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Understanding AI Credits and Usage

2 min read Updated February 11, 2026
Learn how AI credits work, what consumes them, and how to optimize your credit usage.

AI credits power clariBI's intelligent features. Learn how to manage them effectively.

What Are AI Credits?

Credit System

AI credits are consumed when clariBI's AI:
- Generates reports
- Refreshes dashboards
- Answers natural language queries
- Performs data analysis
- Creates insights and recommendations

Credits by Plan

  • Trial: 50 credits
  • Starter: 500 credits/month
  • Professional: 1,500 credits/month
  • Enterprise: 5,000 credits/month

Credits reset monthly on your billing date.

What Consumes Credits?

High Credit Operations

  • Report Generation: 15-50 credits
  • Based on data volume and complexity
  • Multi-source reports cost more

  • Dashboard Refresh: 10-30 credits

  • Depends on widget count
  • AI-powered widgets cost more

Medium Credit Operations

  • Conversational Queries: 2-10 credits
  • Simple questions: 2-3 credits
  • Complex analysis: 5-10 credits

  • Insight Generation: 5-15 credits

  • Automatic insights on data changes

Low/No Credit Operations

  • Viewing existing dashboards: 0 credits
  • Data source connections: 0 credits
  • File uploads: 0 credits (uses upload quota)
  • Basic filtering and sorting: 0 credits

Monitoring Usage

Usage Dashboard

Access via Settings > Billing > Usage:
- Credits used this period
- Credits remaining
- Usage trend chart
- Breakdown by operation type

Usage Alerts

Configure alerts at:
- 50% usage
- 75% usage
- 90% usage
- Custom thresholds

Optimizing Credit Usage

Best Practices

  1. Cache Results: View existing reports instead of regenerating
  2. Schedule Wisely: Refresh dashboards on a schedule, not continuously
  3. Query Efficiently: Be specific in natural language queries
  4. Batch Operations: Combine multiple questions into one

Credit-Saving Tips

  • Use date filters to reduce data volume
  • Create focused dashboards instead of large ones
  • Reuse existing insights and reports
  • Preview before generating full reports

Purchasing Additional Credits

Add-On Options

When you need more credits:
1. Go to Settings > Billing
2. Click Buy Credits
3. Choose package:
- 100 credits
- 500 credits
- 1,000 credits
4. One-time or recurring option

Overage Protection

  • Operations blocked when credits depleted
  • Warnings before reaching limit
  • Grace period available (Professional+)

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