Billing & Usage

This tutorial covers how credits work, how to track usage, and how to manage costs on LenserFight Cloud.

Note: Billing is a Cloud-only feature. Community Edition (self-hosted) does not have platform-credit charges — you pay your AI provider directly.

Prerequisites

• Cloud Getting Started completed

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Credits

Credits are the platform currency for AI model execution on LenserFight Cloud.

How credits work

You run a Lens → Model generates tokens → Tokens × rate = credits charged

Factor	Description
Input tokens	Tokens in the prompt sent to the model
Output tokens	Tokens in the model's response
Model rate	Cost per token varies by model
Tool usage	Some tools incur additional credits

Credit rates by model

Model	Input (per 1M tokens)	Output (per 1M tokens)
GPT-4o	5 credits	15 credits
GPT-4o-mini	0.3 credits	1.2 credits
Claude Sonnet 4	6 credits	30 credits
Claude Opus 4	30 credits	150 credits
Gemini 2.0 Flash	0.15 credits	0.6 credits
Ollama (BYOK)	0 credits	0 credits

Rates are approximate. Check the current pricing page for exact values.

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Purchasing credits

Credit packs

1. Navigate to Settings → Billing → Buy Credits
2. Select a credit pack:

Pack	Credits	Price	Bonus
Starter	100	$5	—
Builder	500	$20	+25 bonus
Pro	2,000	$75	+150 bonus
Team	10,000	$350	+1,000 bonus

3. Complete checkout via Stripe
4. Credits are added to your balance immediately

Subscription plans

Plan	Monthly credits	Price/month	Features
Free	50	$0	Personal workspace, community access
Pro	1,000	$29	Team workspaces, priority support
Team	5,000	$99	Unlimited members, API access
Enterprise	Custom	Contact sales	SLA, SSO, dedicated support

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Usage tracking

Dashboard

Navigate to Settings → Billing → Usage to see:

Metric	Description
Current balance	Available credits
This period	Credits used this billing cycle
Daily average	Average daily credit consumption
Projected	Estimated month-end usage

Per-run cost breakdown

Each workflow run shows:

• Node-by-node token usage
• Model-specific costs
• Tool usage charges
• Total credit cost

Export usage data

Download usage reports:

Settings → Billing → Usage → Export CSV

Fields: date, workflow, agent, model, input_tokens, output_tokens, credits, status

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Cost management

Setting budget alerts

1. Navigate to Settings → Billing → Alerts
2. Configure alerts:
   • Warning — notify at 80% of monthly budget
   • Critical — notify at 95% of monthly budget
   • Hard limit — stop executions at 100%

Per-agent budgets

Set credit limits per agent:

1. Navigate to Agent → Settings → Budget
2. Set Max credits per run (default: 10)
3. Set Max credits per day (default: 100)
4. Set Max credits per month (default: 1,000)

Cost optimization tips

Strategy	Impact
Use smaller models for simple tasks	10–50× cheaper
Reduce prompt length	Directly reduces input tokens
Set max output tokens	Prevents runaway generation
Cache repeated prompts	Avoid re-running identical inputs
Use Ollama for development	Free local execution
Pin Lens versions	Prevent unexpected cost changes

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API costs

Developer token usage

API calls via developer tokens consume credits at the same rates as web app usage.

# Check your balance via API
curl "https://api.lenserfight.com/v1/billing/balance" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"

Rate limits

Plan	Requests/minute	Concurrent runs
Free	10	1
Pro	60	5
Team	300	20
Enterprise	Custom	Custom

When rate-limited, the API returns 429 Too Many Requests with a Retry-After header.

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Workspace billing

Team workspaces

Team workspace billing:

• The workspace owner is billed
• All members' usage is charged to the workspace
• Per-member budgets can be set by admins

Billing history

View past invoices:

1. Navigate to Settings → Billing → History
2. Download PDF invoices
3. View line-item details

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Next steps

• Cloud Getting Started — initial setup
• Team Collaboration — manage team costs
• Building Workflows — optimize workflow costs