> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.veedcrawl.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Credits and Pricing — Veedcrawl

> Veedcrawl runs on a credit system. Understand credit costs per operation, compare the Free, Starter, and Pro plans, and track your remaining balance.

Veedcrawl uses a credit system to meter API usage. Some operations — like fetching metadata or checking your account — are always free. Others, like transcription and AI visual extraction, consume credits depending on the method used. You can check your remaining balance at any time by calling `GET /v1/me`.

## Credit costs

| Operation                     | Credits  |
| ----------------------------- | -------- |
| Metadata (`GET /v1/metadata`) | 0 — free |
| Account info (`GET /v1/me`)   | 0 — free |
| Transcript — native captions  | 1        |
| Transcript — AI Whisper       | 5        |
| AI visual extraction          | 10       |

<Note>
  Metadata is always free and never consumes credits, even on paid plans. Use it as a first pass to evaluate videos before committing credits to transcription or extraction.
</Note>

## Pricing plans

| Plan    | Price      | Credits      | Notes                                          |
| ------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Free    | \$0        | 50 on signup | Good for testing; metadata stays free          |
| Starter | \$9/month  | 500/month    | Transcripts and extraction; higher rate limits |
| Pro     | \$29/month | 2,000/month  | Priority processing; priority support          |

## Checking your remaining credits

Call `GET /v1/me` to see how many credits your org has left. The response includes a `creditsRemaining` field.

```bash theme={null}
curl "https://api.veedcrawl.com/v1/me" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

```json theme={null}
{
  "orgId": "org_abc123",
  "name": "My Org",
  "creditsRemaining": 87
}
```