How credits work
Exactly what each AI action costs, which actions are free, and how to make a balance go further.
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Credits are the unit of AI work. Reading and theming are free; generating and rebuilding cost, in proportion to how much compute the action actually takes.
What each action costs
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Design a new screen | 3 |
| Rewrite a whole screen | 2 |
| Targeted edit (find and replace) | 0.2 |
| Propose a screen plan | 1 |
| Clone a website from a URL | 10 |
| Finish an incomplete clone | 2 |
| Generate an image | 0.5 |
| Edit an existing image | 0.5 |
| Replace an asset across every screen | 1 |
| Read a screen, theme, image or document | 0 |
| Build or update a theme | 0 |
| Answer a clarifying question | 0 |
Per-screen operations are charged for each screen they touch, at 6 credits per screen:
- Regenerate a screen
- Generate variations
- Generate a flow
- Convert a screen to a mobile version
- Convert a screen to a desktop version
So converting eight screens to mobile costs 48 credits, not 6.
Starting a session
A chat session needs at least 4 credits to start — enough to cover a plan plus one full screen, so a session can't begin, plan, and then run dry before producing anything.
The economics, in one line
Editing is roughly fifteen times cheaper than rewriting, and rewriting is cheaper than regenerating. The single biggest saving available to you is to ask for the specific change instead of asking for the screen again.
Making a balance go further
- Ask for targeted changes. "Make the hero shorter" costs a fraction of "redo this page".
- Get the theme right early. Theme changes are free and apply everywhere; recolouring screens one by one is neither.
- Take the screen plan seriously. Fixing the plan costs 1 credit. Fixing eight wrong screens costs 24 to 48.
- Do device variants last. Convert once, at the end, rather than re-converting after every change.
- Use edit mode for copy. Text and image swaps in edit mode are free.
- Check your balance before a big flow. A run that stops halfway leaves you with half a flow.
Team credits
In a team project, AI work is charged to the team's shared pool or to your allocation from it — not to your personal balance. Owners can cap per-member spend. See Teams and seats.
Getting more without paying
The daily allowance, the Unlock Pro Plan steps and referrals all add credits for free — see Earn free credits.
Running out
You'll get a clear message rather than a silent failure. See I ran out of credits.
Frequently asked
- Do credits roll over?
- Paid-plan credits reset each billing cycle and do not roll over. Free-plan credits refresh every day, so an empty balance comes back tomorrow.
- Do I get charged if a generation fails?
- Work that produced nothing should not be charged. If you were billed for a failed run, contact support with the project link and we will correct it.
- Are reading and theming free?
- Yes. Reading screens, reading the theme, reading images and documents, and building or updating a theme all cost zero credits.
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