Understand AI Tool pricing tabs and credits

Each AI Tool can use credits differently. The Pricing tab helps you understand the likely credit usage for a specific tool before you run it.

Use this article when you are comparing AI Tools, choosing settings, or checking why one tool may use a different number of credits than another.

Open the Pricing tab

Open Catalog, choose an AI Tool or workflow, then select Pricing on the tool detail page. When pricing is available, the page shows a short summary and may show example credit estimates.

The Pricing tab is specific to the AI Tool you opened. If you switch to another tool, check its Pricing tab separately.

Read the estimate

The main pricing line gives the clearest available estimate for that tool. Some AI Tools use a simple fixed estimate, such as a credit amount per image or per request. Others can vary by settings, input size, output size, model choice, duration, or source data returned.

When the panel includes Example credit estimates, use them as planning examples. They show common scenarios for that tool; the exact amount can still change with the finished run.

Know when actual usage appears

The Pricing tab helps you plan before a run. Actual credits are recorded after the run completes and the billing ledger has recorded consumption.

You can review actual usage in Usage after completion. Completed AI Tool run detail and history surfaces can also show the exact credits used by a run when that usage record is available. Browsing the catalog, reading Pricing tabs, reviewing past runs, and managing settings do not spend credits.

Compare tools with different pricing shapes

Two AI Tools that produce similar outputs can still use credits differently. For example, one image tool may price by image count, another may depend on resolution, and a research tool may depend on the amount of source data or model work involved.

Before running a larger job, compare:

• The AI Tool's pricing summary.
• Any example estimates shown on the Pricing tab.
• The input fields that change output size, duration, count, or source volume.
• The expected output, so you are choosing the tool that matches the job.

For repeated work, run a small representative test first, then review actual usage before scaling up.

If pricing is not available

Some catalog items may not show a Pricing tab or may say that pricing is not available yet. You can still inspect the tool's inputs, details, examples, and expected output before deciding whether to run it.

When you need to manage organization-wide credit planning, use the billing and Usage surfaces instead of guessing from a single tool page. Credits are shared across the organization and can be used by Joule messages, AI Tool runs, browser sessions, and select background AI work.

Where to go next

To learn what credits mean across your account, read How credits work. To run a selected tool, read Run an AI Tool. To review completed runs, read Find AI Tool run history.