Credits, explained
in one minute
One wallet for your whole workspace. Actions on X show their price first, AI is charged at what it really used, and paid work is held while it runs.
Workspace wallet
Growth4,120
credits available
- Web search ×3-0.6000000000000001
- Information card-0.2
- Post on @northwind-3
Priced, held, then charged or released
Watch a wallet through two actions: a post that X confirms, and a card that fails. You pay for the first. The second costs nothing.
Balance
120 available
Available Held Spent
Publish a post3 credits
- Quoted
- Held while it runs
- Settled
X confirmed it. Charged.
Make an information card0.2 credits
- Quoted
- Held while it runs
- Released
The card failed. Released, nothing charged.
Always free
- Writing and editing drafts yourself
- Scheduling and rescheduling
- Approvals, comments and revisions
- Inviting teammates and managing access
- Organising, searching and exporting your content
- Copilot's Reply on X, Scroll Radar and notes
Uses credits
- Publishing, editing and deleting posts on X
- Reading mentions and post metrics from X
- AI drafts with the stronger models
- Designs and information cards
- Web research
Fair AI
AI is charged by what it really uses, never more than the price you saw.
You pay what the AI really uses
A short draft uses less, so you are charged less. Every result shows what it cost.
Limits you set, like the most one Agent message may spend or a campaign cap, stop spending before it goes over.
Typical prices
- A draft
- 1 to 14 credits
The price depends on the model you pick. Every model shows its own price in the app.
The full rate card
Every action and its price in credits. AI rows show a typical draft. Search it, or filter by category.
Publishing on X
- Post, summoned reply or thread item
- 3 per post
- Post or reply containing a link
- 40 per post
- Reply to someone who mentioned you
- 2 per reply
- Edit (published as a new post)
- 3 per edit
- Edit containing a link
- 40 per edit
- Delete a post
- 1 per post
- Direct message (consent-based)
- 3 per message
- Bookmark
- 1 per bookmark
- Remove bookmark
- 1 per bookmark
- DM Concierge · reply you send
- 3 per message
- Article draft on X
- 2 per article
- Publish an article on X
- 2 per article
Media
- Media metadata per attached image or video
- 1 per media item
- Media upload to X
- 2 per media item
- Media processing status check
- 1 per check
- Video processing (server compute)
- 0.2 per video
Reading from X
- DM Concierge · message received
- 2 per message
- DM Concierge · catch-up read
- 2 per event
- Reading replies and mentions
- 1 per post returned
- Post lookup
- 1 per post
- Post lookup before an edit
- 1 per post
- Post metrics (including your own posts)
- 1 per post
- Account lookup and metrics
- 2 per account
- Your own post's numbers (app owner read)
- 0.2 per post
- Following list import
- 2 per account listed
- Reply Radar · post already read for another workspace
- 0.25 per post
AI writing
A typical draft. You pay what the AI really uses, never more than the price shown first.
- AI text · Economy
- 1 per typical draft
- AI text · Standard
- 2 per typical draft
- AI text · Pro
- 3 per typical draft
- AI text · Premium
- 6 per typical draft
- AI text · Frontier
- 14 per typical draft
Cards
- Information card (server-rendered, no AI)
- 0.2 per card
Research
- Web search
- 0.2 per search
The order credits are used in
No guessing which credits go first. Your monthly allowance, then packs, soonest expiry first.
Monthly allowance
Pack
- 01Your monthly allowance is used first.
- 02Then packs, the one expiring soonest first.
- 03Nothing starts without enough credits, so there are no surprise charges.
Need more? Add a pack
Packs are for active subscribers and are used after your monthly credits. They last 12 months. Turn on automatic top ups with a monthly limit if you never want to run out.
| Credits | Price | Per 1,000 credits |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | $7 | $14 |
| 1,000 | $13 | $13 |
| 2,500Auto top up default | $29 | $11.60 |
| 5,000 | $55 | $11 |
| 10,000 | $99 | $9.90 |
One shared wallet
Every account in a workspace draws from the same balance.
Budgets per account
Daily and monthly limits so one account can't use up everything.
Spending caps
A workspace wide ceiling that nothing can go past.
Early warnings
Low balance and forecast alerts before an autopilot would stall.
Receipts
Every purchase and renewal, with receipts you can download.
A ledger you can trust
Every change to your balance is recorded and never edited, only added to.
Questions about credits
How is AI charged?
By what the AI really used, so a short draft costs less than a long one. Every result shows what it cost, and limits you set, like the most one Agent message may spend or a campaign cap, stop spending before it goes over. A typical draft costs 1 to 14 credits, depending on the model.
What does the Copilot extension cost?
Copilot is included in every plan. Its AI drafts are charged like all AI writing, at what the AI really used (a typical draft is 1 to 14 credits). Reading the post, Scroll Radar and sending with X's own reply window are free.
What happens when I run out?
Paid work waits instead of failing. You get a low balance alert first, and automatic top ups can prevent it entirely.
Do monthly credits roll over?
Plan credits refresh each billing period and don't carry over. Credit packs are used after plan credits and last 12 months.
Why do posts with links cost more?
X charges more to publish a post that contains a link, so link posts have a higher rate. The composer shows the price before you schedule one.
Can I get money back for unused credits?
Credits have no cash value and credit packs are not refundable, except where the law says otherwise. See the Terms of Service.
Who processes payments?
Our payment provider hosts checkout and subscriptions. Kairo Post only adds credits after the payment provider confirms a payment through a signed notification, never because of a browser redirect.
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