Billing & credits

What a credit is

One credit is roughly one agent action — a step like reading a message, drafting a reply, or updating a CRM record. Most everyday requests spend a handful of credits. Heavier operations, like deep research that reads many sources, cost more because they do more work. Your plan includes a monthly allotment of credits, and every new workspace starts with 100 free credits — no card required.

How metering works: reserve, then reconcile

Before an agent starts a task, AgentCorp reserves an estimate of the credits it expects to use, so two tasks cannot both spend the same balance. When the task finishes, it reconciles: your account is charged for what was actually used, and any unused portion of the reservation is released back to your balance.

• You are billed for real usage, not the up-front estimate — reservations are held, not spent.
• A task that ends early releases its unused reservation.
• Billing is proportional to work done, including efficiencies like prompt caching, which lowers the cost of repeated context.

Reading your balance

Your current balance, recent consumption, and included monthly credits are on the billing screen. Usage is attributed so you can see where credits went. As the balance falls, AgentCorp surfaces low-credit warnings in-app and on your connected channels so a long task never fails unexpectedly.

Top-ups

Need more credits before your next renewal? Buy a one-time top-up without changing your plan. Top-ups are available in $25, $50, and $100 amounts and are added to your balance immediately. Top-ups are the right tool for a short-term spike; if you consistently need more, upgrading your plan is more economical.

Upgrading and downgrading

Move between plans as your needs change. Upgrading raises your included credits and seats and takes effect right away. Downgrading takes effect at your next renewal so you keep what you have paid for through the current period. See the pricing guide to compare tiers and estimate the right fit.

Invoices, receipts, and payment method

Billing runs on Stripe. Manage everything self-serve through the Stripe Customer Portal, linked from the billing screen: update your card, download invoices and receipts, view billing history, and change or cancel your plan. AgentCorp never stores your full card details — Stripe handles that.

What happens at zero credits

If your balance reaches zero, agent actions that would spend credits are paused rather than run for free, and the API returns an HTTP 402 Payment Required. Your data, settings, and integrations are untouched — you simply cannot start new billable work until you add credits.