Tacto Cost Reference: terms

What it is

Tacto Cost Reference is an open reference: cost structures of industrial goods and the public indices that move them, with the source of every number. An answer about a price change shows how much the cost drivers justify, as a range. It is information, not a quote, an offer, a valuation or advice (legal, financial or purchasing). Estimates are labelled as such. You decide what to do with an answer.

No warranty

We build the reference with care, but public data can be late, revised or missing, and the service may be unavailable or change. It is provided as it is, without a warranty that an answer is complete, current or fit for your purpose. Our liability is unlimited for intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body or health and where the law requires it; for slight negligence it is limited to breaches of essential duties and to the damage typical for this kind of service.

Fair use

The limit is 500 tool calls a day per client, against abuse. Connecting and listing tools don't count. Past it, a call answers "Limit reached, try again tomorrow."

Don't try to get around the limit, overload the service or probe it for weaknesses.

Don't pass anything unlawful, and pass personal or confidential information only if you may share it.

Automated use is welcome within the limit. If you need more, ask at hello@tacto.ai.

Sources and licences

The numbers come from public statistics: the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau, Eurostat, Destatis, Statistik Austria, CBS Netherlands and the OECD. Each answer names its series and period. The sources' own terms apply to their data. The cost structures, the method and the audit are ours. You may use an answer in your own work and quote it with its source and receipt; copying the dataset in bulk or presenting it as your own isn't allowed.

Your questions and your data

What we keep, and how to have it deleted, is on the privacy page.

Changes and closing

We may change the reference, these terms, or stop the service. We show the date of the latest change at the top. Using the reference after a change means you accept it.

Law and contact

Tacto Technology GmbH, Sandstraße 33, 80335 Munich, Germany. German law applies, except where mandatory consumer protection of your country says otherwise. Questions: hello@tacto.ai.