Compute System How credits work, what each scan costs, and how to get the most insight per credit on every plan.
What Is a Credit? A credit is the unit of work inside InfluenceLayer. Every time you run a prompt against an AI engine, it costs one credit.
1 credit = 1 prompt × 1 engine. Running a single prompt against Perplexity costs 1 credit.
Multiple engines multiply — running one prompt against Perplexity + Gemini + ChatGPT costs 3 credits.
Audits use credits too — a full AI Authority Audit runs a batch of prompts and deducts from your balance.
Credits reset monthly on your billing date. Think of credits like API calls. Each prompt × engine pair is one call to that AI system, and that's one credit.
How Credits Are Spent Credits are consumed by two main activities: scheduled scans and on-demand actions.
Scheduled Scans
Daily scans — high-priority prompts run every day. A prompt tracked across 2 engines costs 2 credits/day.
Weekly scans — all active prompts run once a week during the deep scan cycle.
Auto-paused prompts — paused prompts consume zero credits until reactivated. On-Demand Actions
Manual prompt run — running a single prompt from the dashboard costs 1 credit per engine.
AI Authority Audit — costs vary by the number of seed prompts generated (shown before you confirm).
Content Gap Report — uses existing scan data, so it costs zero additional credits. Quick Credit Math Here's a typical monthly breakdown for a brand tracking 20 prompts across 2 engines with smart scheduling enabled.
5 high-priority prompts × 2 engines × 30 days = 300 credits/month (daily scans).
15 medium-priority prompts × 2 engines × 4 weeks = 120 credits/month (weekly scans).
Total: ~420 credits/month for full coverage of 20 prompts.
Auto-pause savings: if 4 prompts get paused, you save ~50 credits/month automatically. Smart Scheduling keeps your credit spend predictable. The Jobs tab shows projected monthly usage so there are no surprises.
Plans and Credit Limits Every plan includes a monthly credit allowance. You can purchase additional credits anytime from the Billing page.
Free — limited credits for a single audit and a handful of tracked prompts.
Agency — monthly credit pool shared across all brands in your workspace. Ideal for teams managing multiple clients.
Company — higher credit ceiling for single-brand deep monitoring with faster scan frequency. Enterprise: Unlimited API Enterprise plans remove credit limits entirely. You get unlimited API access, custom scan frequency, dedicated support, and SLA guarantees.
Unlimited prompt runs across all engines — no monthly cap.
Custom scheduling cadence (hourly scans available).
Dedicated API endpoints for programmatic access.
Priority support and onboarding. Common Questions What happens when I run out of credits? Scheduled scans pause automatically. Your existing data and dashboards stay fully accessible. You can buy more credits instantly from the Billing page or wait for the monthly reset.
Can I move credits between brands? On Agency plans, yes. Credits belong to the workspace, not individual brands, so they're shared across all brands in your account.
Do Content Gap Reports cost credits? No. Content Gap Reports analyze data from your existing scans. They don't trigger new AI engine calls, so they're free to run as often as you like.
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See your credit balance and scan schedule Log in to your dashboard to check projected monthly usage, adjust prompt priorities, and make sure you're getting the most out of every credit.