Overview
When building a Zite app, you provide instructions by sending messages or prompts. Each message helps Zite understand your request and generate the right output. Sending messages uses AI credits, and your credit balance determines how much you can build, update, and modify your app.AI credit usage
The amount of AI credits consumed per message depends on the complexity of the request. Simple edits use fewer credits, while complex or advanced changes use more. Credit usage is based on AI LLM activity, including task complexity, the number of files read, and the number of changes written. Summarizing chat history and manual changes, such as selective edits and applying a new theme, do not consume credits.| Sample request | What it does | AI Credit Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Edit colors, spacing, or font | Small visual or style updates | 0.5 - 0.7 |
| Reposition elements | Moves or resizes components within a screen | 0.6 - 1.00 |
| Change navigation or page branching | Updates flow between screens | 1.00 - 1.50 |
| Add a new page or view | Creates a new screen with elements | 1.50 - 2.25 |
| Modify app layout | Updates structure across a screen | 1.50 - 2.50 |
| Create a database | Sets up a database with tables and fields | 2.00 - 3.00 |
| Change design from uploaded photo | Analyzes a photo and updates app styling | 2.00 - 3.50 |
| Add user authentication | Creates flows, logic, and UI | 2.50 - 3.50 |
Used AI credits
You can check how many credits a request consumed by clicking .
View app usage underneath.
Remaining AI credits
To see how many credits you’ve used in total and how many are left, click here.
Unused AI credits
Unused monthly AI credits expire at the start of each month. Monthly credit limits reset on the 1st of each month (UTC).Add more AI credits
If you need more credits, you can upgrade your Apps plan. Check out this quick guide.Downgrading after deployment
If you upgrade to a paid plan to create an app and then downgrade after your app is fully built and published:- Zite will continue to host your app on the Free plan as long as you’re not using a custom domain.
- The app creator and the app users can still access the app free of charge.
- Zite branding will reappear if you go back to the Free Zite plan.
Integration credits
Integration credits are a separate credit pool from AI credits. They are consumed when your published apps interact with external services — for example, sending an email costs 5 integration credits. Zite Database operations are always free. For full details on integration credit costs and monthly limits, see the Integration Credits guide.AI Credit Efficiency
Tips from the Zite Team to get the most out of your AI credits.
Integration Credits
Learn how integration credits work for published app interactions.