Fair, Token-Based AI Metering
Traditional SaaS platforms charge fixed, inflated markups for AI actions regardless of the work actually performed. UIDesigner uses an honest, transparent metering model: credit consumption is directly derived from actual underlying LLM token usage.
When an AI operation analyzes a concise component or produces a short CSS snippet, you consume very few tokens—and therefore very few credits.
What Consumes Credits?
Only operations involving generative language and multi-modal vision models consume credits:
- AI Smart Assist Comment Rewrites: Polishing tone, generating structured bug tickets, or synthesizing conversation threads.
- Wave 2 AI Audit Probes: Multi-modal vision analysis evaluating perceptual image contrast, layout overlap, and copy tone.
- Automated Code Remediation: AI generation of complex semantic HTML and accessible CSS diffs for detected violations.
What is Completely Free (0 Credits)?
Core platform workflows and mathematical rules consume zero credits:
- Manual Comment Pinning & Review Threads: Unlimited free usage.
- Voice Notes & Screen Recordings: Unlimited free storage within your organization plan.
- Wave 1 Deterministic Audits: WCAG 2.1 AA mathematical contrast calculations, HTML tree validation, and viewport overflow detection always cost 0 credits.
- Issue Status Updates & Linear/Jira Syncing: Always free.
Real-Time Usage Monitoring & Budget Controls
- Audit Run Receipts: Every audit report displaying AI findings includes a transparent breakdown showing the exact input tokens, output tokens, and credits deducted.
- Organization Usage Ledger: View daily and weekly consumption charts in Settings → Usage.
- Spend Safeguards: Organization owners can set per-run credit limits or hard monthly caps to guarantee budget predictability across large engineering organizations.