AI Credits Explained
How credits are charged, which actions spend them, and how to allocate your monthly budget.
What are AI Credits?
How Credits Work
Token-Based Pricing
Token usage sets the cost, not message count. Longer prompts spend more input tokens; longer AI responses spend more output tokens.
Token rates:
- Input: $7.50 per 1M tokens
- Output: $37.50 per 1M tokens
Your cost appears after each AI response.
What DOESN'T Use Credits
Using Templates
Templates consume no credits. Use them as your bot foundation at no charge.
Editing Behaviors
Modifying existing behaviors doesn't cost credits
Running Your Bot
Your bot responding to triggers doesn't use credits
Deploying
Deploying and redeploying is always free
Your Wallet
Credit Grants by Plan
Each plan grants credits differently. Only Pro renews its grant every month.
Lite grants its $5 once at signup, not every month. Pro's $10 grant resets on your renewal date.
Wallet Top-Ups
Add funds to your wallet. Top-up credits never expire.
Top-ups are charged to your existing payment method.
Monthly credits reset
Auto-reload
Credit Usage Priority
AI Chat spends credits in this order:
Monthly credits first
Pro's monthly grant runs down before wallet funds. It resets on your renewal date.
Wallet top-ups second
Once the monthly grant runs out, AI Chat draws from your wallet. Top-up funds carry forward across billing cycles and never expire.
Maximizing Your Credits
Use Templates for Common Features
Templates spend no credits. Use them for:
- Welcome messages
- Moderation commands
- Reaction roles
- Ticket systems
- Any standard feature
Save AI Chat for Custom Behaviors
Reserve AI Chat for behaviors Templates can't cover. That's where metered credits earn their cost.
Be Specific in Prompts
Write clear, detailed prompts to get it right the first time. Poor prompts may require regeneration, wasting credits.
✓ Good: "When someone joins, send 'Welcome [username]!' to #welcome and give @Member role"
✗ Vague: "make a welcome bot"
Checking Your Balance
You can always check your wallet balance from your VibeBot dashboard:
Your wallet balance updates after each AI Chat response, showing the charge applied.
What Happens at $0 Balance?
AI Chat is disabled
At $0 balance, AI Chat stops. Everything else keeps working:
- Your existing bots keep running. They aren't affected.
- All 39 Templates still work (always free).
- You can edit existing behaviors (free).
- You can deploy and manage bots (free).
- Top up your wallet to resume AI Chat ($10 minimum).
Hybrid Approach
Build standard features with Templates (free), then reserve AI Chat for custom behaviors (metered). This split keeps your spending on the work that needs AI.