Subscriptions & credits
Friends & Robots runs on a single currency: credits. They pay for everything you do here — the agent's reasoning and every media operation alike. This page covers the rate, the plans, how you're charged, and why one subscription is all you need.
Credits#
Credits are how everything is priced, at one simple rate.
$1 = 100 credits — the same whether you top up or subscribe.
Every new account starts with 500 free credits on the Pay-as-you-go tier — no monthly commitment. Spend them as you go, and top up whenever you want.
Subscription tiers#
Pay-as-you-go is fine for occasional use. If you create regularly, a monthly plan gives you a larger pool of credits — with a bonus on top of the base allowance.
| Plan | Price | Credits / month |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | Free | Top up as you go |
| Creator | $90 / mo billed yearly save 10% $100 / mo billed monthly | 10,500 +5% bonus |
| Pro | $180 / mo billed yearly save 10% $200 / mo billed monthly | 22,000 +10% bonus |
| Business | $450 / mo billed yearly save 10% $500 / mo billed monthly | 57,500 +15% bonus |
The credit totals above already include each plan's bonus. Monthly credits don't roll over — each billing cycle refreshes you to the full amount. The one exception is an upgrade: switching to a bigger plan mid-cycle carries your unused credits over on top of the new allowance. Managing subscriptions covers the details.
How credits are spent#
Two kinds of work spend credits.
Media operations show their cost before they run. Every generation, edit, or enhancement displays its credit cost in a confirmation dialog — an exact amount or a range, depending on the operation — so you see the price and confirm before it executes. Nothing billable happens without your go-ahead.
Agent conversations draw smaller amounts automatically as you work, covering the reasoning and back-and-forth that drive each step.
Extra credits#
Extra credits are credits you buy on top of your plan's monthly allowance — top up in amounts from $10 to $1,000.
They're priced at the usual rate: $1 = 100 credits.
Unlike monthly credits, extra credits don't reset — they never expire and stay until you use them. Your monthly allowance is spent first; extra credits are the reserve that kicks in once it's gone, and the only credits Pay-as-you-go runs on.
Why prices aren't fixed#
Credit costs of individual media operations are dynamic rather than tied to a published price list. Each operation is priced as a modest markup over our real-time cost from the underlying provider. As our volume grows across providers, that cost falls — so the price you pay tends to decrease over time rather than stay locked to a sticker rate. A static price sheet simply couldn't reflect that.
One subscription, end to end#
One subscription replaces the stack of individual model and tool subscriptions you'd otherwise maintain. The credits cover the entire pipeline — generation, editing, stock, rendering — end to end, in one place.