# Card before the first use and AI agents

A credit card is asked for before the product can be used at all: before the first key, the first database or the free trial.

It stopped our agent at 2 of the 151 products we drove. At 4 more, our agent got in another way. Drives from 6 to 23 Oct 2026.

Source: https://agentdrives.com/walls/card-required · as data: https://agentdrives.com/walls/card-required.json · licence CC BY 4.0

## Kept our agent out

- [Brave Search API](https://agentdrives.com/tools/brave.md?via=md): L1 Needs a person, driven 14 Oct 2026
- [Fathom Analytics](https://agentdrives.com/tools/usefathom.md?via=md): L1 Needs a person, driven 6 Oct 2026

## Our agent got in another way

- [Fly.io](https://agentdrives.com/tools/fly.md?via=md): L2 Gets in, driven 6 Oct 2026
- [Parallel](https://agentdrives.com/tools/parallel.md?via=md): L4 Runs on its own, driven 15 Oct 2026
- [PlanetScale](https://agentdrives.com/tools/planetscale.md?via=md): L2 Gets in, driven 22 Oct 2026
- [Postiz](https://agentdrives.com/tools/postiz.md?via=md): L2 Gets in, driven 23 Oct 2026

## How to fix it

Let a new account do something real before a card is asked for: a free tier, trial credits or a sandbox.

The guide: [Let AI agents start without a credit card](https://agentdrives.com/fixes/card-free-starts.md)

Every wall: https://agentdrives.com/walls.md