How credits work

One balance for every tool

Your credits work across Text to Speech, Fast Speech, Podcast Studio, Voice Cloning and Voice Design. Each tool and model charges its own number of credits per character, and Fast Speech costs the least.

To see the current rates, open Billing and look under What a credit buys.

What uses credits

• The words in your script. Short tags and pauses usually don't count.
• Voice Design previews. The cost depends on the length of the sample text.

Saving a cloned or designed voice doesn't use credits. It uses a voice slot instead.

See the cost before you generate

The cost is always shown before you start. In Text to Speech, it's on the Generate speech button, with your remaining credits below it. If the cost is more than your balance, you'll be told before anything is generated.

If a take fails

Credits are charged when the audio is ready. If a generation fails, your credits are returned automatically. Stopping Fast Speech while it's playing isn't charged either.

Check your history

Credit Activity lists every charge, with the speech, the number of characters, the credits used and whether it was charged or refunded.

Getting more credits

• Monthly plans: The plan's credits are added to your balance when it renews.
• Lifetime plans: The balance refills to the plan's amount each month.
• The Free plan: You get a starting balance, which doesn't refill each month.

To get more, compare plans or upgrade from Billing.

Characters per generation

Separate from your balance, each plan limits how many characters you can use in one generation. If your script goes over, you'll see a message with your limit. Split the script into parts, or read Long scripts and batches of audio.