> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.withgiga.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Credits

> How credits work and how they are consumed

# Credits

Credits are the unit of consumption on WithGiga. Every minute of audit compute time and every AI token processed deducts from your balance. When an audit completes (or is stopped), consumption stops immediately.

## Credit sources

Your total available balance is the sum of two pools:

| Pool                | Description                                    |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Plan credits**    | Included with your subscription, reset monthly |
| **Prepaid balance** | Credits you've purchased, never expire         |

Charges draw from plan credits first, then from your prepaid balance.

## What consumes credits

### Audit compute

Each running audit consumes credits while its sandbox is active. The rate matches the underlying template tier (typically `giga-standard` at 20 credits/hr).

### AI tokens

GigaOps's reasoning — every decision it makes and every command output it analyzes — is billed at the underlying AI model cost. AI token charges are listed separately as "AI" entries in your usage history.

## Typical engagement costs

| Engagement       | Compute (hrs) | AI tokens (M) | Approx total credits |
| ---------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------------- |
| Shallow audit    | 0.5           | 0.5           | \~10                 |
| Deep audit       | 2.0           | 2.0           | \~40                 |
| Autonomous audit | 4.0           | 4.0           | \~80                 |

Actual costs vary with target complexity. A target with 100 alive subdomains costs more than one with 5.

## Monitoring usage

The **Usage & Billing** page shows:

* **Remaining balance** — plan credits + prepaid
* **Spend by type** — compute vs AI breakdown
* **Burn rate** — percentage of plan credits used in current period
* **Usage chart** — daily spend over the selected range
* **Ledger** — line-by-line record of every charge

## Preventing unexpected charges

* **Set a duration** when launching audits — they auto-stop at expiry
* **Use shallow for frequent runs** — much cheaper than deep
* **Enable auto-reload** to avoid mid-engagement interruptions
* **Set budget alerts** at **Settings → Billing → Alerts** to get notified at 50%, 80%, 100% of plan credits

## Refunds

Credits consumed by failed engagements are not refunded. If GigaOps experiences a platform-level failure (not a target error), contact support with the `requestId` and we'll credit your account.

## Next steps

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    Compare plans and credit allocations.
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  <Card title="Limits" icon="gauge" href="/billing/limits">
    Per-plan quotas and rate limits.
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