Credit calculations and FUP limits

Quick Summary

Fliki uses advanced AI to generate content in real-time. Whether it's synthesizing a voice, generating an image, or rendering a video, every action requires processing power.

Think of credits as fuel for that processing. Here is the quick summary of how they are charged.

1. AI Voiceovers and Music

As soon as the video is generated and auto-plays, voiceover credits are consumed.

AI Voice: Voiceover credits are based on the color indicator shown next to each voice in the voice picker.

🔵 Blue: 0.25 credits/minute
🟢 Green: 0.5 credits/minute
🟡 Yellow: 1 credit/minute
🟣 Purple: 2 credits/minute

The color is the rate. The color next to a voice in the picker is always the rate you will be charged, on any plan.

Replays & Edits

No Changes: Replaying a video without editing voiceover text is free.

Partial Edits: If you edit the voiceover text in just one scene, you only use credits to regenerate that specific scene’s voiceover.

Uploaded Audio (MP3/WAV): Costs 0 credits.

AI-Generated Music: Cost depends on the selected music model. See the Music Generation Model Costs table below.

2. Images and Videos

Stock or Uploaded Media: Costs 0 credits.
AI Images: Costs 0.05 - 1.5 credits per image, depending on the model you select.
AI Video: Costs 0.1 - 6 credits per second, depending on the model and resolution.
Image Upscaling: Costs 0.01 credits per image.

3. Avatars & Characters

Credits are charged per second of generated avatar footage.

Stock Avatar: Costs 0.25 credits per second.

(Note: A flat 2 credits are deducted for any generation ≤ 8 seconds).
Characters (public & your own): Lip-sync cost depends on the selected lipsync model. See the Character Lipsync Model Costs table below.

Note: There are minimal credits charged for other specific actions (like Workflow, Translation, publishing, export etc). To see the full usage table and learn how to optimize your credits, keep reading the detailed guide below.

Plan availability: Not every model is available on every plan. The tables below include a Plan column so you can see what your plan can run before you budget for it.

Full Guide: Usage, Costs & Optimization

Fliki isn't just a video editor; it’s a real-time AI processing engine.

Think of credits as fuel for that engine.

Processing = Fuel Burned. (Generating a voice, creating an image, rendering a video).
Static = Free. (Using stock media, replaying existing scenes).

Here is the step-by-step breakdown of where your credits go.

Phase 1: The Setup

When you start a workflow (Idea to Video, PPT to Video, etc.), you enter the setup phase.

This entire phase is free.

You can tweak prompts, choose voices, and select templates without spending a single credit.

The meter only starts running when you click Submit.

Workflow Start Costs (Charged upon Submit):

Idea to video: 0.5 credits per run
Script to video: 0.5 credits per started 5 minutes of the finished video (under 5 minutes: 0.5, 5 to 10 minutes: 1)
Blog (URL) to video: 0.5 credits per started 5 minutes of the finished video
PPT to video: 1 credit per run
Everything else (Explainer, Motion graphics, Music video, Edit video, Screen recording, Translate video, Avatar video, Podcast video, Product video, the audio workflows including Directed voiceover and Audiobook, and the design workflows including Thumbnail, Ad creative, Social carousel and Presentation): some are a flat charge per run, others are charged per minute of video. See the Workflow Start Costs table below.

Pro Tip: Review your full script, on-screen text, and visual prompts before hitting submit. Fixing errors here costs nothing. Fixing them later might cost credits.

Phase 2: Generation, Voiceovers and Music

As soon as the video is generated and auto-plays, voiceover credits are consumed.

This happens automatically.

The Cost Breakdown:

Voiceover credits are determined by the color indicator displayed in the voice picker.

🔵 Blue: 0.25 credits/minute
🟢 Green: 0.5 credits/minute
🟡 Yellow: 1 credit/minute
🟣 Purple: 2 credits/minute

Examples

A 2-minute video using a 🟢 Green voice costs 1 credit (2 × 0.5).
A 2-minute video using a 🔵 Blue voice costs 0.5 credits (2 × 0.25).
A 2-minute video using a 🟡 Yellow voice costs 2 credits (2 × 1).
A 2-minute video using a 🟣 Purple voice costs 4 credits (2 × 2).

Same voice, same rate on every plan. A handful of voices are served by a lighter speech engine on Free, Basic and lifetime-deal plans, and by the higher-quality engine on Standard and Premium. Both engines are billed at the same rate, so the voice keeps its color when you change plan.

How Edits Are Charged

Replaying: Free.
Editing voiceover text: If you change the voiceover text in a scene, you only pay to regenerate audio for that specific scene.

Example: Editing a 12-second scene (0.2 mins) with a 🟢 Green voice costs 0.1 credits (0.2 × 0.5). The cost always depends on the color of the selected voice.

Phase 3: Visuals (The Cost Driver)

This is where credit usage varies the most.

1. Stock Content (Free)

Any image or video from Fliki's stock library costs 0 credits. Use as much as you want.

2. AI Images

Generating AI images costs between 0.05 - 1.5 credits per image depending upon the image model you select.

Some image models are character-consistent, which means they accept your character portraits as reference images and keep the same face across every scene. If you are building a video around a specific character, pick one of those models. See the AI Image Model Costs table below.

3. AI Video

AI Video is computationally heavy. It costs between 0.1 and 6 credits per second depending upon the video model and resolution you select.

4. Image Upscaler (Low Cost)

Upscaling costs 0.01 credits per image.

The Strategy to Save Credits

Do not generate AI Video immediately.

Start with AI Images only.
Review every visual.
Regenerate or swap images you don't like (it’s cheap).
Only when images are perfect, go to Settings → "Generate AI video clips".

This ensures you don't waste expensive video credits on scenes you might delete later.

Which Video Model Runs by Default

If you never open the model picker, this is what your plan renders with, and what you are charged.

Plan	Default model	Resolution	Credits / sec
Basic	Seedance Pro Fast	720p	0.15 Credits
Standard	Seedance Pro Fast	480p	0.1 Credits
Premium	Seedance Pro Fast	720p	0.15 Credits

Every plan defaults to Seedance Pro Fast, the cheapest model per second. Standard defaults to 480p, Basic and Premium to 720p. You can switch model or resolution any time in the model picker.

Phase 4: Avatars, Characters & Lip-Sync (Optional)

Avatars are NOT automatically lip-synced.

This is a safety feature to save you money.

The Trap:

If you generate lip-sync immediately and then edit the script, you have to pay to regenerate the avatar video again.

The Fix:

Finalize the script.
Finalize the timing.
Only then click the Avatar and select "Generate lip-sync."

The Cost:

Stock Avatar: 0.25 credits / second (Note: There is a flat 2-credit minimum for generations under 8 seconds)
Characters (public & your own): Lip-sync cost depends on the selected lipsync model (see the Character Lipsync Model Costs table). All lip-sync models require a Standard plan or higher. Unlike the stock avatar, these bill per second with no flat minimum, except MiniMax H3 Max Lip-sync, which bills at least 5 seconds per generation.

Phase 5: Exporting and Publishing

Exporting costs 0.1 credits per minute of video.

A 3-minute video = 0.3 credits.
Important: If you export, find a typo, and export again, you pay export credit again. Always watch the full preview first.

Publishing to a connected channel costs 0.5 credits per publish, separate from the export charge. If you publish daily, budget for it.

Credits are not the only limit on publishing. There is also a hard cap on how many publishes you can make, and it does not depend on your credit balance:

Standard: 5 per day, 50 per month.

Premium: 15 per day, 120 per month.

Scheduled publishes count against these the day they fire, not the day you schedule them. A failed publish does not count.

Additional Features

Translate (in-editor): 1 credit per run, plus 0.1 credits if the AI refine pass rewrites the text.
Translate video (workflow): 1 credit per minute of video with Dubbing v1 (default), 6 credits per minute with Dubbing v2 (Premium and above). This is a separate charge from the in-editor Translate action above.
Background Removal (image): 0.05 credits per image on Basic, 0.1 credits per image on Pro.
Background Removal (video): 0.5 credits per second.
Publish to a channel: 0.5 credits per publish.
Media summary: 0.05 credits per run.
Editor Copilot: Variable (token-metered, depends on the model).

Detailed Credit Usage Tables

Core Feature Costs

Feature	Quantity	Credits
AI Voice (🔵 Blue)	1 Minute	0.25 Credits
AI Voice (🟢 Green)	1 Minute	0.5 Credits
AI Voice (🟡 Yellow)	1 Minute	1 Credit
AI Voice (🟣 Purple)	1 Minute	2 Credits
Stock Avatar	1 Second	0.25 Credits¹
Character - Lipsync	1 Second	0.15 - 2.5 Credits⁴
AI Image	1 Image	0.05 - 1.5 Credits²
AI Video	1 Second	0.1 - 6 Credits³
AI Workflow - Idea to video	Per Run	0.5 Credits
AI Workflow - Script to video	Per 5 min of video	0.5 Credits
AI Workflow - Blog (URL) to video	Per 5 min of video	0.5 Credits
AI Workflow - PPT to video	Per Run	1 Credit
Other Workflows	Per Run	Per run or per minute⁵
Translate (in-editor)	Per Run	1 Credit⁶
Video - Export	1 Minute	0.1 Credits
Publish to a channel	Per Publish	0.5 Credits
Image Upscale	Per Image	0.01 Credits
Image Background Removal (Basic)	Per Image	0.05 Credits
Image Background Removal (Pro)	Per Image	0.1 Credits
Video Background Removal	1 Second	0.5 Credits
Media Summary	Per Run	0.05 Credits
Editor Copilot	Per action	Variable

¹Flat 2 credits are deducted for each avatar generation ≤ 8 seconds. Character lip-sync models have no such minimum, except MiniMax H3 Max Lip-sync (5 seconds).

²See AI Image Model Costs table below.

³See AI Video Model Costs table below.

⁴See Character Lipsync Model Costs table below.

⁵See Workflow Start Costs table below.

⁶Add 0.1 credits if the AI refine pass rewrites the translated text. The Translate video workflow is a separate per-minute charge (see Workflow Start Costs).

AI Image Model Costs

Character-consistent models accept your character portraits as reference images and hold the same face across scenes. If your video features a recurring character, pick one of these.

AI Image Models	Quantity	Credits	Plan
Flux 2 Klein (default) ★	1 Image	0.05 Credits	All, incl. Free
Z Image Turbo	1 Image	0.05 Credits	All, incl. Free
P Image	1 Image	0.15 Credits	Basic+
Meta Muse ★	1 Image	0.25 Credits	Basic+
Seedream 5.0 Flash ★	1 Image	0.25 Credits	Basic+
Qwen Image 3 ★	1 Image	0.5 Credits	Basic+
Nano Banana 2 Lite ★	1 Image	0.75 Credits	Standard+
GPT Image 2.5 ★	1 Image	1 Credit	Basic+
Nano Banana 2 ★	1 Image	1.5 Credits	Basic+

★ Character-consistent: supports character reference images.

AI Video Model Costs

AI Video Models	Resolution	Credits / sec	Plan
Seedance Pro Fast (default on every plan)	480p	0.1 Credits	Basic+
	720p	0.15 Credits	Basic+
	1080p	0.8 Credits	Premium
MiniMax H3 Max Turbo	480p	0.3 Credits	Basic+
MiniMax H3 Max Turbo	720p	0.5 Credits	Basic+
Gen Video †	480p	0.3 Credits	Basic+
Gen Video †	720p	0.5 Credits	Basic+
P-Video 2	720p	0.3 Credits	Basic+
P-Video 2	1080p	0.6 Credits	Basic+
P-Video 2 Pro	480p	0.3 Credits	Basic+
P-Video 2 Pro	720p	0.5 Credits	Basic+
P-Video Replace ✦	720p	0.5 Credits	Standard+
P-Video Replace ✦	1080p	1 Credit	Standard+
Seedance 2.0 Mini	480p	0.5 Credits	Basic+
Seedance 2.0 Mini	720p	1 Credit	Standard+
MiniMax H3 Max	480p	0.6 Credits	Standard+
MiniMax H3 Max	720p	1 Credit	Standard+
PixVerse v5 Fast	720p	0.6 Credits	Basic+
PixVerse v5 Fast	1080p	1.5 Credits	Premium
Seedance 2.0 Fast	480p	0.75 Credits	Basic+
Seedance 2.0 Fast	720p	1.5 Credits	Standard+
MiniMax H3	720p	1 Credit	Basic+
MiniMax H3	1080p	2 Credits	Premium
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1	720p	1.2 Credits	Standard+
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1	1080p	2 Credits	Standard+
LTX-2.5 Fast	720p	1.5 Credits	Standard+
LTX-2.5 Fast	1080p	2.5 Credits	Premium
Kling 2.6 Pro-Motion Transfer ✦	1080p	2 Credits	Standard+
Fabric ✦	720p	2 Credits	Standard+
Flux 3 Video	720p	2 Credits	Standard+
Flux 3 Video	1080p	3 Credits	Standard+
Kling 3.0 Standard ✦	720p	2.5 Credits	Standard+
Kling 3.0 Pro ✦	1080p	3 Credits	Standard+
Google Veo 3.1 Fast ✦	720p	3 Credits	Standard+
	1080p	3 Credits	Premium
	4K	6 Credits	Premium
Seedance 2.0 ✦	720p	3.5 Credits	Premium
Seedance 2.5 ✦	720p	4 Credits	Premium

✦ Playground only: available in the Fliki Playground, not in the scene model picker inside the editor.

† Gen Video is on a promotional rate until November 2026. After that it returns to 0.5 credits/sec at 480p and 1 credit/sec at 720p.

Character Lipsync Model Costs

Lipsync Model	Resolution	Credits / sec	Plan
Pixverse Lip-sync	720p	0.15 Credits	Standard+
P-Video Avatar	720p	0.3 Credits	Standard+
P-Video Avatar	1080p	0.65 Credits	Standard+
MiniMax H3 Max Lip-sync ‡	480p	0.6 Credits	Standard+
	720p	1 Credit	Standard+
	1080p	2 Credits	Standard+
Fabric ✦	720p	2 Credits	Standard+
Sync-3 Lip-sync ✦	720p	2.5 Credits	Standard+

✦ Playground only: available in the Fliki Playground, not in the Character panel inside the editor.

‡ Bills at least 5 seconds per generation.

Music Generation Model Costs

Music Model	Unit	Credits	Plan
Ace Step 1.5 Base	1 Second	0.003 Credits	All, incl. Free
MiniMax Music 2.6	Per Generation	1.5 Credits	Basic+
MiniMax Music 3	1 Second	0.2 Credits	Basic+

Watch out for MiniMax Music 3. At 0.2 credits per second it works out to 12 credits per minute, roughly 67x the cost of Ace Step. A 3-minute track costs about 36 credits. Use it deliberately, and preview short sections before generating a full-length track.

Workflow Start Costs

Charged once per run, after you hit Submit. Per-minute charges are based on the length of the finished video or audio. Everything in the setup phase before Submit is free.

Workflow	Credits
Idea to video	0.5 Credits per run
Script to video	0.5 Credits per started 5 min of video
Blog (URL) to video	0.5 Credits per started 5 min of video
PPT to video	1 Credit per run
Product video	0.5 Credits per run
Avatar video	1 Credit per run
Podcast video	0.5 Credits per minute of video
Edit video	0.25 Credits per minute of video (0.5 if you replace the voice)
Screen recording	0.25 Credits per minute of video, plus per minute: 0.25 voice change, 0.75 dubbing, 0.5 AI voiceover, 0.25 auto zoom
Translate video	1 Credit per minute of video (Dubbing v1), 6 Credits per minute (Dubbing v2, Premium+)
Explainer videos	1 Credit per minute of generated video
Motion graphics explainer	1 Credit per minute of generated video
Product marketing video	1 Credit per minute of generated video
Music video	1 Credit per minute of generated video
Idea to audio	0.25 Credits per run
Script to audio	0.5 Credits per run
Blog to audio	0.5 Credits per run
Music (audio)	1 Credit per minute of each track, plus the music model cost
Directed voiceover	0.5 Credits per minute of audio
Audiobook	0.5 Credits per run
Design - Thumbnail	0.25 Credits per run, plus each image at its model rate
Design - Ad creative	0.25 Credits per run, plus each image at its model rate
Design - Social carousel	0.5 Credits per run
Design - Presentation	1 Credit per run

Tips to optimize usage

1. Review before you submit

The biggest credit saver is finalizing your script before the video is generated.

Reviewing text and prompts during the Setup Phase is free. Editing them later consumes credits.

2. Keep voiceover layers short

Keep text layers to 1-2 sentences.

If you edit text in a scene, you pay to regenerate audio for that scene.

Regenerating a 30-second paragraph is expensive. Regenerating a 5-second sentence is cheap.

3. Use the "Pronounce" feature

If the AI mispronounces a word, don't regenerate the whole scene.

Highlight just that word and select "Pronounce". You can fix it in the Pronunciation Map without consuming credits for the full scene.

4. Perfect images before converting to video

AI Video costs up to 6 credits/second. AI Images cost as little as 0.05 credits.

Always generate your video with images first. Review and swap them until perfect.

Only then, go to Settings → "Generate AI video clips".

5. Lip-sync is the last step

Don't rush the Avatar lip-sync.

If you generate it early and then change your script, you pay double.

Wait until your final review is done before clicking "Generate lip-sync".

6. Use stock content

Stock images and videos from Fliki’s library are free (0 credits).

Use them to fill gaps or create high-quality segments without spending budget.

7. Choose the right model

Don't use a higher-cost voice or AI model unless you need it.

Hobby work: Use a 🟢 Green (0.5/min) or a 🔵 Blue voice (0.25/min) and Flux 2 Klein (0.05/image).
Professional work: Use a 🟡 Yellow (1/min) or a 🟣 Purple voice (2/min) and GPT Image 2.5 (1/image).
AI video: Start with Seedance Pro Fast (0.1/sec at 480p, 0.15/sec at 720p) before trying expensive models like Google Veo.
Recurring characters: You only need a character-consistent image model (marked ★) when the same face has to appear across scenes. Otherwise a 0.05 credit model is fine.

8. Check your default video model

Every plan renders with Seedance Pro Fast by default: 480p on Standard (0.1 credits/sec), 720p on Basic and Premium (0.15 credits/sec).

If you need higher quality, pick a different model or resolution in the model picker before generating. Check its rate first: some models cost 20 to 40 times more per second.

9. Plan your exports and publishes

Every export costs 0.1 credits per minute, and every publish to a channel costs 0.5 credits.

Treat the export button like a "Publish" button, not a "Draft" button.

Watch the full preview one last time before exporting.

FUP Limits

Limit	Free	Paid	Period
Create file	100	2,000	Month
Create folder	500	500	Month
Create workflow	10	2,000	Month
Upload media	50	15,000	Month
Generate prompts	100	20,000	Month
Custom styles	100	20,000	Month
Editor copilot	60	150	Hour
Editor copilot	180	450	Day
Editor copilot, per file	3	Unlimited	Month
Translate	12	12	Minute
Pronunciation entries	5	5	Minute
Add scene	20	20	Minute
Exports in flight	3	3	5 minutes
Failed exports per file	5	5	2 days

Annual plans: annual subscribers get 12x the monthly cap measured across the whole year, not the monthly cap reset each month. The yearly total is the same, but if you front-load a lot of work into the first months you can hit the cap early.

Free copilot cap: the 3-chat limit on the Free plan is per file in a rolling month, not per account.