One AI credit equals one extra photo edit, including virtual staging, or one extra video effect (VFX). Both cost the same.
Most users never need them. AutoReel says about nine in ten people stay within their plan. Credits only come into play once you've used up the photo edits or effects your plan includes.
What's free and what costs a credit
- Everything included in your plan: free.
- Unlimited revisions to photos you've already edited: free.
- Reordering, reusing or clearing a video effect: free.
- Adding a new effect, or regenerating one, after your allowance: one credit.
- An extra photo edit or staging after your allowance: one credit.
You buy credits up front in a single purchase. There's no subscription, you can top up anytime, and your balance shows on the Manage Plan screen. Purchased credits don't expire while your plan is active, and if you cancel, they stay usable until the end of your billing period.
Larger plans get a lower price per credit. Two details catch people out. On monthly plans, included AI features reset each month and unused amounts don't roll over.
On annual plans, the year's included amount is one bucket that doesn't refill monthly. Team accounts share a single credit pool. AI credits are separate from video credits, which are what you use to create the videos themselves.