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AI Usage

AI generation in AI Boost Post is billed in USD against your AI balance. Distributing content to channels is always free — your balance is only charged when you generate text, images, or videos in the Generation Studio. Manage your balance at Credits in the top navigation.

The balance badge

Your current AI balance is always visible in the top-right corner of the navigation bar. The badge changes colour based on your balance health:

  • Green — healthy balance.
  • Yellow — low balance (less than 50% of your average monthly spend).
  • Red — negative balance. All generation is blocked until you top up.

Click the badge to go directly to the AI Usage page.

How usage is charged

Before any generation starts, a pre-flight check confirms your balance is not negative. If it is negative, the request is rejected immediately with no provider call made. If your balance is zero or positive, the generation proceeds — after it completes, the actual USD cost (based on real provider usage, not the estimate) is deducted and logged in your transaction history.

A single generation can push your balance below zero. That is allowed. The next generation will be blocked until you top up.

Every USD amount you see is the final charged cost, not the raw provider price. AI Boost Post applies a per-model markup on top of the underlying provider cost (typically 1.5×–4× depending on the model tier — fast models like Haiku and Flux Schnell carry the highest multiplier because their per-call cost is tiny). The numbers in the cost reference table below already include this markup.

Cost reference table

Numbers are approximate — actual charges depend on exact token counts, image sizes, video durations, and provider pricing at the time of generation.

OperationApprox cost
Text — Claude Haiku 4.5 (1K in + 1K out tokens)~$0.024
Text — Claude Sonnet 4.5 (1K in + 1K out tokens)~$0.054
Text — Claude Opus 4.7 (1K in + 1K out tokens)~$0.135
Image — Flux Schnell (1024×1024)~$0.01
Image — Flux Pro 1.1 (1024×1024)~$0.12
Image — DALL-E 3 (1024×1024)~$0.12
Video — Kling v1.6 (5 s)~$0.60
Video — Pika 2.0 (5 s)~$0.90
Video — Luma Dream Machine (5 s)~$1.20
Video — Runway Gen-3α Turbo (5 s)~$1.50
Video — Runway Gen-3α (5 s)~$3.75
Distribute to any channelFree

Requesting a top-up

1

Go to AI Usage

Navigate to Credits or click the balance badge in the top-right corner.
2

Fill in the top-up form

Enter the USD amount you want to add and a payment reference (e.g., a bank transfer ID or invoice number). You need Admin or Owner role to submit a top-up request.
3

Wait for admin approval

A Ubalitics admin reviews the request and approves it once payment is confirmed. You receive an in-app notification when the amount is added. The approved amount appears in your balance immediately.

Reading the transaction history

The transaction history on the AI Usage page shows every balance movement with a timestamp, entry type, amount, and running balance. Use the entry type filter to narrow the view:

  • Top-up — amount added by a top-up approval.
  • Consumption — amount deducted after a generation completes.
  • Refund — amount returned if a generation fails after being charged.
  • Adjustment — manual grant or deduction by a Ubalitics admin.
Use the cost estimate before generating. Every generation flow shows a cost preview modal before you confirm. If the estimate is higher than expected, try a faster model or reduce the video duration before confirming.