Credits, made concrete
Put AI Hires to work.
Plan the recurring work you want off your plate.
Builder includes 4,000
credits each month. Compare estimated AI work shifts by model, then choose the right engine for the job.
Start with the plan default: Gemini 3.8 Flash. Try one bounded task and review its output and credit usage before choosing another model.
An AI work shift is a planned block of work for your AI Hire. You set the assignment and review the result.
For cost planning, we currently budget 500,000 tokens per AI work shift: 350,000 new input/context-tool tokens, 50,000 output/reasoning tokens, and 100,000 cache-read tokens. This is a planning assumption, not a fixed number of hours or a measured human-workday equivalent. Idle wall-clock time does not consume tokens. Voice and connected tools may incur additional usage.
These are token-cost comparisons, not measured work-shift costs or human workdays. The illustrative range is 0.5–1.5 times the reference estimate, not an observed range. Actual usage depends on context, retries, tools, and model choice.
GLM 5.3 Flash
Low-cost text and multimodal understanding. Attachment support varies by channel and setup; verify the file types your job needs.
Fewest credits ~14 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 7-21 credits
Builder can budget for about 285 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $0.28-$0.35 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
DeepSeek Flash
Fast starter assistant for Explorer and lightweight daily work.
Fewest credits ~19 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 9-29 credits
Builder can budget for about 210 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $0.38-$0.48 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google’s low-cost production model for high-volume agentic tasks and simple processing.
Low credits ~39 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 19-59 credits
Builder can budget for about 102 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $0.78-$0.98 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Fast Claude assistance with 1M context and up to 128K output tokens. cYpher uses conservative long-prompt rates for hosted metering regardless of prompt length.
Low credits cYpher uses conservative long-prompt rates for hosted metering regardless of prompt length.
~51 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 25-77 credits
Builder can budget for about 78 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $1.02-$1.28 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google’s production model for complex agent workflows. Introductory credit rates through December 31, 2026.
Low credits ~77 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 38-116 credits
Builder can budget for about 51 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $1.54-$1.93 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
GPT-5.6 Luna
Cost-efficient OpenAI reasoning for high-volume agent workloads.
Low credits ~195 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 97-293 credits
Builder can budget for about 20 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $3.90-$4.88 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic’s balanced frontier model for capable, efficient agent work.
Moderate credits ~204 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 102-306 credits
Builder can budget for about 19 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $4.08-$5.10 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Kimi K3
Long-horizon intelligence for complex builds, visual analysis, research, and extended agent work.
Moderate credits ~305 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 152-458 credits
Builder can budget for about 13 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $6.10-$7.63 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic’s frontier reasoning model for complex delegation and Chief of Staff work.
High credits ~404 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 202-606 credits
Builder can budget for about 9 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $8.08-$10.10 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic’s highest-capability model for long-running agents and complex work.
Most credits ~1,005 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 502-1,508 credits
Builder can budget for about 3 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $20.10-$25.13 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI frontier reasoning for complex professional and agentic work.
Most credits ~1,017 credits / AI work shift
Illustrative range: 508-1,526 credits
Builder can budget for about 3 AI work shifts per month.
Estimated refill cost: $20.34-$25.43 per AI work shift, depending on pack size.
Planning estimate. Actual work delivered depends on the task, model, and review.
What individual actions cost
Examples in cYpher AI credits. AI Studio and Success Agent actions
use their own metering; agent replies vary by engine and context.
Success Agent reply
Typically 3; up to 8 credits outside prepaid goals
~3 creditsStudio image
Per image · Lite / Flash / Pro
6 / 25 / 40 credits10-second video · Gemini Omni
Default: Omni 1.1 Flash · 720p text-to-video estimate. 180 credits temporarily reserved; final charge uses actual usage.
~170 creditsAgent reply · GPT-6 Astra
Representative reply · same input/output workload
~34 creditsAgent reply · GLM 5.3 Flash
Representative reply · same input/output workload
~1 creditApp Builder generation or edit
Per request · plus 10 credits to deploy
12+ credits
Planning estimates, not measured averages or fixed quotes. Agent examples use 10,000 input and 2,000 output tokens, with no cache reuse; actual usage varies with context, output, cache and tool activity. The Omni example is sample-based; edits and extensions cost separately.