Credit-based pricing infrastructure

Build credit systems customers actually understand.

Launch and manage flexible credit-based pricing for AI products, SaaS, and modern software, without building custom billing, entitlement, and consumption systems from scratch.

• Real-time credit consumption
• Expiring credits
• Top-ups & refill packs
• Hybrid subscriptions + credits
• AI consumption controls
• Enterprise credit allocations

Credit ledger · live

Balance
1,227 credits
Monthly allocation +1,000
AI image generation -5
Document processing -3
Promo: July signup +250
Workflow execution -15
Resets monthly
Top-up available

What is credit-based pricing?

Complex usage, turned into simple experiences.

Instead of charging customers for every token, API call, workflow, or AI task, businesses package value into credits. Customers buy upfront and consume as they go.

Example 01
1 AI image = 5 credits
Example 02
1 document generation = 3 credits
Example 03
1M tokens = 50 credits
Example 04
1 workflow execution = 1 credit

Why credits are growing

AI products changed software economics.

Raw infrastructure costs are hard to understand, dynamic, and expensive to expose directly. Credits create an abstraction layer between cost and customer value.

Package value

Sell outcomes, not raw infrastructure.

Protect margins

Insulate pricing from volatile costs.

Experiment safely

Iterate on packs without re-architecting.

Simplify decisions

One number customers actually understand.

Flexible models

Hybrid, prepaid, overage, allocations.

Abstract complexity

Hide tokens, calls, and compute from buyers.

How modern companies use credits

AI Products

Customers buy monthly credit balances to run AI workflows.

• Image generation
• Document processing
• AI agents
• Research assistants

Developer Platforms

Credits abstract infrastructure complexity.

• API requests
• Compute jobs
• Build minutes
• Data processing

SaaS Products

Credits unlock flexible consumption.

• Automation runs
• Report generation
• Data enrichment
• Premium actions

Enterprise Software

Credits create contract flexibility.

• Annual allocations
• Team budgets
• Department spend controls

The problem with DIY

What starts as "just credits" becomes a monetization platform.

Billing

How customers purchase credits.

Ledger management

How balances increase and decrease.

Usage tracking

What consumes credits.

Entitlements

Who can use them.

Expiration logic

When credits expire.

Top-ups

How customers replenish balances.

Budget controls

How to prevent overspending.

Promotions

How to issue bonus credits.

Revenue intelligence

How to surface expansion.

How Metrifox helps

Everything credits need in one system.

Five steps from idea to enforced, monetized credit system.

STEP 01

Define credit packs

Starter, Growth, Enterprise — set allocations, refresh cadence, and rollover rules.

1,000 / mo
10,000 / mo
Custom

STEP 02

Configure consumption rules

Map any product action to a credit cost. No code required.

• AI image = 5
• GPT-5 = 2
• Workflow = 15
• Doc = 3

STEP 03

Enforce in real time

Stop usage, offer top-ups, trigger upgrades, notify users, activate overages.

STEP 04

Launch promotions

Bonus credits, referral rewards, retention offers — all configurable.

STEP 05

Surface revenue signals

Proactively spot exhaustion, expansion, and enterprise-ready accounts.

Flexible credit infrastructure

Every primitive you need, none of the stitching.

• Credit balances
• Shared team balances
• Expiring credits
• Promotional credits
• Top-up packs
• Hybrid subscriptions
• Overage controls
• Usage tracking
• Entitlements
• Enterprise allocations
• Budget enforcement
• Revenue intelligence

Real-world models

Ship any model your product needs.

Monthly AI Credits
$99/month
1,000 credits included
Additional credits available for purchase.

Annual Enterprise
$100k/year
500,000 shared credits
Department budgets enforced across teams.

Hybrid Pricing
$49/month
500 credits + pay-as-you-go
Base subscription, then overage on top.

Freemium + Credits
$0 free
100 free monthly credits
Upgrade for larger workloads.

FAQ

Common questions.

01 What is credit-based pricing?
Credit-based pricing packages product usage into credits customers purchase and consume over time.

02 Is credit-based pricing only for AI products?
No. It's widely used across AI, SaaS, developer tools, infrastructure, and enterprise software.

03 Why use credits instead of pure usage-based pricing?
Credits simplify pricing for customers while giving businesses more flexibility to package value and protect margins.

04 Can credits expire?
Yes. Businesses often set monthly, quarterly, or annual expiration policies.

05 Can I combine subscriptions with credits?
Yes. Hybrid models are increasingly common. Example: $99/month + 1,000 credits included.

06 Can I give promotional credits?
Yes — July signups, referral rewards, enterprise onboarding, retention campaigns, and more.

Get started

Launch a credit system without building one yourself.

Stop stitching together billing, usage tracking, entitlements, and custom logic. Build flexible credit-based pricing that evolves alongside your product.