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Tokens & usage

One currency for AI work, plus two flat-rate minute pools. Plan & Usage shows exactly where the month went.

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Reading your usage

The token pool and its breakdown, the two minute pools, and how a scene’s estimated cost appears at the Direction gate.

Recording in production — the written steps below cover the same ground.

Three pools

AI tokens
One pool for all AI generation — writing, images, video, voice and avatars — charged at a per-model rate.
Stock footage minutes
Minutes of real stock video used.
Motion graphics minutes
Minutes of Remotion rendering.

Where it goes

The token pool breaks down by category: AI writing, AI pictures, AI video (with talking-head shown separately, because it is by far the costliest) and AI voice. The breakdown is what tells you whether your spend is going on the visuals you care about or on something you would happily downgrade.

Spending less

01Prefer Ken Burns or Stock over AI Video for scenes that do not need motion.
02Use composites to mix one expensive shot with two cheap ones in a long scene.
03Reserve avatars for scenes where a presenter genuinely helps.
04Fix problems at the Direction gate, before rendering — a change there is free.

When you run low

Costs are estimated before you commit: the duration slider in Create is capped by what remains, and renderer options your budget cannot cover are marked at the Direction gate. Pools reset when your plan renews — on your own renewal date if you subscribe, on the 1st of the month if you are on the free tier.

If usage metering is temporarily unreachable the app does not block you and does not invent numbers — it says the figures are unavailable and carries on.
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