# Credits
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For up-to-date information on credits and their associated costs, see our [credits page](https://www.roboflow.com/credits).
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The Roboflow platform uses credits to give you access to powerful features across Data, Training, and Deployment. You’re always in control and only pay for what you use, when you use it.
Features that use credits are broken up into three main categories:
* **Data** - Storing, augmenting, and labeling content
* **Training -** Training new models
* **Deployment** - Running workflows and models on cloud and self-hosted infrastructure
Each feature consumes a different amount of credits based on the resources used, like storage or compute, helping prices stay fair and predictable. Credits are consumed regardless of whether the feature is used locally or on our hosted servers. See our [credits page](https://www.roboflow.com/credits) for a breakdown of credit costs.
To understand how your workspace is using credits, you can always [view your Credit Usage](/billing/credits/view-credit-usage.md).
## Billing
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Credits can be purchased in bulk at a discounted rate by [talking with our Sales team](https://roboflow.com/sales).
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For the purposes of billing, credits can come in three forms: included, prepaid, and flex. They are consumed in that order.
### Included Credits
Every [Roboflow plan](/billing/plans.md) comes with a number of included credits. Included credits reset either monthly or annually, depending on your workspace's billing cycle.
If you change plans mid-cycle, your billing cycle will reset, and so will your included credits.
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**Usage Alerts:** You'll see a warning banner in your workspace when you've used 80% of your included credits for the current billing cycle. The banner shows how many credits you've used and links to options for purchasing additional credits at a lower per-credit rate.
The platform also provides personalized recommendations based on your usage history. Depending on your plan and recent credit consumption, you may be prompted to [purchase prepaid credits](/billing/credits/purchase-prepaid-credits.md), upgrade your Core Plan tier, or contact Sales for a custom arrangement.
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**Tip:** Annual plans get a year's worth of credits upfront.
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### Prepaid Credits
Prepaid Credits are credits purchased in advance. They are consumed after your workspace runs out of included credits and are designed to give greater predictability, especially if you know you're going to exceed your plan's included allocation.
Prepaid Credits can be purchased in bundles at graduated volume discounts ranging from 8% to 17% off the standard per-credit price. Larger bundles unlock deeper discounts, making prepaid the most cost-effective option for teams with predictable overage.
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As of March 28, 2026, Prepaid Credits are priced lower than Flex Usage at every bundle tier. For workspaces created before this date, the base per-credit rate for Prepaid and Flex starts at the same price, but any bundle purchase starting at 50 credits yields savings over Flex.
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Learn about purchasing prepaid credits
### Flex Usage
Flex credits are consumed when flex billing is enabled, and after your workspace runs out of both included and prepaid credits.
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Flex Usage is intended as a safety net to ensure uninterrupted access to the platform, not as a primary consumption method. Because Flex carries no volume discount, it is generally more expensive than purchasing Prepaid Credits.
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We recommend enabling Flex as a fallback while relying on Prepaid Credit bundles for any anticipated overage.
By default, flex billing is enabled for all workspaces.
#### Flex Billing
For most monthly and annual plans, flex usage is billed on a monthly basis to the billing method on file. You can [enable/disable flex usage in the workspace settings](/billing/credits/enable-or-disable-flex-billing.md).
## How Billing Works
Credits are consumed/used in order of:
1. Included: Credits included with your plan are used first
2. Prepaid: Prepaid credits are used after you exhaust all of the credits in your plan
3. Flex: Flex credits are used after the included and prepaid credits are used.
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Enterprise plans may have custom billing arrangements that can differ.
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### Billing Threshold
Some workspaces have billing thresholds that dictate the amount of flex usage a workspace can use.
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