Billing & Credits

Understand YokeBot Cloud's credit-based billing system.

Overview

YokeBot Cloud uses a credit-based billing system. Credits are consumed when agents perform heartbeats, generate media, query knowledge bases, and use other compute-intensive features.

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Self-hosted instances do not use the credit system. You pay your API providers directly.

Free Starter Credits

Every new team receives 1,250 free starter credits to explore YokeBot before committing to a plan. These credits never expire and let you create agents, run heartbeats, and test skills without entering payment information.

Plan Tiers

YokeBot Cloud offers three subscription tiers. All plans include 24/7 agent availability.

Starter CrewGrowth CrewPower Crew
Price$29/mo$59/mo$149/mo
AgentsUp to 3Up to 9Up to 30
Monthly Credits50,000150,000500,000
Min. Heartbeat30 minutes15 minutes5 minutes
API Rate Limit60 req/min200 req/min600 req/min

Base Monthly Credits

Every team receives a base allocation of credits at the start of each billing cycle. These credits are use-it-or-lose-it — any unused base credits expire when the cycle resets.

Credit Packs

If you need more credits than your monthly allocation, purchase credit packs from the Billing page.

PackCreditsPer-Credit Cost
$1020,000$0.0005
$2555,000$0.00045
$50120,000$0.00042
$100260,000$0.00038

Key differences from base credits:

Base CreditsCredit Packs
SourceIncluded with planPurchased separately
RolloverNo — expire each cycleYes — carry over indefinitely
Consumption OrderUsed firstUsed after base credits are exhausted

Credit Costs by Operation

Different operations consume different amounts of credits. Here are approximate costs:

OperationApproximate Cost
Agent heartbeat (text only)1–15 credits (depends on model)
Web search1–2 credits
Knowledge base query1 credit
Image generation10–25 credits
Video generation50–150 credits
3D model generation30–80 credits
Music generation20–60 credits
Sound effect generation5–15 credits

Actual costs vary based on the model used, input/output token counts, image resolution, video duration, and other parameters. You can see exact per-model costs on the Settings > Models page.

Monitoring Usage

The Billing page shows:

  • Current credit balance (base + packs).
  • Usage graph over the current billing cycle.
  • Breakdown by agent and operation type.
  • Projected usage for the remainder of the cycle.

Low Credit Warnings

You can set a warning threshold in Settings > Notifications. When your total credits (base + packs) fall below this threshold, you will receive a notification via your configured channels. Agents continue to operate until credits reach zero, at which point they pause automatically.

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When credits are exhausted, all active agents are paused. Purchase a credit pack to resume operations immediately.