Usage credits
How credits work
One number, one rule: the editor is free, hosted models cost credits.
Always free, every plan
- Editing, searching and navigating code
- The terminal, git and your own interpreters
- Extensions from Open VSX
- Scanning a workspace for AI use
- Your account and signing in
Uses bundled credits
- Messages to starnode-hosted models: Claude Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Opus 5.5
- Charged for the tokens each reply actually used, as the model provider reports them
What a credit actually buys
Rough costs: exact usage varies with message length and model.
| Action | Cost |
|---|---|
| Short message on Claude Haiku 4.5 | about 1.5 credits |
| Short message on Claude Sonnet 5.5 | about 3 credits |
| Short message on Claude Opus 5.5 | about 6 credits |
| A large file in context (20,000 tokens) on Sonnet 5.5 | about 25 credits |
- Free
- 200 / mo≈70 short Sonnet messages
- Pro
- 5,000 / mo≈1,800 short Sonnet messages
- Max
- 30,000 / mo≈11,000 short Sonnet messages
See your credits any time
Sign in and your account page shows what is left this month, when it refills, and what each message cost.