Credits

Generation is paid in credits, and the cost depends only on volume: every field costs the same, whatever its type.

recipe cost         = fields × records, plus 10% processing, rounded up
catalog export cost = 1 per row returned (minimum 1)

A recipe with 5 fields and 1,000 records costs 5 × 1,000 = 5,000, plus 500: 5,500 credits.

• Catalog fields count one field per column: columns: [name, iso3, population] counts as three fields.
• Nested values — a json object, a person — count as one field, whatever they contain.
• The estimate is exact. The recipe builder and POST /api/v1/estimate show the cost before anything is charged, and the job is charged exactly that.
• Failed jobs are refunded. Credits are debited when the job is queued; if generation fails, they come back.

See pricing for the free allowance and how often it is topped up.