Credits

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What Are Credits?

Credits are the units that power Recruitier’s AI-driven features. Every time you use an AI-powered action — such as running a job search, discovering contacts, or generating outreach messages — it consumes a certain number of credits from your balance. Credits exist to ensure fair usage of the platform’s computational resources. Each search, match, and AI generation requires significant processing power, and credits are the mechanism that allocates this capacity to every user.

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Credit Cost Per Action

Different actions consume different amounts of credits. Here is the complete breakdown:

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Credit Allocations by Plan

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Viewing Your Remaining Credits

You can check your credit balance in several places:

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Dashboard

Your main dashboard displays a Credits card showing:

• Your current remaining credits
• Total credits included in your plan
• A visual indicator of usage vs. remaining balance

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Subscription Page

Navigate to the Subscription page to see your credit allocation details:

• Total credits included in your plan
• Credits used this period
• Credits remaining
• Next refresh date

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Agency Dashboard (Admin Only)

If you are an agency admin, the agency dashboard shows:

• Total credits used across all team members
• Total credits remaining across all team members
• Individual credit balances on the member leaderboard

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Credit Reset Cycle

Credits refresh at the start of each billing period according to a monthly schedule: When credits reset, your balance returns to the full allocation included in your plan. Unused credits from the previous period do not roll over — they are reset to the standard allocation.

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Trial Credits

Trial users have a special credit structure:

• 30 starter credits are granted at registration (specifically at email verification)
• 10 bonus credits are awarded for completing the guided tour (one-time)
• Trial credits do not refresh during the 14-day trial period
• The maximum possible trial balance is 40 credits (30 + 10 tour bonus)

This means trial users need to use their credits carefully. Here is what you can do with 40 credits:

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What Happens When You Run Out

If your credit balance reaches zero before the end of your billing period:

• AI-powered features pause — Searches, matching, message generation, and contact discovery are unavailable until credits are replenished
• Existing data remains accessible — You can still view and manage your candidates, jobs, companies, and outreach history
• Manual actions continue — Editing profiles, adding notes, updating statuses, tagging, and pipeline management all work without credits
• Outreach flows pause — Any queued email sends that require message generation will wait until credits are available

When your credits reset at the start of the next billing period, all AI-powered features resume automatically. You do not need to take any action.

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Managing Your Credit Usage

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Track Consumption Patterns

Use the credits display on your dashboard to understand your usage patterns. If you consistently run out of credits before the end of the period, analyze which actions are consuming the most credits:

• High-cost actions to watch: Lusha full lookups (60 credits each), LinkedIn contact searches (50 credits each)
• Medium-cost actions: Smart searches (10 credits), result pages (10 credits each)
• Low-cost actions: Message generation (1 credit each)

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Prioritize High-Value Actions

Not all actions have equal return on investment. Prioritize:

1. Targeted searches with specific criteria over broad, exploratory searches
2. Candidate matching for your best candidates first
3. Outreach to the highest-quality leads
4. Contact discovery only for companies you plan to actively pursue

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Use Free Features Strategically

Several features are free and can supplement your credit-consuming actions:

• Internal job search — Search the existing database for free before running a new smart search
• Saved searches — Re-run previous searches to find new results without rebuilding from scratch
• Manual data entry — Add notes, tags, and pipeline updates without credit cost
• Existing contact details — Review already-discovered contacts before running new lookups

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For Agency Admins

Monitor individual credit balances through the member leaderboard on the agency dashboard. If one team member is consuming credits faster than others, discuss whether their usage patterns are optimal or whether they need guidance on efficient search strategies.

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Advanced

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Credit Refresh Mechanism

Credit refreshes are handled by a monthly batch job that runs at the scheduled refresh date for each user:

1. The system checks each active subscription for upcoming refresh dates
2. For each user whose refresh date has arrived, the credit balance is reset to the plan’s full allocation
3. The refresh is recorded in the billing system for audit purposes
4. The user’s dashboard updates to reflect the new balance

Key behaviors:

• Credits reset to the plan amount (they do not add to existing balance)
• Unused credits from the previous period are forfeited
• The refresh happens regardless of whether the user is logged in
• Trial accounts do not receive credit refreshes

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Per-Action Credit Deduction

When you perform a credit-consuming action:

1. The system checks your current credit balance before executing the action
2. If you have sufficient credits, the balance is decremented atomically
3. The action proceeds (search, lookup, generation, etc.)
4. If the action fails for any reason, the credits are not refunded automatically (contact support for failed action credit refunds)
5. If you have insufficient credits, the action is blocked and you see a notification

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Message Limit vs. Credit Balance

Paid users have two separate limits:

• Credit balance — Consumed by all AI-powered actions (searches, lookups, messages)
• Monthly message limit — Caps the number of AI-generated messages at 2,000 per month

These limits are independent. You could run out of credits while still having message capacity remaining, or vice versa. The message limit resets monthly regardless of billing frequency.

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Related

• Plans & Pricing
• Managing Your Subscription
• Key Concepts
• Your Dashboard