# Generation Credits: Estimate and Verify Source: [Generation Credits: Estimate and Verify]() Documentation index: [llms.txt]() Last updated: 2026-10-28 A generation estimate is the expected media charge for the settings you selected; the completed transaction is the settled charge. As checked on **October 28, 2026**, model settings, pricing catalog, eligible video inputs, provider usage, and rounding can change the amount. Review the editor estimate or confirmation before generating, then open **Credits history → Detail** afterward. Account for Agent usage separately. ## Check the estimate before generating - **Video Gen** shows an estimate after you choose the model, resolution, duration, and supported source inputs. - Agent-driven video, image, or motion-graphics work can show a confirmation card before the job starts. Some actions do not show a fixed preview. - Music, sound effects, and voice generation depend on the selected service, engine, duration or character count, and applicable pricing catalog. Manual editing, uploads, transcription, and export do not consume credits; access to a feature can still depend on your plan. The [Credits Policy](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-policy#seedance-pricing) is the single owner of the pricing guidance. This page explains how to check an individual job, rather than duplicating a rate table. ## Record settings, catalog, and quote date To compare two estimates, record: - Exact model name or public model ID, task mode, output count, and quality setting. - Resolution, dimensions when applicable, aspect ratio, and requested duration. - Reference/source-video duration and other reference inputs. Eligible video input affects the inspected Seedance 2.0, Fast, mini, and 2.5 contracts, not just 2.5. - Audio setting, including whether the active tool exposes a toggle. The inspected ChatCut Seedance tool enables generated audio internally and has no audio toggle. - Pricing catalog or account cohort if known, quote date, displayed estimate, and completed charge once available. Mark an unknown catalog as unknown. The inspected public-card source includes a **legacy fallback** catalog and catalog **`2026-10-20`**. Cards show rounded estimates for the cheapest configuration. They do not establish your account’s exact model/settings quote, and multiplying a rounded one-second estimate does not produce an exact job charge. A Nano Banana 2 card estimate also does not establish a Nano Banana Pro price. **Last verified: 2026-10-28.** Official-provider documentation below was saved on 2026-10-27 and reviewed with the integration sources on 2026-10-28. No authenticated production quote or completed generation was obtained for this update. | Verified fact | Source | | --- | --- | | **Public card estimate.** A rounded cheapest-configuration illustration; the legacy fallback and `2026-10-20` catalogs can differ. | [ChatCut pricing](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/pricing) | | **Model and media settings.** The chosen model, resolution, duration, mode, and supported source inputs define the requested job. | [AI Video Generation](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/video-generation-models) | | **Seedance input usage.** Native pricing considers output tokens, resolution-specific tariffs, and eligible video input; provider schedules are not ChatCut credit quotes. | [BytePlus pricing](https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/ModelArk/model-pricing), [Credits Policy](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-policy#seedance-pricing) | | **Estimate versus settlement.** The editor estimate or confirmation precedes the job; provider usage and rounding can affect the settled transaction. | [Credits Policy](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-policy#how-do-i-verify-the-final-charge) | | **Agent usage.** Built-in Agent usage, host-agent allowance, and ChatCut-hosted media charges need separate accounting. | [Credits Policy: Agent charges](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-policy#are-agent-charges-separate) | For a reproducible quote-check setup with a public model ID, fixed resolution, duration, references, and audio behavior, use the [matched-settings example](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-policy#what-does-a-matched-settings-example-cost). It deliberately has no numeric total because no authenticated quote was captured. Do not turn historical development costs, an expired promotion, or a provider’s USD/CNY tariff into a current ChatCut price. ## Verify the final charge 1. Open the avatar menu in the top-right of the editor. 2. Select **Credits history**. 3. Open **Detail**. 4. Compare the completed negative transaction and resulting balance with the estimate you recorded for that job. An estimate is not the completed transaction. Provider-reported duration or input usage, actual output, and job-level rounding can change the final amount. Keep the requested settings and completed result together when checking a difference. If generation fails, inspect the failed asset in **My Assets**, then check **Credits history**. A failure card alone does not establish that credits were deducted or refunded. Check the relevant transactions and balance, and use [Workflow Failures](https://pr-694-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/workflow-failures) to investigate the task. ## Keep Agent usage separate from media charges A quote for generating a clip does not include all model usage from a built-in ChatCut Agent conversation. Planning, revisions, and the context processed can add Agent usage separate from media generation. With a Codex or Claude plugin, host reasoning uses the host’s own subscription or API allowance. ChatCut-hosted media generation uses ChatCut credits; a host’s own generation tool follows that host’s allowance. Check the active tool and its confirmation so the two services’ usage is not combined into a single assumed media price. ## Frequently asked questions What changes the price? Record the exact model, resolution, dimensions, aspect ratio, duration, references, audio setting, pricing catalog, and quote date. Public card estimates are rounded cheapest-configuration illustrations; use the editor estimate for your settings. Are Agent charges separate? Yes. Built-in ChatCut Agent usage is separate from media generation. Codex or Claude host reasoning also uses its own allowance, while ChatCut-hosted media services use ChatCut credits. Where can I verify the settled charge? Open the avatar menu, then Credits history and Detail. Compare the completed transaction and balance with the job estimate. For a failed task, check its asset card and ledger without assuming a deduction or refund.