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

# Workflow Credits

> Understand workflow credit consumption and management.

Workflow credits power your automations in Twenty. Understanding how they work helps you optimize costs and manage your automation budget effectively.

## Credit Allocation

Workflow credits are allocated based on your billing cycle, not your plan tier:

| Billing Cycle            | Credits             |
| ------------------------ | ------------------- |
| **Monthly subscription** | 5 credits per month |
| **Yearly subscription**  | 50 credits per year |

<Note>
  5 monthly credits are generous for standard automations. Most teams won't exceed this limit with typical workflow usage. Additional credits are primarily needed for advanced Code actions and AI-powered workflows.
</Note>

## How Credit Consumption Works

Credits are consumed when workflows execute, not when you create them. Each workflow action consumes credits based on its complexity:

### Credit Consumption by Action Type

* **Basic internal operations**: Very low credit consumption
  * Search Records
  * Create Record
  * Update Record
  * Delete Record
  * Form actions

* **Complex operations**: Higher credit consumption
  * Code actions (JavaScript execution)
  * HTTP Requests to external services

* **AI features**: Higher credit consumption
  * AI Agent actions consume credits based on the AI model used
  * More complex prompts and longer outputs use more credits

* **Delay actions**: Minimal credit consumption
  * The Delay node consumes **1 credit** when it executes
  * **No credits are consumed** during the wait period
  * A 5-minute delay costs the same as a 5-day delay

### Real-Time Deduction

Credits are deducted in real-time as workflows execute. This means:

* Draft workflows don't consume credits
* Only active, running workflows use your credit allocation
* Failed workflows still consume credits for completed steps

## Managing Credits

### Check Credit Usage

1. Go to **Settings → Billing**
2. View your current credit consumption and remaining balance
3. Monitor usage patterns to optimize your workflows

### Purchasing Additional Credits

If you need more credits beyond your plan allocation:

1. Go to **Settings → Billing**
2. Click on the option to purchase additional credits. Packages of different sizes are available.
3. Credits are added to your current balance

## Best Practices

* **Batch Processing**: Use bulk operations and Iterator actions efficiently
* **Manual Trigger Optimization**: For manual triggers, choose `Bulk` availability to process multiple records in a single workflow run
* Optimize Code actions for efficiency
* Batch operations to reduce individual action calls