Guide
Credits, explained
What every action costs and how your allowance works.
What a credit is
A credit is the single, weighted unit that meters what your agents produce. Different outputs cost different amounts — a plain text post is light, a video Reel is heavy — so you always know what you're spending, and a small mix of premium content never quietly drains a month.
Credits are drawn down as the agents work: Scribe spends them when it drafts a post or writes an article, Scout spends 5 each time it runs a search for leads, and Herald spends one when it drafts a reply. Reviewing, editing, approving, and connecting accounts are all free — you only pay to produce.
Your monthly allowance
Every plan includes a pool of credits that resets at the start of each billing period. Plan credits don't roll over — they refresh.
| Plan | Price / month | Monthly credits |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $150 | 500 |
| Growth | $300 | 2,000 |
| Pro | $600 | 6,000 |
Rough intuition: Starter's 500 credits is about 250 text posts, or 100 posts with images, or 50 articles a month — mix and match however you like.
What each action costs
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Social post (text only) | 2 |
| Social post + image | 5 |
| Social post + video (Reel) | 120 |
| Carousel — each extra slide | +3 |
| Thread / multi-part — each extra part | +1 |
| Article | 10 |
| Herald reply (mention or DM) | 1 |
| Scout run | 5 |
| Marketing snapshot (SEO refresh) | 6 |
| AI-visibility refresh (monthly) | 2 |
| Studio on-demand social post | 2 |
| Studio on-demand image | 3 |
| Studio image edit | 2 |
One efficiency worth knowing: when Scribe cross-posts the same idea to several networks, it generates one shared image or Reel and writes a caption tailored to each network — so you're charged once for the media, plus a light text cost per network, not once per network for the media. That's why a cross-posted Reel costs far less than generating a separate Reel five times over.
Topping up with credit packs
Need more before your next reset? Credit packs are one-time top-ups you add from Settings. Unlike your monthly allowance, purchased pack credits roll over and stay on your balance until you use them.
| Pack | Credits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 100 | $25 |
| Medium | 500 | $100 |
| Large | 1,500 | $250 |
You add and manage your card in-app, and buying a pack never takes you out of the app.
The free trial
Your 7-day free trial comes with a flat 150-credit cap so you can try the agents before committing. Credit-pack purchases are held until you're on a paid plan — the trial is for kicking the tires, not scaling up. Once you convert, your full monthly allowance kicks in and packs unlock if you ever need to top up mid-month.
Staying in control of spend
- Usage transparency — every action's cost is shown up front, so nothing is a surprise.
- A cost-aware guardrail — if a single action would push you past your balance, Staffiva blocks that action rather than letting you overshoot.
- Gentle nudges — trial-ending and past-due banners appear in-app, with one click through to your billing portal.