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title: Credits and Usage
description: "Your credits are the currency for running analyses and using features in Discourse Analyzer. How many you get and how you spend them depends on your plan. ## How Credits Are Allocated Per Plan - **Monthly Plans**: Each subscription plan…"
url: "https://discourseanalyzer.com/docs/credits-and-usage/"
updated: "2025-06-15"
category: Subscription Plans
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# Credits and Usage

Your credits are the currency for running analyses and using features in Discourse Analyzer. How many you get and how you spend them depends on your plan.

## How Credits Are Allocated Per Plan

- **Monthly Plans**: Each subscription plan gives you a set number of credits per month. Higher plans include more credits.
- **Yearly Plans**: Yearly subscribers get 200 extra credits each month compared to monthly users, along with a larger overall allocation.
- **Credit Rollover**: If your subscription is active and renewed on time, unused credits roll over to the next month. If you cancel or let your plan expire, all remaining credits are lost.

| Plan | Monthly Credits | Yearly Credits (per month) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| White Dwarf | 440 | 5480 (approx. 457/mo + rollover) |
| Blue Giant | 640 | 7880 (approx. 657/mo + rollover) |
| Red Giant | 1100 | 13,400 (approx. 1,117/mo + rollover) |

> *Note: Yearly plan credit numbers are for the whole year, not just one month. You get more flexibility for large projects.*

## How Credits Are Consumed

Credits are deducted every time you process data or use advanced features.

**Discourse Analyzer Simple**

- Each credit covers up to 500 tokens (input + output combined) in a single prompt.
- If your total input/output exceeds 500 tokens, you’ll spend extra credits.
- Some advanced options, like web search or premium models, use more credits per request.
- The Swift Scribe model is always free—using it doesn’t cost any credits.

**Discourse Analyzer Advanced**

- Nearly every action uses credits, including:
  - Processing prompts and generating reports
  - Enabling caching (some credits are refunded if you repeat the same query within 15 minutes)
  - Using advanced features like Grounding
- Credit cost depends on your plan, chosen AI model, and the size of the input/output.
- Failed requests always refund input credits, so you don’t lose them on errors.

## **When You Run Out of Credits**

- You can buy additional credits (only if your subscription is active).
- You can upgrade your plan to get a higher monthly allocation.
- Or just renew your current plan for a fresh credit supply.

## **Credit Reset Policies**

- Credits roll over if you renew on time.
- Free users' credits reset every week (not cumulative).
- Paid users who cancel or don’t renew forfeit all remaining credits.

## **In short**

Your plan sets how many credits you get and what you can do with them. Use credits wisely, check your balance, and upgrade or renew as your research needs grow.