Understanding Usage Credits and billing

CloudRadial AutomationAI meters all AI usage in Usage Credits, a single unit that covers every AI call your workspace makes. This article explains how AI consumption converts to Credits, what Included Credits cover, and how overage is billed. It is for the Owner and Admin roles.

• Credits as the Unit of AI Cost
• How Usage Converts to Credits
• Included Credits per Period
• Overage and Invoicing

Credits as the Unit of AI Cost

Every AI call in AutomationAI — Ask AI runs, AI Prompt nodes, and Agent nodes — consumes Usage Credits. Credits give you one figure to track instead of reasoning about raw tokens per model. Your current consumption is shown on the Usage page (/settings/usage).

How Usage Converts to Credits

AI usage is measured in tokens — the input sent to the model and the output it returns — and converted to Credits using per-model conversion ratios. Each model has its own input and output ratios, so the same number of tokens can cost a different number of Credits on different models. Output tokens are weighted more heavily than input tokens.

The conversion ratios are defined per model in the regional model catalog. The Usage page shows the resulting Credit total, including a breakdown of Credits consumed by AI model, so you can see which models account for your usage.

Included Credits per Period

Each billing period includes a bundle of Credits, the Included Credits, which default to 10,000. Your edition's Included Credits are shown on both the Usage page and Settings > Overview. Included Credits reset at the start of each billing period.

Overage and Invoicing

Once consumption passes your Included Credits for the period, the additional Credits are counted as overage. Overage Credits are billed; usage within your Included Credits is not. The current period's Included, Used, and Overage Credit totals are shown on the Usage page. Raw token usage is retained behind the Credit totals so consumption can be recomputed if needed.