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Understanding Your Credit Usage

Credits are Tapistro's way of measuring how much work your Journeys are doing in every operation. The Credit Usage view gives you a real-time lens into that activity, so you always know where your credits are going and can plan accordingly.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

Navigating to Credit Usage

Go to Settings in the left navigation and click the Credit Usage tab at the top. This is your home for all usage reporting.

The Date Range

At the top of the page, you'll see the active reporting window - for example, Feb 7, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026. This controls the data shown across all charts and breakdowns on the page. Use it to scope your analysis to the period that matters most to you.

Summary Cards

Card

What it tells you

Last 24 Hours

Credits consumed in the most recent day - useful for monitoring Journeys ran the same day

Last 7 Days

Rolling weekly consumption - a good indicator of your run cadence

Last 30 Days

Monthly burn rate - helpful for forecasting and renewal planning

Total Credits

Cumulative credits consumed across all time within your Tapistro instance


Daily Credit Usage Chart

The line chart beneath the summary cards breaks down your credit consumption day by day across the selected date range. Each data point on the teal line represents total credits used on that date.

How to read it:

  • Flat stretches near zero indicate days with little or no Journey activity β€” perhaps over a weekend or before a workflow was activated.

  • Sharp spikes correspond to high-volume runs: a large batch enrichment, a scheduled Journey processing thousands of accounts, or an AI agent evaluation running at scale.

Use this chart to correlate credit spikes with specific Journey runs. If you see an unexpected peak, cross-reference it with your Journey run history to identify what triggered it.


Credits by Operation Type

Below the daily chart, a pie chart breaks down your total credit consumption by the type of operation that drove it. This tells you where your credits are actually being spent across your workflows.

The operations visible in your account may include:

  • Account Discovery - credits for discovering new accounts matching your criteria

  • AI Agent Evaluation - credits consumed when Tapistro's AI agents evaluate accounts or persons against your defined criteria

  • Account Enrichment - credits used to enrich account-level data fields

  • Account Deanonymization - credits for resolving anonymous account signals to known companies

  • Job Search - credits for identifying relevant job accounts with associated with target job titles

  • Person Discovery - credits consumed when finding new contacts within accounts

  • Person Enrichment - credits used to enrich contact-level data fields

  • Person Search - credits for searching for contacts matching your persona definition

  • Person Deanonymization - credits for resolving anonymous visitor or signal data to known individuals

  • Email Validation - credits used to validate email addresses

How to use this: The pie chart helps you identify which operations are the heaviest consumers in your GTM workflows. If AI Agent Evaluation or Account Enrichment dominate your usage, you can review those Journey steps to tune batch sizes or refresh frequencies.


Tips for Managing Credit Usage

  • Test with a small batch before running at scale. Before pointing a new Journey at your full account list, use the Run Records button to execute the workflow on a handful of records first. This lets you see exactly which operations fire, how many credits each step consumes, and whether your Journey is configured the way you intended - without committing a large credit spend to find out.

  • Check your credit usage after each run of an always-on Journey. Always-on Journeys run continuously as new records match your criteria, which means credits accumulate steadily over time rather than in a single visible burst. After each run cycle, revisit the daily chart to confirm consumption is in line with what you'd expect. If a particular day shows a higher-than-normal spike, it's worth reviewing whether the Journey processed a larger batch than usual or whether a new step was added that draws additional credits per record.

  • Plan around your 30-day burn rate. The Last 30 Days card is your best indicator of steady-state consumption. If it's trending significantly higher than your Total Credits pace, it may be time to review your Journey run schedules or contact your account team about your plan.


For questions about your credit balance or to discuss your plan, reach out to your Tapistro account team.

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