How Credits Work
Credits give you one cleaner way to follow AI spend
Clawhouse turns model usage into credits so you can follow spend in one unit. Shorter tasks use less, while larger jobs, heavier reasoning, and more intense use cases use more.
Light work
Lower credit usage
Short replies, quick follow-ups, reminders, inbox sorting, and smaller tasks usually use fewer credits.
Faster tasks tend to stay lighter.
CommonDeeper work
Moderate credit usage
Longer back-and-forth, drafting, summarizing, planning, and multi-step tasks use more credits as the work grows.
Bigger tasks increase the burn rate.
HeavierIntense reasoning
Higher credit usage
Complex reasoning, larger documents, heavy research, and more demanding use cases consume credits faster.
Harder jobs use more model work.
Credits vary by provider, by whether a model is reading or writing, and by how much work each task asks the model to do.