> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.octoparse.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AI Assistant credits and plans

> How AI Assistant is billed: a free building allowance for new accounts, credits after it runs out, monthly rows on Free and Basic, and cloud runs by plan.

You can use AI Assistant on every plan, Free included. Two things limit how much you can do: **credits**, which pay for building tasks with AI, and **monthly rows**, which cap how much data Free and Basic collect. See [pricing](https://www.octoparse.com/pricing) for current prices.

## Building tasks

New accounts get a one-time allowance for building tasks with AI Assistant. After it's used up, building is paid from your [credits](#credits). If you run out, select **Add Credits** to keep going.

Running a task never uses the allowance or credits. Browser Use and Cloud Agent use AI only while they build the task; every run after that follows the same rules. See [How AI Assistant works](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/ai-assistant/how-it-works.md).

## Monthly rows

On Free and Basic, rows collected by templates, Browser Use, Cloud Agent, MCP, and the API share one monthly allowance:

| | Free | Basic | Standard and above |
| - | - | - | - |
| Rows per month | 2,000 | 10,000 | No limit |
| Rows per run | 100 | No limit | No limit |

* Only rows that are actually collected count. Failed runs and empty results don't.
* The allowance resets on the 1st of each month. Rows can't be bought separately: to collect more, upgrade your plan.
* On Free, a run stops at 100 rows. The rows it collected are kept, and you can export them.
* Tasks you build yourself in [Octoparse Desktop](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/desktop/index.md) don't count toward monthly rows.

## Running in the cloud

Cloud Agent scrapers run on Octoparse Cloud on every plan:

| | Free and Basic | Standard and above |
| - | - | - |
| Run a Cloud Agent scraper | Yes, started by hand. Counts toward monthly rows | Yes, with no row limit |
| Run it on a schedule | No | Yes |

On Free and Basic, cloud runs may wait longer to start when Octoparse Cloud is busy. Browser Use tasks always run in your own browser, on every plan.

Free accounts can try Standard or Professional for 14 days, once per account.

## Credits

Credits are a balance in dollars. They pay for usage-based items: building tasks with AI Assistant after the free allowance, pay-per-result templates beyond your plan's included rows, residential proxies, and CAPTCHA solving.

| | What it is | When it expires |
| - | - | - |
| **Monthly credits** | Included with Basic and above. The amount depends on your plan | Resets on your billing date each month, on annual plans too. Used before purchased credits |
| **Purchased credits** | Credits you add with **Add Credits**, on any plan | Never |

Data Apps are paid from purchased credits only. On the Enterprise plan, agent accounts ask the admin account for credits. See [Billing and plans](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/billing.md).

## Templates

On Free and Basic, every template can run, including on Octoparse Cloud. Pay-per-result templates count toward monthly rows instead of charging credits.

From Standard, each month includes 10,000 rows from pay-per-result templates. After that, they're charged from credits at the template's rate, with 20% off on Professional and 40% off on Enterprise. See [Templates](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/ai-assistant/templates.md).


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