Billing & credits
Motionworks API is $0.05 per credit. One credit = one billable API call. Start with 2,000 free.
The credit model
Credits are a single fungible currency. Every billable API call deducts one or more credits from your balance based on the Credit Weight Schedule. The base rate is $0.05/credit — fixed, not tiered.
Credit sources
Three types of credits, with distinct expiry behavior:
| Source | How obtained | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| Allocated | Subscription-included (Sandbox, committed monthly plans) | 60 days (Sandbox) / monthly refresh |
| Purchased | One-time credit pack purchase | No expiry |
| Promotional | Sales-issued POC, promo codes | 60 days (self-serve) / 12 months (sales POC) |
Consumption priority
Credits are consumed in this order, oldest first within each category:
- Promotional (use it before it expires)
- Allocated (refreshes monthly anyway)
- Purchased (no expiry — last to be drained)
Subscription as sizing
Subscriptions (Sandbox, committed monthly plans) are sizing conventions, not feature gates. A 10k/mo committed plan gives you 10,000 allocated credits per month — but those credits can be spent on any metered endpoint across any Motionworks product. There are no per-product credit pools.
Overage
When allocated and promotional credits run out, requests continue using purchased credits if any are available. If none are, the API returns a hard stop. See Overage Behavior for auto-reload and enterprise soft-cap options.
Checking your balance
curl https://api2.mworks.com/v2/billing/credits \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT"Response:
{
"data": {
"balance": 1850,
"allocated": 1850,
"purchased": 0,
"promotional": 0
},
"meta": { "credits_used": 0, "request_id": "...", ... }
}Purchasing credits
Purchase credit packs or commit to a monthly plan from the billing page at app2.mworks.com/billing. Available options:
| Option | Credits | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-time pack | 10,000 | $500 | — |
| One-time pack | 100,000 | $4,500 | 10% discount |
| One-time pack | 1,000,000 | $40,000 | 20% discount |
Past their bundled allocation, Pay-as-you-go usage is metered at the standard $0.05/credit rate, billed monthly in arrears — no committed-monthly tier. Strategic Partnerships use custom contract terms outside the credit model.