Credit System
The Visionati API runs on a credit system. One credit equals one cent. Credits are charged per image (or per frame for videos) based on which backends and features you request.
How Credits Are Calculated
Section titled “How Credits Are Calculated”Each backend charges per feature it supports. The total credit cost for a request is the sum of all active backend-feature combinations.
For example, if you enable Clarifai (tags: 0.15 cents, NSFW: 0.15 cents) and OpenAI (descriptions: 2 cents), a request with all features enabled would cost:
- Clarifai tags: 0.15
- Clarifai NSFW: 0.15
- OpenAI descriptions: 2.00
- Total: 2.30 cents (3 credits)
Credits are rounded up to the nearest whole number.
Backend Costs
Section titled “Backend Costs”See AI Backends for the per-feature cost of each backend.
Long Prompt Surcharge
Section titled “Long Prompt Surcharge”Custom prompts over 2500 characters add a surcharge for every 2500-character block. The surcharge equals the backend’s base rate per description (e.g., 3 cents for Claude, 2 cents for OpenAI, 1 cent for Gemini). This applies only to description (LLM) backends.
Video Credits
Section titled “Video Credits”Videos are processed by extracting frames. Each frame is charged as a separate image. The total cost is:
credits per frame x number of frames extracted
Use the max_frames parameter to control costs. See Video Processing.
Credit Packages
Section titled “Credit Packages”| Package | Price | Credits | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $5 | 500 | — |
| Small Business | $25 | 2,550 | 2% |
| Professional | $50 | 5,250 | 5% |
| Enterprise | Contact | Custom | Negotiable |
Purchase credits at api.visionati.com.
Tips for Reducing Costs
Section titled “Tips for Reducing Costs”- Select only the features you need using the
featureparameter - Select only the backends you need using the
backendparameter - Use
max_framesto limit video processing costs - Simple requests (e.g., tags only from one backend) cost very little