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Cost & Credits Management

ZebraTruth uses a credits-based billing system. Understanding costs helps optimize usage.

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Check Your Balance

GET https://api.zebratruth.ai/v1/usage
Authorization: Bearer {api_key}
Response: 
{
  "creditsRemaining": 1420,
  "creditsTotal": 1665,
  "creditsUsedThisMonth": 245,
  "periodStart": "2026-04-01",
  "periodEnd": "2026-04-30",
  "tier": "starter"
}

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Cost Estimates

OperationApprox CreditsNotes
Fast mode text check~12All agents parallel
Full mode text check~474-phase pipeline, thorough
Single agent call~8-121 agent × 3 LLM stages
Image rights check~5/imageCV pipeline (Rekognition + Vision)
Cached check (same content)0Returns cached result

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Cost Optimization Strategies

  1. Use fast mode unless thorough analysis is needed
  2. Cache awareness — Identical content + jurisdictions + platforms returns cached results at 0 credits
  3. Single agents — If you only need to re-check one aspect, call the agent directly instead of the full pipeline
  4. Batch wisely — Check credits before submitting a batch of async jobs

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Plans

PlanPriceCredits/moRate Limit
Free$01,332 lifetime10/min
Starter$49.99/mo1,665/mo60/min
Pro$199.99/mo6,660/mo300/min
EnterpriseCustomCustomCustom

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Reading Cost Breakdowns

Every response includes costBreakdown: 
{
  "totalCredits": 47,
  "agents": [
    { "agent": "jurisdiction", "stage": "A", "credits": 2, "cached": true },
    { "agent": "jurisdiction", "stage": "B", "credits": 3 },
    { "agent": "jurisdiction", "stage": "C", "credits": 8 }
  ]
}
  • cached: true — Research stage used cache (0 provider cost)
  • Stage A = legal research (Perplexity, cacheable)
  • Stage B = law interpretation (GPT-5.2)
  • Stage C = compliance writing (claude-opus-4-6)

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Handling 402 (Insufficient Credits)

When credits are exhausted: 
{
  "error": "Insufficient credits",
  "creditsRemaining": 3,
  "creditsNeeded": 47,
  "upgradeUrl": "https://developers.zebratruth.ai/billing/upgrade"
}
Present the upgradeUrl to the user with context about their remaining credits.