Unexpected credit consumption in Core plan – clarification needed before upgrading to Teams

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Hello everyone,

I’m currently on the Core plan and I use Replit mainly to prototype apps or websites. Once the prototype is ready, I usually move the project to local development or to a dedicated hosting (e.g. WordPress on Siteground).

Yesterday, I started developing a bot that uses Maps API and some external requests. In just one day, my project consumed all my Core plan credits ($25) plus $3.30 in additional usage. This feels extremely high, considering I only made around 20 API requests during development.

I always try to write detailed prompts and don’t generate random changes, so I’m very surprised that my credits are gone this fast.

I have two questions:

  1. Could you explain in detail how credits are consumed?

    • Only when deploying or running persistent apps?

    • Or also for any code execution/API requests within the workspace?

    • Is it possible that my app stayed running overnight, consuming credits even if I thought I had stopped it?

  2. I’m considering upgrading to the Teams plan. Is there a way to simply pay the difference between Core and Teams, instead of paying the full amount for Teams on top of my current Core subscription?

Right now, I feel it’s not sustainable to work on Replit if one prototype drains all credits in a single day. I’d appreciate clarification so I can decide the best way forward.

Thanks in advance!

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Welcome to the Replit world. One of the most amazing tools I’ve seen in 43 years of coding. But also one that eats credits for breakfast, lunch and dinner :rofl: Still, it’s cheaper than hiring developers, and a lot more fun!!

As for Core/Teams. Signup/pay for Teams, and then cancel your Core account payment. Core will stay active until the end of the month’s term, and then simply downgrade to a free account. Ensure you move any apps over from Core to Teams before it downgrades.