Credits Explained
Every AI action in Judicio draws from a single pool of credits. This page explains how that pool works, what each feature costs, and how to track, cap, and top up your usage from Settings → Billing & invoices.
How credits work
Your subscription tops up your pool at the start of each billing cycle:
- Starter: 2,500 credits per month
- Professional: 5,000 credits per month
- Organisation: 5,000 credits per seat per month, pooled across the whole organisation
- Annual plans: the full year's allocation up front — 30,000 credits per year on Starter, 60,000 on Professional (per seat on Organisation)
- Free trial: a one-time trial credit grant with Deep Mode included, no credit card required
Credits are spent whenever Judicio runs an AI analysis on your behalf — a review, a timeline, a research query, a translation, a case strategy report. The exact cost depends on the feature, the document size, and the analysis mode. Uploading documents is free within your plan's monthly included pages — see Free document uploads below.
Credit estimates before you commit
Judicio always shows a credit estimate before it spends anything. You see the projected cost on the confirmation screen and decide whether to proceed. There are no surprise charges.
What costs credits
| Feature | What is billed | Cost factors |
|---|---|---|
| Document Review | Per review run | Number of files, total pages, number of checks, analysis mode |
| Review Matrix | Per matrix run | Total pages, number of questions, analysis mode |
| Timeline Builder | Per timeline | Total pages, analysis mode |
| Legal Research | Per question (flat) | Analysis mode; follow-up questions cost half |
| Drafting | Per run (flat) | Analysis mode; follow-up refinements cost half |
| Case Strategy | Per report, scenario, or moot session (flat) | Analysis mode |
| Translation | Per document | Page count |
| File Library (processing) | Only pages beyond your plan's included upload pages | Page count (OCR, entity extraction, summarisation) |
| Word & email add-ins | Per action (flat) | Action type — see the add-in price list |
Browsing your File Library, opening completed analyses, exporting results, managing settings, and inviting teammates are all free. Uploads within your plan's included pages are free too. Credits are only spent when Judicio runs a new AI analysis.
Free document uploads
Every plan includes a generous allowance of free upload pages — document processing (OCR, entity extraction, summarisation) costs nothing until you've used them. Paid plans refresh the allowance at the start of each billing month; the trial's 500 pages cover the length of the trial:
| Plan | Included upload pages |
|---|---|
| Free trial | 500 for the trial period |
| Starter | 5,000 |
| Professional | 10,000 |
| Organisation | 10,000 per seat, pooled across the organisation |
Used your included upload pages? Uploads keep working — just 0.5 credits per page after. Your uploads are never blocked or cut off: past the included pages they simply continue, drawing 0.5 credits per page from your credit pool. The upload screen shows how many free pages you have left and the credit estimate for anything beyond them.
Two things sit outside the allowance:
- Re-processing a file (for example re-running OCR) is always billed at 0.5 credits per page.
- Duplicate files are detected and skipped — they don't consume free pages or credits.
Deep mode vs Concise mode
Most analysis features offer two modes:
| Deep mode | Concise mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Analysis depth | Thorough, clause-by-clause, with detailed explanations | Focused summary of the key findings and high-priority issues |
| Best for | Final reviews, high-stakes documents, compliance audits | First-pass screening, high-volume batches, quick assessments |
| Credit cost | Higher | Lower |
| Processing time | Longer | Faster |
Deep Mode runs on Judicio's most advanced AI reasoning and is available on the Professional and Organisation plans (and during the free trial — every trial includes Deep Mode). On Starter, analyses run on the standard AI models and the Deep Mode option is shown locked with an upgrade prompt. See Subscription Plans.
Run a Concise pass first to find the documents that need attention, then run a Deep pass on just those files. It's the most cost-effective way to handle large sets.
How credits are calculated
Each feature uses a transparent formula based on measurable inputs — page count, number of checks or questions, and analysis mode. Every charge lands on a clean number: totals are always whole numbers that are even or a multiple of 5 — never 3, 7, 9, or 37 (a 1-credit action is the one small exception). When a formula produces an in-between number, it is rounded down in your favour — a 37-page translation charges 36 credits, not 37.
Document Review
Credits are calculated per file, then multiplied by the number of files.
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review per file | Deep | 5 + (pages × 1) + (checks × 5) | 20-page, 10 checks = 75 credits/file |
| Review per file | Concise | 5 + (pages × 0.5) + (checks × 2) | 20-page, 10 checks = 35 credits/file |
Example: a Concise review of a 10-page contract with 5 checks costs 5 + (10 × 0.5) + (5 × 2) = 20 credits per file.
Review Matrix
Credits are calculated once for the entire matrix (all documents combined).
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extract answers (entire matrix) | Deep | 10 + (total pages × 1) + (questions × 5) | 100 pages, 10 questions = 160 credits |
| Extract answers (entire matrix) | Concise | 10 + (total pages × 0.5) + (questions × 2) | 100 pages, 10 questions = 80 credits |
Timeline Builder
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extract dates | Deep | pages × 2 | 50 pages = 100 credits |
| Extract dates | Concise | pages × 0.5 | 50 pages = 25 credits |
Translation
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Translate document | — | 1 credit per page | 20 pages = 20 credits |
Legal Research
Research is billed as a flat price per question — 10 credits standard, 25 with Deep Mode — so the cost never depends on how long the answer runs. Follow-up questions in the same session cost half (5 standard / 10 Deep Mode), because the AI builds on the context it already has. And when Judicio needs to ask you a clarifying question before it can answer, that turn is free.
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research question | Deep | 25 credits (flat per turn) | Any question = 25 credits |
| Research question | Standard | 10 credits (flat per turn) | Any question = 10 credits |
| Follow-up question | Deep | 10 credits (flat per turn) | Less than half the initial rate |
| Follow-up question | Standard | 5 credits (flat per turn) | Half the initial rate. Clarifying questions are free. |
Drafting
Drafting is billed per run — 10 credits standard, 25 with Deep Mode — and AI follow-up refinements cost half (5 standard / 10 Deep Mode). Manual editing and exporting are free.
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generate draft (per run) | Deep | 25 credits (flat per run) | Any draft = 25 credits |
| Generate draft (per run) | Concise | 10 credits (flat per run) | Any draft = 10 credits. Manual editing & exporting are free. |
| Follow-up / refinement turn | Deep | 10 credits (flat per turn) | Less than half the initial rate |
| Follow-up / refinement turn | Concise | 5 credits (flat per turn) | Half the initial rate. Clarifying questions are free. |
Case Strategy
Strategy reports, what-if scenarios, and moot court sessions are all flat-priced. Chatting with a completed report is free.
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy report | Deep | 35 credits (flat per run) | Any report = 35 credits |
| Strategy report | Standard | 15 credits (flat per run) | Any report = 15 credits |
| What-if scenario | — | 5 credits (flat per run) | Report chat is free |
| Moot court session | — | 10 credits (flat per session) | Up to ~20 turns per session |
Word and email add-in actions
Actions in the Word, Outlook, and Gmail add-ins draw from the same credit pool, at fixed prices.
Word add-in:
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Rewrite selection | 2 |
| Explain this clause | 2 |
| Summarize edits | 2 |
| Anonymize / redact | 4 |
| Proofread pass (optional add-on) | 4 |
| Find firm precedent | 4 |
| Triple-grounded citations | 5 |
| Detect untracked edits (compare versions) | 5 |
| Compare to market | 6 |
| Convert to template | 6 |
| AI redline (selection or whole document) | 10 |
| Deep redline (thorough mode) | 25 |
| Structure check | Free |
Email add-ins (Outlook and Gmail):
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Matter suggestion (auto-classify) | 1 |
| Summarise | 2 |
| Deadlines & obligations | 2 |
| Billing narrative | 2 |
| Ask Judicio (about an email) | 2 |
| Translate an email | 2 |
| Draft a reply | 4 |
| Thread timeline | 4 |
| Compliance check (on-send / before sending) | Free |
Add-in panels that hand off to a full platform feature — drafting from a prompt, reviewing an attachment, matter-wide research — are billed at that feature's standard rates above.
File Library (processing)
When you upload a file, Judicio processes it (OCR, entity extraction, and summarisation). Processing is free within your plan's included upload pages; beyond them it continues automatically at 0.5 credits per page.
| Action | Mode | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| File processing (OCR, extraction, summary) | — | Free within your plan's included pages, then pages × 0.5 | 20 pages past the allowance = 10 credits |
The confirmation-screen estimate is computed from the formulas above, so what you see is what you're charged — flat-priced actions are exact, and formula-based totals always land on the clean, rounded-down number described above.
What your plan's credits translate to
A month's allocation goes a long way. Any mix, from one pool:
| Plan | Credits per month | Roughly equivalent to (any mix) |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | 2,500 | ≈250 research questions · ≈2,500 translated pages · ≈70 document reviews · ≈165 case strategy reports |
| Professional | 5,000 | ≈500 research questions · ≈200 Deep Mode sessions · ≈5,000 translated pages · ≈140 document reviews |
| Organisation | 5,000 per seat, pooled | The Professional equivalents per seat, shared across your whole team |
Equivalents assume typical documents (a 20-page review with 10 checks); credits are one pool, so mix freely. One credit is worth ₹4 / $0.04, and the same equivalents appear throughout the app — on your balance, on pack cards, and on estimates — so you always know what a number means in real work.
The order credits are drawn down
Your pool can hold three kinds of credit. When you spend, Judicio draws them in this order:
- Allocated credits (from your subscription) are used first.
- Bonus credits (promotional or admin-granted) are used next — soonest-to-expire first.
- Purchased credits (add-on packs you bought) are used last.
This keeps your plan credits flowing before any extras and burns time-limited credits before they expire. Unused allocated credits do not roll over — your allocation resets to the full amount on each renewal date. Purchased credits never expire — they are not reset by a renewal, and they even survive cancelling your subscription: resubscribe later and they're still yours to spend.
Monitoring your balance
Your credit balance is always visible in the dashboard, and the full picture lives on the billing page.
Open Billing & invoices
Click your profile avatar at the bottom of the sidebar, choose Settings, then open Billing & invoices. The plan banner shows your Included credits and Next billing date at a glance.
Read the Overview tab
The Overview tab opens by default with three summary tiles:
- Included credits used — how much of your monthly allocation you have spent.
- On-demand credits used — pay-as-you-go usage beyond your allocation, with an estimated cost.
- Credits remaining — what's left, and the date it resets.
Below them, Included usage shows a progress bar and your top features by spend, and On-demand & balances shows a credits-remaining ring, your spend-vs-limit gauge, and your purchased balance.
See the per-feature breakdown on the Credits tab
Switch to the Credits tab. The Credit balance card breaks your pool into Allocated, Purchased, Used, and Remaining. Click View purchase & top-up history to see every pack you have bought. Beneath it, a per-feature usage breakdown shows where your credits went this period.
When your remaining credits drop to roughly 20% of your pool, a warning banner appears on the Overview tab with a Buy credits button — so you can top up before anything is interrupted.
Capping spend with a spending limit
On-demand (pay-as-you-go) usage can be capped so you never overspend.
Open the spending-limit dialog
On the Overview tab, in the On-demand & balances panel, click Set spending limit.
Set the monthly limit and alert threshold
Type a Monthly limit in your currency (or nudge it with the − / + buttons), then drag the Alert threshold slider to the percentage at which you want to be warned (for example, 75%). Click Save limit.
When a purchase would push you past the limit, Judicio blocks it and offers an Adjust spending limit shortcut. For team-wide visibility, the Budget alerts card (below the usage panels) lets an admin notify named recipients by email or in-app whenever on-demand spend crosses a threshold.
Buying more credits
If you need credits before your next renewal, buy a one-off pack — purchased credits never expire, survive cancellation, and are used after your allocated and bonus credits.
Open the purchase flow
On the Overview or Credits tab, click Buy credits. A picker opens with the available packs (currently 1,250, 2,500, 5,000, and 12,500 credits); the most popular pack is highlighted. All packs are priced at the same flat per-credit rate.
Pick a pack and pay
Select a package, click Continue, review the summary, then click Proceed to payment. Checkout opens with your regional provider. When it completes, Judicio confirms "Credits added" and your balance updates immediately.
Running low on credits?
You can also raise your monthly allocation permanently — upgrade your plan, or add seats on Organisation (each seat adds 5,000 credits to the shared pool). See Managing Your Subscription.
Next steps
- Subscription Plans — Compare plans and their credit allocations.
- Managing Your Subscription — Add credits permanently by upgrading or adding seats.
- Billing & Invoices — See your usage, purchases, and invoices in detail.