

Use SiftlyAPI only for legitimate signup quality assessment.

You agree NOT to:

  • Use for malicious or fraudulent purposes
  • Attempt to bypass rate limits
  • Reverse engineer or scrape the service
  • Use to discriminate or violate laws

3. Rate Limits

HOBBY

1,000 requests/month

20 requests/minute

PRO

50,000 requests/month

100 requests/minute

Exceeding rate limits returns 429 Too Many Requests.

4. Pricing

HOBBY

Free

PRO

$29/month

Pro subscriptions via Polar. Cancel anytime.

Payment Terms:

Billed monthly via Polar. Cancel anytime — no refunds for partial months.

5. Limitation of Liability

⚠️ FAIL-OPEN STRATEGY

On errors, we allow signup by default (fail-open) rather than blocking legitimate users.

Service provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for:

  • False positives or negatives in scoring
  • Business losses from fraudulent signups
  • Service downtime or errors

6. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access if you:

  • Violate these terms
  • Abuse the service
  • Use the service illegally

7. Service Level Agreement

Uptime: 100% via fail-open (target 99.9%)
Response: 10-40ms typical, <100ms guaranteed
Support: 48hr response (tiers: 4hr/24hr/48hr)

8. Contact

Questions? Reach out at hello@siftlyapi.com