Montage Help CenterWhat uses credits
Credits pay for one thing: the AI's work on your videos. Here is what costs credits, what does not, and what happens when they run out.
Written by Ben (Founder) · Updated November 5, 2026What costs credits, and what does not
| Uses credits | Free of credits |
|---|---|
| Montage making your first version | Adding footage, and getting it ready |
| Every change you ask for in Ask | Watching your video |
| Fix all, which sends your comments to Montage | Writing comments |
| Going back to a line of the History | |
| Exporting |
What a message costs is what the AI’s work on it really cost: one credit is 5 cents of it. A first video costs about 3 credits; a small change, less than one.
The AI model changes the cost
| Model | In the app |
|---|---|
| Haiku | A quick change, for little |
| Sonnet | The right change, for most |
| Opus | The most care, for hard changes. « Opus may use more credits » |
Sonnet makes a video’s first version unless you pick another; Haiku makes the changes after. On Free, Haiku makes everything. Before you start a video, the box shows what it should cost: « About 3 credits ». Choose the AI model.
See what you have left
Open Plan and credits: it shows your plan, when it renews, and « 120 credits left » with a bar.
- Your plan’s credits come every month, on the day it renews. What is left of a month does not carry over.
- Credits you buy are used once your plan’s credits run out, and kept 12 months.
When credits run out
A message Montage has already started goes to its end: you are never charged below zero. The next message is not started, and Montage says « You’re out of credits for now. Add some in Plan and credits, and I’ll pick up right where we left off. »
- Open Plan and credits and press Buy credits.
- Pick 50 credits ($15), 100 ($30) or 200 ($60).
- Press Buy … credits and pay. Back in Montage: « Thank you. Your credits arrive in a moment. »
On Free, once your free credits are used up, your video is safe and Export still exports it, with the Montage mark.
Questions
Does a failed or stopped message cost credits?
It costs what the AI did before it stopped, never more. Credits pay for the work really done.
Does exporting on Montage’s side cost credits?
No. No export costs credits, wherever the file is made.
In a team, whose credits are used?
The workspace’s. Everyone in it uses the same credits, and each seat adds the plan’s credits.
Who can buy credits?
Only an owner or an admin of the workspace.
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