- A run needs a minimum balance of 0.20 credits to start. A turn on a CLI coding agent needs 1 credit, because its sandbox bills for as long as the turn runs.
- Workflows in an organization bill the organization owner’s credit pool, regardless of who runs them.
What costs credits
Credits are only spent when NoClick pays a provider on your behalf.AI builder generations
Every AI builder generation or edit runs large language models on NoClick’s keys. The token cost of each generation is deducted from your credits.Agent and LLM calls
Agent nodes and in-workflow LLM calls that use NoClick-provided models are charged by token usage at the model’s rate. Runs authenticated with your own API key or AI subscription are not charged (see below).Test runs
A test run answers each of your agent’s tool calls with a made-up reply, and producing those replies runs a model on NoClick’s key. That part is charged by token usage and reported separately as Agent Testing, so it stays distinct from the agent’s own model usage. The agent’s own turn is billed as any agent run is, including not at all when it runs on your own key or AI subscription.Image generation
Image generation with NoClick-keyed models costs credits based on the provider’s per-image price. Imagen images are charged at Google’s rates; Kling images cost $0.014 to $0.028 per image depending on the model.Video generation
Video models are priced by the provider per second or per clip:X (Twitter) API
X bills per resource returned, not per request, and NoClick passes that through by operation type:
Only successful responses are billed. A read that returns zero results costs nothing.
Email sends
Every outbound email costs a flat 0.01 credits. This applies to both the send-email node and an agent’s automaticemail__reply tool on email-triggered runs.
Web search without your own key
Some search nodes run on NoClick’s keys when you have no account connected, so you can use them without signing up with the provider. Each call is metered from what the provider charges NoClick and deducted from your credits.
Connect your own key on the node to switch back to being billed by the provider. Both nodes’ other operations, such as Exa’s agent runs, websets, and monitors, and Perplexity’s async jobs, embeddings, and account operations, always need your own key.
Web scraping
The Instagram, LinkedIn, and Reddit scraper nodes run on NoClick’s scraping infrastructure (Apify). Each scrape is metered and deducted from your credits based on the job’s provider cost.Serverless function compute
The Serverless Function node’s Python runtime runs in a cloud sandbox on NoClick’s compute. That run is metered and deducted from your credits based on the CPU cores, memory, and GPU you reserve and how long it runs. A run is billed even if it errors or times out, since the compute was still used. JavaScript functions run in-process and are free (see below). See Code.CLI coding agent sandbox time
The CLI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and Hermes) run in a cloud sandbox that NoClick provides. Sandbox time is charged at 0.05 credits per minute of uptime, billed per turn. This applies even when the agent runs on your own API key or AI subscription, since the sandbox is NoClick’s compute. The built-in LLM agent runs in-process and has no sandbox charge. See Models and harnesses. A turn needs 1 credit to start, and the sandbox is stopped mid-turn once your credits are used up, so a long conversation cannot run your balance below zero. Anything the agent saved to its workspace survives the stop. The sandbox also shuts itself down about a minute after the agent goes idle, and never lives longer than four hours. A turn that stops producing output entirely is treated as stalled after 30 minutes and stopped, so a turn that fails to finish cannot keep billing uptime. See Common errors for what that looks like in the chat.What’s free
- Integration nodes on your own credentials. Sending a Slack message, updating a sheet, or creating a Linear issue with your connected account costs no credits.
- Your own API keys (BYOK). When a node or agent uses an API key you provide, the provider bills you directly and NoClick charges nothing.
- AI-subscription agent runs. Agents connected to your Claude (Pro, Max, Teams, Enterprise), ChatGPT (Plus, Pro), GitHub Copilot, or SuperGrok account run on that subscription, governed by the provider’s plan limits. See Agent models. The model usage is free, but CLI coding agents still bill for sandbox time (see above).
- JavaScript serverless functions. JavaScript code in the Serverless Function node runs in-process and is free. Python functions run in a cloud sandbox whose compute is billed (see above).
- The built-in LLM agent’s sandbox. The in-process LLM agent has no sandbox charge. Only CLI coding agent sandbox time and Python serverless function compute are billed (see above).