Credits

Your Balance:
Displays the number of AI credits remaining
Example: 15000 credits on 5/30/2025

Credit Usage Graph:
A sparkline visualizing your credit usage or refill history. A spike usually means a purchase or sudden increase in usage

Buy One-Time Credits:
You can purchase additional credits if you run low:

• 500k credits → $5.00
• 1M credits → $9.00

How to purchase Credits

After selecting the number of credits (500k / 1M) and clicking the "Continue" button, you purchase credits for the artificial intelligence chatbot:

it allows you to:

• Chat with the BigBeluga AI assistant
• Use longer conversations without limits

How the Credit System Works

BigBeluga uses a token-based AI system, where credits are consumed based on how much data is sent to or from the chatbot (not just message count).

Key Points:

One "credit" = roughly 1 token.

Tokens are used per message, but also include:

• Context/history from previous messages
• Your question
• The AI’s full response

More message history = more tokens used per request.

How Much Do You Get?

• 500,000 tokens (~$5) ≈ 250 AI messages
• 1,000,000 tokens (~$9) ≈ 500 AI messages

(Assuming one message + reply consumes ~2,000 tokens on average)

Summary for Users

• Your credit balance shows how much AI interaction time you still have.
• When you're chatting with the AI, every message costs credits based on size + context.
• You can top up anytime with one-time purchases.
• 500k tokens should last an average user quite a while if they keep chats concise.

Let me know if you want this explanation written in a more casual or onboarding-friendly style for users.