Credits
Understanding and managing credits for value-added services
Pinkfish provides a comprehensive automation platform with included resources at every subscription level. Credits are a flexible way to extend your automations with built-in value added services. Credits are only needed for these optional premium services that extend capabilities beyond what is included in the platform.
Included
The following platform services do not require credits:
- Code generation
- Automations
- Automation runs
- Triggers
- Datastore
- Filestorage
- Monitor
For a detailed breakdown of the specific limits and allocations for each subscription tier, please refer to our Limits documentation.
What are Credits?
Credits in Pinkfish provide access to optional premium services that extend your platform’s capabilities. They’re only consumed when you use specific value-added services beyond your included resources:
- AI Services: Credits fund AI language models, document processing, and other intelligent services
- Browser Automation: Credits pay for browser-based operations and scraping capabilities
- Media Processing: Credits enable image generation, background removal, and document processing
- Advanced Integrations: Credits fund specialized third-party service integrations
For a complete list of features available on each plan and the resource limits that apply, see our Limits documentation.
Credit Allocation by Plan
Each subscription plan includes a specific credit allocation:
- Starter Plan: 1,000 free credits for the 30-day trial period
- Pro Plan: 5,000 credits per month included
- Team Plan: 25,000 credits per month included
- Enterprise Plan: Custom credit allocations
For detailed pricing information and additional credit rates, please refer to our Pricing documentation.
Credit Allocation Policy
- Monthly Plans: Credits are allocated at the beginning of each monthly billing cycle
- Annual Plans: Credits for the entire year are allocated upfront at the start of your subscription
- Usage Tracking: All credit usage is monitored against your total allocation
- User Sharing: Pro plan credits cannot be shared among users, while Team plan credits are shared across organization members
- Unused Credits: Unused included-tier credits do not roll over to the next billing cycle
Service-Specific Credit Consumption
The table below shows how credits are consumed by different value-added services:
Service | Unit | Credits | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
API Services | |||
API | Per Request | 1 | API service calls |
AI Services | |||
Claude LLM | Per 1K Tokens | 20 | Language model processing |
Gemini LLM | Per 1K Tokens | 5 | Language model processing |
OpenAI LLM | Per 1K Tokens | 10 | Language model processing |
Perplexity LLM | Per 1K Tokens | 5 | Language model processing |
AI Agent | Per Request | 10 | AI agent service |
Document Processing | |||
Doc AI | Per Page | 40 | Minimum 400 credits (10 pages) |
Browser/Scraping | |||
Browser Operator | Per Minute | 30 | Browser automation |
Deepscrape | Per Minute | 30 | Minimum 30 credits |
Firecrawl Scrape | Per Page | 5 | Minimum 5 credits |
Crawl Map | Per Request | 5 | Mapping operations |
Wrap Playwright | Per Minute | 30 | Browser automation wrapper |
Media Processing | |||
Image | Per Request | 10 | Image generation/processing |
Security | |||
Secrets | Per Request | 30 | Only charged for CREATE operations |
Communication | |||
Per Request | 10 | Premium email features | |
Search | |||
Hotels, Prices, Search | Per Request | 5 | Search engine results processing |
Usage of these services is subject to the concurrency and rate limits detailed in our Limits documentation.
Credit Policies
Important policies regarding your credit allocation:
- Annual Credit Benefit: Annual subscribers receive all credits upfront and can use them flexibly throughout the year
- Credit Transfers: Credits cannot be transferred between organizations
- User Sharing: Pro plan credits cannot be shared among users, while Team plan credits are shared across organization members
- Refunds: Unused included credits are not refundable and are forfeited if a plan is canceled
- Enterprise: Special considerations may apply for enterprise customers