Pricing / Models / credit-based

Credit Based Pricing Model

A pricing model describes how commercial value is charged. It stays separate from route type, purchase track, direct plan rows, and pricing owner boundaries.

4 formal tools · 17 plan rows
01

Model definition

The model label is a compact commercial fact. It should not imply quality, affordability, ranking, or buyer fit.
Definition

The source prices access through credits, generations, tokens, points, or prepaid units consumed by use.

Use when

Credits are the public commercial unit rather than a hidden internal quota.

Do not use when

The vendor only describes API usage meters or generic subscription limits.

02

Route patterns

These route links show where this commercial model appears in the current records, plus canonical route patterns when current data is still empty.
Route types in current records

Observed access paths

Canonical route patterns

Expected route contexts

03

Tools using this model

Tool rows expose model, route, plan, and freshness fields without turning them into recommendations.
toolprimary routeroute typesfree accessplanspricing checked
Clay
clay
Credits
Credits
Not verified42026-05-07
Ideogram
ideogram
Credits
Credits
Free plan52026-05-07
OpenRouter
openrouter
Credits
Enterprise SalesCreditsModel Api
Free plan32026-05-06
Recraft
recraft
Credits
Credits
Free plan52026-05-07
04

Evidence requirements

Publication-ready pricing facts need official evidence and freshness. Direct plan rows are only stored when the current entity owns the plan matrix.
Required evidence

Official credit wording

Required evidence

Credit purchase or allocation boundary

Required evidence

Pricing checked date

05

Registry boundary

This model page is an archive and schema surface. Exact route facts remain on tool detail pages and route taxonomy pages.
Tools
4

Current formal records whose compact pricing model is Credit Based.

Checked records
4

Tool records with a pricing freshness date.

Route types
3

Distinct access or purchase route types currently linked to this model.

Plan rows
17

Direct pricing plan rows owned by tools using this model.