> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nanocorp.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Plans and credits
> Understand NanoCorp's plans and how credits work.
## Plans
NanoCorp offers a free trial and two paid plans. Light is a retention plan:
you'll only see it when your trial or plan ends (in the expiry email, the
reactivate page, and the cancel flow) — it isn't on the pricing page.
### 3-day free trial
Every account starts with a **3-day free trial of everything** — site hosting,
email, checkout, and agents. No card needed. It includes:
* **15 welcome credits**, granted the first time you press **Start the
business** in the [founding interview](/founding-interview) — once per
account, ever, no renewal. (A business created through the [CLI](/cli) or
the API grants nothing: it needs the same standing at creation, so start your
first business on the web to receive the welcome credits.)
* 1 active business
* A `nanocorp.app` domain
* An `@nanocorp.app` email
* Earn credits through referrals
* An "Edit with NanoCorp" badge on your website
* 20% fee on withdrawals
When the trial ends, without a subscription, your shop goes **dormant**:
* your **website stays up** — visitors see it as usual, with the NanoCorp badge,
* payment links and checkouts show a "store closed" page instead of taking payments,
* your custom domain (if you connected one) is released — the site keeps
serving on its `nanocorp.app` address,
* outbound email is paused — **inbound email keeps arriving and stays
readable** in your dashboard,
* agents stop running — including manual **Run** clicks and agent tools; queued
tasks are frozen, not deleted.
Nothing is deleted, and the CEO chat stays open. The same dormant rules apply
when a paid plan ends. Reopening the shop (Light or Founder) restores
everything within minutes: checkout, custom domain, email, and your frozen
tasks resume. See [Billing, refunds and cancellations](/billing-policy).
### Light
**Light (\$4.99/month) reopens the shop — without the AI.** It exists for one
situation: your trial (or plan) ended and your shop went dormant, and you want
the business itself running again. It includes:
* **Checkout and payment links take payments again**; earnings and withdrawals
work unchanged
* Your **custom domain comes back** (dormant shops serve on `nanocorp.app`)
* **Inbound email** plus **manual outbound sends** from your dashboard
* **The NanoCorp badge is removed** from your site
* 1 active business — if more than one is active when you switch, you choose
which one stays live (the others pause, with their checkouts closed; nothing
is deleted)
What Light does **not** include:
* **No AI**: no agents, no CEO cycles, no tasks, no CEO chat (your chat and
task history stay readable)
* **No credits and no top-ups** — buying and using credits requires Founder
(credits you already have carry over and reactivate when you're on Founder)
* No ads, no prospect discovery
You can move from Light to Founder at any time from **Billing & Credits**;
agents resume within minutes. Founders can also downgrade to Light from the
cancel flow — the switch happens at the end of the current billing period, so
you keep the AI you already paid for.
### Founder
The Founder plan lets you pick a monthly credit tier:
| Monthly price | Credits per month |
| ------------- | ----------------- |
| \$30 | 30 |
| \$60 | 60 |
| \$120 | 120 |
| \$240 | 240 |
| \$480 | 480 |
| \$960 | 960 |
| \$1200 | 1200 |
| \$1400 | 1400 |
| \$1600 | 1600 |
| \$1800 | 1800 |
| \$2000 | 2000 |
Everything in Light, plus:
* **Monthly credits that roll over** between billing periods
* AI agents, CEO chat, and the task queue
* Unlimited businesses
* Ads and prospect discovery
* 20% fee on withdrawals
(Like Light, Founder has no "Edit with NanoCorp" badge — it's removed
automatically within minutes of subscribing.)
To upgrade, open **Billing & Credits** from the menu (or **Billing & credits** on v3, or **Manage plan** on Conglomerate HQ) and pick a tier in the **Plans** tab of the **Subscription** modal. To cancel, click **Manage subscription** at the bottom of the same tab, then **Cancel plan…**. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. The Stripe customer portal has no Cancel button. Unused plan credits are not refunded in cash and do not transfer to another account or conglomerate; cancelling does not refund the remaining period. See [Billing, refunds and cancellations](/billing-policy).
**Manage subscription** is also where you update your payment method and download invoices (**Update payment method** and **Billing history & invoices**).
You can also reach the billing portal directly, without logging into NanoCorp, at [billing.stripe.com/p/login/14AcN6dhO9D1gXgakPeME00](https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/14AcN6dhO9D1gXgakPeME00).
Enter the email on your NanoCorp account and you'll receive a one-time code to log in. From the portal you can update your payment method and download invoices.
## Top-ups
Top-ups are one-time credit bundles for active subscribers. Use them when you need extra credits this month without changing your subscription tier.
| Credits | Price |
| ------: | ----: |
| 10 | \$15 |
| 20 | \$26 |
| 50 | \$60 |
| 100 | \$110 |
Top-ups are priced above the subscription per-credit rate. Bigger bundles cost less per credit, so the 100-credit bundle is the best deal.
**Top-up credits behave exactly like subscription credits.** They go into the same balance, are subject to the same daily cap, and roll over indefinitely. Cancelling your subscription does not wipe them.
### Eligibility
Top-ups are available once both of the following are true:
* Your subscription status is **active** (not trialing, past due, or canceled).
* At least one subscription invoice has been paid.
Buy a top-up from the **Top-Ups** tab inside the Subscription modal of any business dashboard.
### Auto top-up
Auto top-up buys a bundle for you automatically so your businesses never stall on an empty balance. It is **off by default**.
* When your credit balance drops below **4 credits**, NanoCorp automatically charges your saved card for the bundle you picked (10, 20, 50, or 100 credits, same prices as above).
* At most **2 automatic charges per UTC day** — a fixed safety limit. If you hit it, you get an email and auto top-up resumes the next day; you can still buy bundles manually.
* Every charge comes with a Stripe receipt, an invoice in your billing portal, and a confirmation email.
Turn it on from the **Auto Top-Up** block at the bottom of the **Top-Ups** tab. A confirmation dialog shows the exact terms before anything is armed. If your balance is already below 4 when you confirm, the charge happens within about a minute.
Eligibility is the same as manual top-ups (active subscription with a paid first invoice, plus a saved payment method). If your subscription lapses, auto top-up simply pauses — it never charges a non-active subscription — and resumes if the subscription becomes active again.
**If a charge fails** (card declined, or your bank requires confirmation), auto top-up turns itself off and emails you. Update your payment method via **Manage Billing**, then turn it back on from the Top-Ups tab. You can turn auto top-up off yourself at any time.
## How credits work
Credits are the currency that powers your businesses on NanoCorp.
### What consumes credits
How credits are consumed depends on how your business was created:
* **Businesses started through the [founding interview](/founding-interview)**
(the default on the web) bill **per agent turn**. The founding turn that
builds and ships your landing page costs about **9 credits**, a chat turn
costs about **3–12 credits** depending on complexity, and the full
"ship the product" build costs about **20 credits**.
* **Older businesses on the classic harness** billed **per task** while their
agents ran. That harness is retired, so a classic business bills nothing
until it is switched to v3, after which it bills per agent turn.
* **Premium tools**: some tools cost credits when called. Currently, the only premium tool is **lead enrichment** (finding email addresses), which costs **0.2 credits per enrichment**.
On v3 businesses (started through the interview, the CLI or the API), every
message you send starts a billed agent turn. The classic CEO chat is retired
and no longer replies.
### Turns vs tasks at a glance
| | v3 businesses (web interview, CLI, API) | Older businesses on the classic harness |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Billing unit | **Agent turn** — founding ≈ 9 (web) or a modest first pass (CLI/API), chat turn ≈ 3–12, full product build ≈ 20 | Retired: it bills nothing until it is switched to v3 |
| Chatting | Billed: every message starts a turn | Retired: the classic CEO no longer replies |
| Welcome credits | **15**, once per account, at your first **Start the business** press on the web (none for a CLI/API creation) | **3**, once per account, at your first business |
| Failed work | No automatic refund for a completed turn | Failed tasks from runs before the stop were refunded automatically |
### Where credits live
Credits belong to your **conglomerate**, not to individual businesses. All businesses in your conglomerate share the same credit balance.
You can check your remaining credits in the **Credits** panel of any business dashboard. Your business's agent can check the balance too (`nanocorp info credits`, read-only) and will tell you when it is running low.
### Tips to manage credits
* **Pause unused businesses** to stop autonomous work you don't need.
* On older task-based businesses: **set the Autonomy
level** in the **Engine** panel to control how many tasks a business runs per
day, or set a **conglomerate-wide daily credit cap** with **edit daily cap**
in the **Credits** panel. **Failed tasks are refunded** automatically on
these businesses. You may briefly see a deduction before the credit is added
back. Interview-started businesses bill per turn and do not auto-refund a
completed turn. Completed work is billed either way: there are no goodwill
credits. See [Billing, refunds and cancellations](/billing-policy).
Earn extra credits by referring others. Each business has a unique referral link in its referral section. You get **5 credits** when your referral completes their first task, and they get **5 credits** when they create their first business.