The Credit-Based Pricing System

The unified formula for pricing AI features without losing money on a single API call. Pick your margin multiplier, plug in your real costs, ship a coherent price page that survives every model swap and every volume spike.

• The master formula: User Credits = (Actual Cost x Multiplier) / Credit Value. Universal across every pricing type
• How to pick your multiplier (2x, 3x, 5x, more). When each makes sense and the trade-offs each forces
• Why 1 credit = $0.0001 is the right base unit, plus the abundance psychology behind large credit numbers