What a month of short form actually costs

1. Count in credits, not in money

   A video is 20 credits. Rewriting a caption is 2.

   An image is 1, which is close enough to free that it changes how you work.

   

   TipImages being a credit each is the useful bit. Try twenty stills before you spend a video.

2. Do the month in one line

   Pro includes 1,000 credits a month. That is 50 videos, or 1000 images.

   Growth is 2,000, so 100 videos. Studio is 4,500, so 225.

   Mix them however you like. It is one allowance, not one per type.

3. Budget for the ones you bin

   You will not use the first thing you generate.

   Plan for three made and one kept, at least at the start.

   So Pro is nearer 16 videos you would actually post.

   TipDo the throwaway maths before you pick a plan. It stops the plan picking you.

4. A month is a month

   Plan credits arrive with the billing period and expire with it.

   There is no saving them up for a big week later.

   TipIf you know a quiet fortnight is coming, spend the allowance before it, not after.

5. Nothing is charged for work that failed

   Credits are held before a provider is called, then settled at the real cost.

   A run that fails or is cancelled gives the whole hold back.

6. The card comes after the free sample

   Every new workspace gets welcome credits. Spend them without a card.

   When they run out, a card starts the trial. That clock starts then, not at signup.