How credits work

Credits are the studio's unit for generation. Your plan adds a monthly allowance of credits to your workspace, and every image, video clip, voice take, and music cue you generate spends some of them. Everything else, like writing your script, organizing shots, editing on the timeline, and attaching footage you already own, costs nothing.

You always see the cost first#

Every Generate button shows its credit cost before you press it. The number depends on what you are making:

• Images are the least expensive. For example, a Nano Banana 2 image is 11 credits.
• Video clips cost more, and the price changes with the video model, the clip length, and the resolution you pick.
• Narration and audio are priced by length.

Change a setting (a longer clip, a higher resolution, a different model) and the price on the button updates, so you can compare options before spending anything.

Credits are held while a generation runs#

When you start a generation, the studio reserves its credits so two jobs can never spend the same balance. When the job finishes, the reservation settles into what it actually cost. If a generation fails on our side, the hold is released and those credits go back to your balance.

You can see both numbers in Settings, under billing:

Where to see what you spent#

Open Spend in the studio sidebar to see where your credits went, generation by generation. It is the quickest way to see which shots or models are using most of your allowance.

When your allowance refills#

Your plan's credits refill at the start of each billing period. Under our Terms of Service, the credits included with a plan are granted for each billing period, expire at the end of that period, and do not roll over.

When you generate, the studio spends your plan's included credits for the current period first, then any extra credits you bought. Extra credits you buy are kept separately, are not touched when your plan's allowance resets, and stay available until you use them, unless the offer said otherwise when you bought them.

Running low#

If you run out partway through a project, you do not need to change plans. You can buy extra credits once or turn on auto-recharge. If you regularly run out before the month ends, a larger plan usually works out cheaper per credit.