> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.every.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# What Is a Credit?
> Credits are how Every meters AI usage. Learn what a credit is, how the display number relates to actual usage, and which actions consume credits.
## Credits, in one line
A **credit** is Every's unit of AI usage. Every time the agent does AI work on your behalf — answering a chat message, running a scheduled routine, enriching a contact, generating an image — it spends credits from your balance.
Your plan determines how many credits you get each month, and you can always see your balance, usage, and reset date in **Settings > Billing**.
See your balance, usage breakdown, and reset date in **Settings > Billing**.
## The number you see
The credit number shown throughout Every — in **Settings > Billing** and on your plan — is the **display credit**. It's the number that matters to you day-to-day:
* **Every Core** includes **10,000 credits per month**.
* **Every Pro** includes **50,000 credits per month**.
* **Free** orgs get a one-time grant of trial credits (see [the free trial](/plans/credit-usage-and-errors#how-big-is-the-free-trial)).
As a rough anchor, \*\*$1 of extra credits is about 200 credits**. You can buy [extra credits](/plans/what-is-a-credit#extra-credits) on demand starting at $5; they never expire and are used only after your monthly allocation runs out.
Internally Every tracks usage at a finer resolution than the display number, then rounds up into the credits you see — so a small action can still register as a fraction of a credit's worth of usage. You never need to think about the underlying units; the display credit is the number to watch.
## Your balance has two buckets
Your credit balance is made of two parts, spent in this order:
1. **Monthly credits** — included with your plan, reset each billing period. **Spent first.** Unused monthly credits do **not** roll over.
2. **Extra credits** — bought on demand (or granted via promotions and referrals). **Never expire**, and only kick in once your monthly credits are used up.
Free orgs have **no monthly allocation** — their trial grant lives entirely in the extra-credits bucket and does not reset.
### Extra credits
Extra credits are purchased on demand in **Settings > Billing**, starting at \$5. They **never expire** and are only spent once your monthly allocation runs out (monthly credits are always used first). Buying extra credits once also saves a payment method, which unlocks auto-recharge.
**To buy:** Go to [**Settings > Billing**](https://every.ai/settings/billing) → click **Buy** next to Extra credits → choose an amount → check out.
### Auto-recharge
Auto-recharge keeps you from running out unexpectedly — it automatically buys extra credits whenever your balance drops below a threshold you set. Ideal if you rely on recurring [Scheduled Tasks](/scheduled-tasks/scheduled-tasks) or background work that shouldn't be interrupted.
**To enable:** Buy extra credits at least once (this saves a payment method) → in [**Settings > Billing**](https://every.ai/settings/billing) toggle **Auto recharge** on → set your threshold and recharge amount.
## What consumes credits
Any AI-powered action consumes credits. The big ones:
| Action | What it covers |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Agent chat** | Each message you send that the model responds to. Longer, more involved conversations use more. |
| **Scheduled Task runs** | Every time a [Scheduled Task](/scheduled-tasks/scheduled-tasks) runs — daily brief, pipeline review, prospecting scan, check for new clients, custom prompts, etc. |
| **Prospecting & pipeline** | The [prospecting agent](/scheduled-tasks/scheduled-tasks) scanning your network, scoring deals, and drafting outreach, plus per-deal pipeline work. |
| **Contact & client enrichment** | Pulling company details and context from the web, Gmail, and Calendar. |
| **Contact imports** | Importing contacts (e.g. Google Contacts, LinkedIn CSV) — larger imports cost more. |
| **Image generation & editing** | Asking the agent to create or edit images, logos, and graphics. |
| **File processing** | Reading and extracting data from uploads (PDF, Excel, Word, CSV, images, text). |
| **Document generation** | Generating PDFs and spreadsheets. |
| **Background features** | Receipt scanning, business-intelligence analysis, and similar behind-the-scenes AI work. |
Different AI models cost different amounts. Every automatically picks the right model for each task to balance quality and efficiency, so credit cost varies with the kind and amount of work — not just message length.
### What does *not* consume credits
A handful of lightweight, system-level AI calls are **free** — they don't debit your balance. These include suggested-reply hints and a few behind-the-scenes validations (for example when the agent saves a learned preference about how you like to work). If you ever notice an AI-flavored action that didn't move your balance, this is usually why.
## How resets and exhaustion work
* **Monthly credits reset** at the start of each billing period (paid plans only). The reset happens the first time you use Every after the period rolls over.
* **When you run out**, what happens depends on your plan — Free orgs and paid orgs behave differently. See [Credit usage & errors](/plans/credit-usage-and-errors) for the full breakdown, plus answers on failed runs and silent skips.
## Next steps
How many credits each plan includes
Failed runs, running out, monthly resets, and the free trial
Balance, usage history, extra credits, and auto-recharge
The agent that spends credits doing your work
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