What are AI credits?
AI credits are the currency that powers Swipe Genie, the AI agent inside SwipePages. Every time the agent does work for you (researching your market, writing copy, building a landing page, or generating an image), it uses a small number of credits.
Every recurring plan comes with an allowance of AI credits that refreshes each month. You can always see how many credits your plan includes, and how many you have left, on your My Subscription page. If you ever need more, you can top up at any time. We cover that below.
How AI credits are used
Swipe Genie uses a usage-based credit system. There's no flat fee per message. Instead, each task costs credits based on the actual work the AI does behind the scenes. A few things affect the cost:
Complexity of the task: a quick tweak costs far less than building a full page from scratch.
How much the agent has to read and write: tasks that scan many web sources, or pages with a lot of content, use more credits.
Whether images are generated: generating images is one of the more credit-intensive actions.
Which AI model is used: more capable models cost more than faster, lighter ones.
Because cost scales with the work involved, two requests that look similar can use different amounts of credits. To give you a feel for it, here are typical ranges based on real usage.
Create (page building) tasks
What you ask the agent to do | Typical credits |
A simple edit (change some text, swap a color) | ~5–25 |
A complex edit (restyle a section, several changes) | ~50–150 |
Building a new page | ~75–175 |
Generating an image for your page | ~90 each |
A request to generate page with several images or a lot of long-form copy can come to several hundred credits, since that's a complete, finished page built in one go.
Strategize (research) tasks
What you ask the agent to do | Typical credits |
A research task (market or competitor research, page audits) | ~125–175 |
Broad, multi-source research runs can cost more, sometimes several hundred credits for a deep dive.
💡 Tip: Generating images is the biggest single part of a build's cost (about 90 credits each), so it's the main lever if you ever want to keep a build light. You can see exactly what each task used anytime under My Subscription → Usage.
Note: These are typical ranges based on real usage, not fixed prices. Your actual cost will vary with the size and complexity of each request. Small background actions, like automatically naming a new conversation, cost about 1 credit and happen on their own.
The two types of credits
Your balance is made up of two kinds of credits:
Included credits: the allowance that comes with your plan. These refresh every month and do not roll over (see How credits renew and reset below).
Add-on credits: extra credits you purchase on top of your plan. These never expire, so they're a handy buffer for busy months.
💡 Tip: Your included credits are always used first. Swipe Genie only starts drawing from your add-on credits once your monthly included credits are used up, so your purchased credits stay safe until you actually need them.
Note: Credits belong to your account, not to an individual user. Every sub-account under your account draws from the same shared credit balance.
Buying add-on credits
If you run low or expect a busy stretch, you can top up at any time:
Go to My Subscription and open the Usage tab.
In the AI Credits section, click Buy add-on credits.
Choose one of the preset amounts ($10, $25, $50, or $100) or enter a custom amount.
Complete the secure checkout.
Add-on credits cost $2.50 per 1,000 credits, with a $10 minimum (which gets you 4,000 credits). They're added to your balance instantly once payment is confirmed, and they never expire.
Viewing your balance and usage
Head to My Subscription → Usage to find everything about your credits in one place:
Your balance at a glance: see your total credits remaining, your included credits with a progress bar for the month, and your add-on balance.
Full usage history: click View usage to open a detailed log of every credit transaction. You can filter it by activity type (usage, grants, purchases) and by time range to see exactly where your credits went.
What happens when credits run out
If your account runs out of credits, Swipe Genie pauses new AI work and shows an AI Credits Exhausted message. What you see next depends on your role:
Account owners and admins see a Top Up Credits button that takes them straight to the purchase page.
Other team members are prompted to ask their account owner or admin to add credits.
Your work is safe: existing pages, conversations, and data are never affected. Only new AI requests are paused until you top up or your monthly credits refresh.
How credits renew and reset
Included credits refresh monthly on your subscription's anniversary date. For example, if you started on the 15th, your credits refresh on the 15th of each month.
Quarterly and yearly plans still refresh their included credits on a rolling monthly basis.
Included credits do not roll over. Any unused included credits at the end of your monthly cycle don't carry into the next one.
Add-on credits are never affected by resets and stay in your account until you use them.
If you cancel, you keep access to your remaining credits until the end of your current billing period.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check how many credits I have left?
Go to My Subscription → Usage. The AI Credits section shows your total remaining credits, your included credits for the month, and your add-on balance.
When do my credits reset?
Your included credits refresh every month on your subscription's anniversary date.
Do unused credits roll over?
Included (plan) credits do not roll over; they reset each month. Add-on credits you purchase never expire and always carry over.
Do add-on credits expire?
No. Add-on credits stay in your account until you use them, regardless of your monthly resets.
Which credits get used first?
Your monthly included credits are always used first. Add-on credits are only used once your included credits for the month are gone.
Are credits shared across my sub-accounts?
Yes. Credits belong to your account, and every sub-account draws from the same shared balance.
What happens to my credits if I upgrade my plan?
Upgrading moves you to your new plan's monthly credit allowance with immediate effect. Any add-on credits you've purchased remain in your account.
What happens if I downgrade or cancel?
You keep access to your remaining credits until the end of your current billing period. After that, your plan's included allowance expires while any add-on credits remain available. Even though add on credits remain, you cannot use the agent without an active subscription. You could use the remaining add on credits if you choose to reactivate the subscription in the future.
Why did one request cost more credits than another?
Credits are usage-based, so cost depends on the work involved: the complexity of the task, how much the agent reads and writes, whether it generates images, and which AI model it uses. Building pages and generating images are the most credit-intensive actions, and they add up: a page with several images costs more than a plain one.