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AI credits
What uses credits, when they refill, and how to get more.
Credits pay for the things that cost us money to run: the AI model and image providers. Everything else in Soda (editing, exporting, scheduling, publishing) uses no credits.
What costs what
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| A design at Standard: the agent creates, restyles or lays out a post | 2 |
| A design at Pro (paid plans) | 8 |
| A design at Max (paid plans) | 15 |
| A quick edit: captions, scheduling, a small change to the layers you selected, or a question that changes nothing | 1 |
| One generated image | 4 |
| Removing an image background | 2 |
| Stock photos, uploads, editing by hand | 0 |
- A request to the agent is one message from you, however many steps the agent takes to answer it. Its price depends on the work: building or restyling a design costs more than a small change, because it takes far more of the AI model. The chat shows what each reply used.
- Quality is chosen in the corner of the message box: Standard, Pro or Max. Standard uses a fast model. Pro uses our most capable model. Max adds a second opinion: the finished post is reviewed page by page and the agent fixes what the review finds before you see it. Each step up costs more credits. The Free plan designs at Standard; paid plans have all three and start on Pro. Your choice is remembered, and quick edits cost the same at every level.
- You are only charged when the work was actually done. A request that fails before the model ran, or an image that could not be made, costs nothing.
- If you do not have enough credits, Soda says so before starting, not after.
When they refill
Your plan's monthly credits are added on the 1st of each month. Unused credits carry over. If you move to a larger plan mid-month, the difference is added straight away.
Get more
Under Plan and billing the owner can buy a pack of 500 credits for $15. Bought credits do not expire. Or move to a plan with more credits each month.
See where they went
Open Plan and billing from the account menu, then choose Usage in the list on the left. It shows the balance, the next refill date, storage used, and a history of every credit added or spent. The sidebar shows the balance at all times.