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

# Pricing

> Prepaid credits, a posted price per template, and a free estimate that is always authoritative.

AskEditor bills in **prepaid credits**. You top up in the dashboard; runs
draw the balance down. One wallet serves both doors: the app and the API
spend the same credits, so nothing about your plan changes when you switch
between them.

## Per-template pricing

Every template posts one price, charged **per run**:

| Template                                          | Price       | Unit                  |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --------------------- |
| [Tighten](/docs/templates/tighten)                     | 200 credits | per run               |
| [Launch Cut](/docs/templates/launch-cut)               | 500 credits | per run               |
| [Remove Background](/docs/templates/remove-background) | 25 credits  | per run (synchronous) |

The number on a template's page, the number `estimate` returns, and the
number you're charged come from the same registry entry: they cannot
disagree. New templates arrive with their price posted on day one.

## What you pay for

Successful renders. That's the whole list.

## What you are never charged for

* **Refusals**: a template that can't work on your material says so with a
  [typed reason](/docs/setting-up/refusals), free.
* **Failures**: an infrastructure error on our side
  ([5xx](/docs/setting-up/infrastructure-errors)) is never billed.
* **Queue time**: waiting for a worker costs nothing; only the run counts.
* **Estimates**: always free, call them as often as you like.
* **Retries of a completed job**: identical input returns the cached result,
  not a second charge.

## Checking prices programmatically

The menu carries prices, so an agent can quote costs before asking consent:

```bash theme={null}
curl https://api.askeditor.com/v1/recipes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASKEDITOR_API_KEY"
```

And `estimate` confirms the price for a specific run, with typed blockers if
it can't go ahead:

```bash theme={null}
curl "https://api.askeditor.com/v1/estimate?recipeId=tighten" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASKEDITOR_API_KEY"
# → data: { "credits": 200, "etaSeconds": 60, "blockers": [] }
```

Your remaining balance rides on the identity call
(`GET /v1/me` → `creditsRemaining`), so a long-running agent can
watch its own budget.

## Buying credits

Credits come from your plan's allowance and top-up packs, managed at
[askeditor.com/pricing](https://askeditor.com/pricing). Your balance and
usage live in the
[workspace credits page](https://askeditor.com/login?callbackUrl=%2Fworkspace%2Fprofile%2Fcredits).

## Review gates

A template with a review gate (marked on its page, e.g.
[Launch Cut](/docs/templates/launch-cut)) parks for **your approval** after
planning and before any spend. Agent integrations should surface that
approval to the human rather than auto-confirming it.

## Volume and enterprise

Running templates at production volume, or need custom terms? [Book a
call](https://cal.com/askeditor/askeditor-demo) and we'll set it up per
account.