Credits & billing
What costs credits
AI work, and only AI work. Running a model — to make something new, to edit a picture, or to answer you in chat — costs credits; everything else is free.
Free, always, on every plan: the whole editor. Moving, resizing, cropping, rotating, colour-correcting, aligning, frames, auto layout, layers, text, grouping, locking, search, undo, version history, and exporting.
Costs credits: generating an image, video, 3D model or audio; AI edits like Edit Now, Upscale, Remove BG, Eraser, Expand, Multi-angle, Move object, Edit text, Create Layers and Vectorize; a reply from the chat agent (⚡2, or ⚡3 each once you've had more than 30 replies in an hour); finalising a content document; rendering a video.
The exact price is on the button before you press it, next to a ⚡ icon. It is the figure you'll be charged, not an estimate, and it updates as you change options.
Your balance sits in the corner of every screen.
Three kinds of credit
Daily credits reset every day at midnight UTC. Every plan has them, including the free one. They pay for chat replies and for image generations costing up to ⚡14 each. Use them or lose them — they're a standing allowance, not a balance.
Monthly credits come with your plan and refresh with your billing cycle.
Top-up credits are bought separately and never expire. They sit behind your plan credits and are only drawn on once the others run out — so buying a top-up in a busy month doesn't mean losing it in a quiet one.
Clip always spends daily credits first, then plan credits, then top-ups.
The plans
| Plan | Price | Launch price | Credits | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 forever | — | 15 daily | Whole editor, image generation, 2 at once |
| Starter | $30/mo · $300/yr | $24/mo · $228 first yr | 1,000 + 20 daily | All four media types, 100+ models, PSD/PDF, 3 brand kits, 4 at once |
| Premium | $69/mo · $690/yr | $59/mo · $588 first yr | 3,800 + 30 daily | Content writer, brand-kit copilot, SVG, 10 brand kits, 8 at once |
| Pro | $120/mo · $1,200/yr | $99/mo · $948 first yr | 9,500 + 50 daily | Lowest cost per credit, unlimited brand kits, 12 at once |
| Team Premium | $149/mo · $1,490/yr | $120/mo · $1,188 first yr | 12,000 pooled + 30 daily | Five seats, roles, shared kits and workspaces |
| Team Pro | $349/mo · $3,490/yr | $280/mo · $2,796 first yr | 28,000 pooled + 50 daily | Twenty seats, unlimited kits |
To make the numbers concrete, Premium's 3,800 credits is roughly 270 standard images at 1K, or 140 on the highest-quality image model, or 23 videos on the default one.
Launch pricing
The launch price applies to an organization's first paid subscription. On a monthly plan you pay it for your first 3 monthly invoices; on a yearly plan, for your first yearly invoice. After that the plan renews at the list price.
An organization that has ever had a paid subscription — even one it later cancelled — pays the list price. If you were already paying before these prices changed, you keep the price you signed up at.
Four promises hold across every paid plan: the price is on the button, there are no hidden step-ups, top-ups never expire, and everyday editing is free.
Changing plan
Upgrade or downgrade whenever you like, from the pricing page or from any upgrade prompt. Clip confirms what changes before it does anything.
When a feature needs a higher plan, Clip shows it locked rather than hiding it, so you always know what exists and what it would take to reach it.
Billing is monthly or yearly, with yearly costing ten months for twelve. Cancel any time, no cancellation fee, 30-day refund window. Prices in USD, excluding GST.
Topping up
Buy a credit pack from settings at any time. Top-ups never expire. Credit packs are never discounted, launch offer included.
Promo codes are redeemed in settings too.
Watching your spending
Settings → Billing holds your full history — every credit, what it went on, filterable by week or month — plus your payment details and downloadable invoices. Billing is admin-only on team plans.
Clip warns you when credits run low rather than letting a generation fail unexpectedly.
Refunds
A queued generation — one waiting for a free slot — can be cancelled and is fully refunded. Once it's running, it isn't cancellable. Cancelled video renders are refunded too. If a generation fails on Clip's side, you aren't charged for it.
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