Understanding credits
What a credit is, the exact rate of each tool, the started-minute rule, the confirmation window before a job, automatic refunds and the credit activity log.
In Clipfer you pay for what you produce: each tool spends credits according to the length of the videos rendered or analysed. The rates are the same on every plan, and every paid action is announced before it starts. Here is how it all adds up.
What a credit is
For most tools, one credit is one minute of output video. Your balance combines two pools: your subscription credits, renewed each period, and the pack and trial credits, which never expire. Subscription credits are used first, then pack credits. They work in every tool.
The rate of each tool
| Tool | Cost |
|---|---|
| Metadata Editor | 1 credit per version and per minute of video. Photos are free. |
| Auto captions | 1 credit per minute of video, transcription included. |
| Silence Remover | 1 credit per minute of output video. |
| Text Overlay | 1 credit per text type suggested by the AI, for each video, then 1 credit per minute of rendered video. |
| Clipping Omegle | Per analysed minute, depending on the model: 6 with Claude Opus 5, 3 with Claude Sonnet 5, 2 with Claude Haiku 4.5. Clip renders are included. |
Free of charge: photos, previews, Clipping clip renders, and transcription within the minutes included each month (30 min on the trial, 300 with Creator, 1,000 with Pro, 4,000 with Agency).
Every started minute, with a 2-second allowance
Every started minute counts, but the Studio grants two seconds of leeway before counting one more minute:
- a 1 min 30 s video costs 2 credits;
- a "one-minute" phone video that actually lasts 60.04 s costs 1 credit;
- a Metadata Editor version that comes out at 61 s (0.98× speed) also costs 1 credit.
A render under one minute costs at least 1 credit.
The confirmation window
Before every paid job, a window sums up the batch and shows its cost:
- Read the line Cost: N credits — you have M left. It is estimated per started minute, from the real length of the sources.
- If the balance is too low, the line becomes Cost: … — not enough credits and the button is blocked, with You're N short to start this. and a Top up link.
- Click Start processing. The actual charge is made at launch, on the server; the page only shows an estimate.
In Clipping Omegle, the box I have read the estimate and agree to run a billed analysis. has to be ticked before Start analysis. Running the same analysis again costs nothing, and moving the Quality bar afterwards is free.
Automatic refunds
A failed action is refunded without you asking: a failed or cancelled render, a refusal by the analysis model, an analysis that suggests no text. The refund shows in the credit history with the Refunded status, on the line of the tool involved. For the special cases, read Not enough credits or no refund.
The credit activity log
Your balance is always visible at the top right of the Studio (N credits · see subscription). The Subscription page (account menu, or the Upgrade button) details, under Credits & features, the Current balance, the Plan credits with their renewal date, and the Top-up and trial credits, which never expire.
Further down, the Credit usage history lists every movement with its Date, the Tool, the Details (file, video length, version, text types or analysed minutes), the Status and the Credits:
- Used: a job, with the credits deducted.
- Refunded: a job that failed, with the credits given back.
- Credited: trial, subscription or pack credits received.
- Adjusted: a correction made by the team.
See full history opens the complete page, filterable by tool (Filter by tool) and paginated. Subscription credits unused at the end of a period do not roll over; the log flags it as N credits from the previous period lost. The rate of each tool stays displayed at the bottom of the Subscription page.