AI Credits
& Quota
A flexible usage system for AI-powered commerce — control credits, quotas, rate limits, model usage, and spend across every AI module.
Give merchants a clear way to buy, allocate, monitor, and protect AI usage across AI Search, AI Chatbot, AI SEO, Content Generator, Product Recommendations, and custom workflows.
Flexible credit wallet
Use one AI credit balance across modules, stores, plans, and providers.
Quota rules
Set usage limits by module, store view, customer group, admin role, or plan.
Usage analytics
See cost, consumption, provider usage, and AI ROI in a simple dashboard.
Auto top-up
Prevent service interruption with smart refill rules and budget alerts.
Everything needed to control AI usage
AI Credits & Quota gives merchants predictable AI spending, transparent usage, and operational safeguards across every AI-powered commerce workflow.
Credit packages
Create prepaid, monthly, trial, enterprise, and add-on credit packages for your AI Commerce Platform.
Real-time metering
Meter each AI request by module, model, token usage, output type, store, website, and customer.
Abuse protection
Protect AI endpoints with rate limits, hard caps, cooldowns, and role-based access control.
Threshold alerts
Notify admins before usage reaches 50%, 80%, 95%, or any custom credit threshold.
Plan entitlement
Connect AI credits with subscription plans, trial periods, upgrades, renewals, and cancellations.
Fail-safe fallback
When credits run out, switch to fallback behavior, disable costly actions, or show upgrade prompts.
Credit packages that match your business model
Sell AI usage as monthly plan credits, one-time add-ons, enterprise quota bundles, or custom internal allocations.
Built for subscriptions, trials, and enterprise usage
Use AI Credits & Quota as the billing and governance layer behind AI Commerce OS and every MageHQ AI module.
Free Trial Quota
Give new users a safe AI quota during their trial without allowing unlimited provider usage.
- ✓ Trial-only usage cap
- ✓ Prevent repeated trial abuse
- ✓ Upgrade prompts when quota ends
Monthly Plan Credits
Assign monthly recurring AI credits to each subscription plan with rollover or reset options.
- ✓ Plan-based entitlement
- ✓ Upgrade and downgrade sync
- ✓ Auto-renewal quota refresh
Custom Credit Pool
Pool large usage limits across multiple stores, business units, and AI workflows.
- ✓ Multi-store allocation
- ✓ Custom provider pricing
- ✓ Advanced reporting
Quota rules for real storefront workflows
Control how credits are consumed by feature, customer action, admin workflow, provider, and automation job.
Module-level quota
Assign different limits for AI Search, Chatbot, SEO, Content, Recommendations, and Analytics.
Role-based usage
Allow admin teams to generate content while limiting high-cost jobs to approved roles only.
Job and queue limits
Throttle bulk indexing, mass content generation, embeddings, and background automation jobs.
Budget protection
Set monthly spend caps, overage rules, top-up permissions, and approval workflows.
How AI Credits & Quota works
Every AI action is metered, checked against quota rules, routed to the correct provider, and reported back to the merchant dashboard.
AI request
Search query, chatbot message, SEO generation, or bulk automation task.
Quota check
Validate plan, balance, module allowance, rate limit, and admin permission.
Execute & record
Run the AI task, deduct credits, log usage, and update analytics instantly.
Use cases
Control AI Search cost
Meter semantic search, embeddings, autocomplete, query correction, and fallback behavior.
Limit chatbot usage
Set conversation limits, visitor rate limits, model rules, and abuse protection.
Sell content credits
Charge for product descriptions, meta titles, FAQs, banners, and bulk copy generation.
Track AI ROI
Compare credit usage with search revenue, conversion lift, automation savings, and engagement.
Ready to make AI usage predictable?
Launch a clear credit and quota system for every AI module, subscription plan, and enterprise customer.