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.
Plans differ only in the bonus credits included with each subscription. Every paid plan, including pay-as-you-go, gives you full access to the platform.
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.
If you run out of credits during a task, we stop at the next meaningful break rather than leaving the agent's work half done. This can briefly make your balance negative. You don't need to repay it separately — the amount is simply deducted from your next credit top-up or monthly allowance renewal. After adding credits or changing your subscription plan, you can continue the work where it stopped.
Extra credits#
Extra credits are your Pay-as-you-go balance: they include your free starter credits and any credits you add with a one-off top-up. On Pay-as-you-go, they make up your entire balance. On a paid plan, the same credits appear separately alongside your 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 each cycle and stay through plan changes or cancellation. They expire one year after your most recent top-up. On a paid plan, your monthly allowance is spent first; extra credits are the reserve that kicks in once that allowance is consumed.
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.