AI credits, explained — what the AI office does and what a heavy month costs
Every plan includes a monthly AI allowance. Credit packs exist for the months you lean on it hard. Here's exactly what you're paying for — and what you aren't.

What the AI office actually does
It does staff work, not chatbot work: drafts complete bids in your house style from a plan set, writes the response letter to the county's plan-review comments, compares a new bid section-by-section against your real cost history and flags the underpriced line, reads a stack of receipts into job costs, and researches questions with cited sources. The live demo has finished examples of each — open the AI Workspace and read them.
Every plan includes a monthly allowance
Builder includes $25/month of AI usage, Pro $60, Scale $150 — metered at true provider cost, with no markup inside the allowance. A live meter in the app shows exactly what's left. For scale: a bid-vs-cost-history check runs about $0.18; a drafted county-letter reply, around a dollar. A normal month fits comfortably inside the allowance.
Credit packs are for the heavy months
Bidding season, a big permit fight, deep research on a new market — some months burn more. Packs stack on top of your allowance, get spent only after the allowance is used, and are good through the end of the month you buy them — buy what the month needs, when it needs it. No subscription change, no plan upgrade required.
How buying works
One click inside the app requests a pack; we grant it the same day and it shows on your invoice. There are no card forms inside the product and nothing auto-purchases — you always ask first.
Current pack pricing
These prices come live from the same pricing engine the app uses — always current.
Questions builders ask
When do credits expire?
AI pack credits are for the month you buy them — they're spent after your included allowance and reset with the new month. Buy for the month you're in, not for a stockpile. (Land lead credits are different: those carry until you spend them.)
What happens if I run out mid-month?
AI features pause with a clear message and a one-click request for more — nothing else in the system is affected. Estimating, scheduling, books, and portals never depend on AI credits.
Is my data used to train AI models?
No. Your documents are processed only to produce the outputs you request — never sold, never used to train third-party models.
See it working right now
The live demo is a fictional 10-job construction company you can click through end to end — including a working client portal — with no signup and no sales call. Pricing is published on the site: flat tiers from $299/mo, unlimited users, everything included.
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