# Billing & Credits

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## Summary

Understand how Credits work, what’s included in each plan, and how usage is calculated.

Read Time: 5 min

## Sections

### What Are Credits?

Credits are Volumn.ai’s usage currency — think of them as your AI call quota. Every action that invokes an AI model (generating a reply, writing a post, sending a DM, extracting an audience) deducts Credits based on the actual tokens consumed.

Steps:

1. Input tokens: the content you send to the model (including recent conversation context).
2. Output tokens: the content the model returns to you.
3. Total cost per action = input tokens + output tokens.

### Plans & Monthly Credits

Each plan includes a monthly Credit allowance that resets on your billing date:

Steps:

1. Hobby ($40/mo or $400/yr) — 500 Credits/mo. Up to 5 personas, basic growth tools, 5 GB storage.
2. Professional ($200/mo or $2,000/yr) — 2,000 Credits/mo (monthly) or 1,000 Credits/mo (annual). Unlimited personas, 50 GB storage.
3. Team ($2,000/mo) — 20,000 Credits/mo. Ideal for small teams managing 3–5 accounts long-term.

### Per-Action Credit Costs

Here is a summary of the fixed per-action costs:

Steps:

1. Send Direct Message — 0.4 credits.
2. Pull Timeline — 0.1 credits.
3. AI Reply (Auto-reply) — 0.1 credits.
4. Extract users from a tweet — 0.1 credits.
5. Journal refresh — 0.1 credits.
6. Find a user — 0.01 credits.
7. SalesEngine search — 80 credits.
8. SalesBot / Outreach Agent — billed at your configured per-task credit cap.
9. Auto-reply with meme — +2 credits on top of the standard reply cost.

### Viewing Your Usage History

You can check your Credit balance and detailed usage log at any time: go to the top-right avatar menu → Settings → Usage History. Each entry shows the action type, tokens consumed, and Credits deducted.

Tip: Credits do not roll over between billing periods. If you consistently hit your limit before month-end, consider upgrading to the next plan or reducing meme-reply frequency.

## Related Articles

- Feature Pricing Reference: https://www.volumn.ai/help/billing/feature-pricing
- Create Your First AI Persona: https://www.volumn.ai/help/getting-started/create-first-persona