💳 Thinkeo Credits

How it works

The pay-as-you-use pricing model offered by Thinkeo is based on a credit system.

You consume credits when a User from your Team performs a publication. You don't consume any credits for configuring your Apps.

More specifically, you consume credits when an advanced block is executed from the Publication Interface. These blocks are billed based on the words present in the block (using token logic) or per unit, depending on the block type.

📘 Reminder: In Thinkeo, you have two types of blocks: simple blocks and advanced blocks. Simple blocks don't consume credits, so it's possible to create complete workflows and Apps for free without AI.

Simple blocks

Paragraph

Group

Choice

Condition

Advanced blocks

File

API Call

Word

PPT

Block nesting and credit consumption

In Thinkeo, credit consumption depends on block nesting:

Simple blocks (Paragraph, Group, Choice, Condition) don't consume credits when used independently

However, when a simple block is nested within an advanced block, it contributes to the parent block's credit consumption

Example with AI block

When an AI block contains simple blocks:

⚙️ Parent block consumption

The AI block (parent block) consumes credits for all its content, including the simple blocks it contains

📝 Nested paragraph blocks

Paragraph blocks used inside the AI block consume credits per token, even though they're normally free when used alone

📁 Nested file blocks

File blocks used inside the AI block consume credits per token AND cost a fixed unit amount. Outside an AI block, they would only cost the fixed amount

✅ General rule: The advanced block (parent) determines credit consumption for all blocks it contains, whether they're simple or advanced.

For a better understanding of block execution, we invite you to consult 💳 Thinkeo Credits.

Thinkeo credit pricing

Cost structure

Cost per million: €0.1 for 1M Thinkeo credits

Free credits per Team per month: 50M

Each month, this free amount is renewed for the entire Team.

Credit correspondences

Words recorded by search block (embedding)

The Search block feeds a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) so that uploaded files are split into excerpts (embeddings), allowing questions asked in the Search block to retrieve these excerpts.

📁 First document upload

When a new document is first uploaded to the Search block, each word consumes one credit

⏰ 30-day storage period

For 30 days, the document will be stored on our servers and will no longer cost credits for this transformation into excerpts

🗑️ Document expiration

After 30 days, the document will be deleted from our servers. A new upload will therefore consume one credit per word again

Search block token cost during excerpt conversion: 1 credit

Estimated consumption per word, by AI model

AI models have different costs for "Input" and "Output":

Input corresponds to the prompt sent to the AI, meaning all words that will compose the AI block (and its child blocks)

Output corresponds to the response generated by the AI

AI models count words in tokens (whole words, word parts, or characters for some models). The following table is indicative to give you a scale of the Thinkeo credit cost for each model per simple word.

💡 AI model credit consumption

Model Name	Input	Output
🤖 OpenAI - o Series (Advanced Reasoning)
o3	67	267
o3-mini	37	147
o4-mini	37	147
🤖 OpenAI - GPT-5 Series (Unified Intelligence)
GPT-5	42	334
GPT-5-mini	9	67
GPT-5-nano	2	14
🤖 OpenAI - GPT-4 Series
GPT-4o	167	667
GPT4.1	67	267
GPT-4o Mini	20	80
GPT4.1-mini	14	54
GPT4.1-nano	4	14
🧠 Anthropic - Claude 4 Series
Claude 4.0 Opus	500	2500
Claude 4.0 Sonnet	100	500
🧠 Anthropic - Claude 3.5 Series
Claude 3.5 Haiku	34	167
🌐 Google - Gemini 2.5 Series
Gemini 2.5 Pro	84	500
Gemini 2.5 Flash	5	20
🔍 Perplexity - Web-Enhanced Models
Perplexity Sonnar Pro	100	500
Perplexity Deep Research	67	267
Perplexity Sonnar	34	34
🇫🇷 Mistral - Premium
Pixtral Large	67	200
Mistral Large	67	200
🇫🇷 Mistral - Balanced
Mistral Medium	14	67
Mistral Small	4	10
🔓 Open Source - Advanced
Deepseek R1	35	35
🔓 Open Source - Meta Llama
Llama 3.3	35	35
Llama 3.1	8	8
🔓 Open Source - Mistral
Mistral Nemo	8	8
Mistral Small (Open Source)	6	14

Unit consumption for specific blocks

The following blocks have a unit credit cost. For each block present in the App, this cost will apply, whether the block is nested or not.

Block Type	Credits per Unit
Word	700,000
File	50,000
API Call	10,000

Perplexity models with per-usage costs

When using Perplexity models in AI blocks, additional per-usage costs apply:

Perplexity Model	Credits per Usage
Perplexity Sonnar Pro	333,334
Perplexity Sonnar	266,667
Perplexity Deep Research	166,667

Credit tracking

Access your credit information

You can monitor your credit consumption through multiple access points on the Thinkeo platform:

Access detailed consumption analytics through the new Usage tab in your Team menu:

Navigate to Team menu → Usage

View comprehensive consumption breakdown

Monitor credit usage trends over time

Track consumption by App and user

Quick credit counter

For instant credit balance viewing:

Check the credit counter at the bottom left of your navigation menu

Real-time display of your current credit balance

Usage tab features

The new Usage tab provides comprehensive consumption management:

Consumption tracking

Team consumption overview - Monitor your entire team's credit usage

Individual App consumption - Track credit usage for each specific App

Monthly navigation - Switch between different months to view historical consumption data

Cost breakdown - View costs displayed in both credits and euros

Cost analytics

Average cost per usage - Understand typical consumption patterns per App execution

Dual currency display - Monitor expenses in both Thinkeo credits and euro equivalents

Budget management

Budget limits - Set spending limits to control your team's credit consumption

Budget alerts - Receive email notifications sent to all Team administrators when approaching or exceeding defined budget thresholds

Proactive monitoring - Stay informed about consumption trends before they become costly

Budget control benefits

The Usage tab's budget features help you:

Set spending boundaries for better cost control

Receive early warnings before reaching consumption limits

Track monthly trends to optimize your team's usage patterns

Monitor App-specific costs to identify optimization opportunities

Summary

💡 Key points

Simple blocks: Free when used independently

Advanced blocks: Consume credits based on content and model

Nesting rule: Parent block determines consumption for all nested blocks

Monthly allowance: 50M free credits per Team

📈 Cost optimization

Use simple blocks when possible for free workflows

Choose efficient AI models for better cost control

Monitor your monthly consumption

Leverage the 30-day document storage for Search blocks

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Words recorded by search block (embedding)#

Estimated consumption per word, by AI model#

Unit consumption for specific blocks#

Perplexity models with per-usage costs#

Credit tracking#

Access your credit information#

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Quick credit counter#

Usage tab features#

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