Most AI image and video tools are sold as monthly plans. That works if you open the tool every day. Most people don’t: they make a batch of product shots before a launch, a short video for a campaign, a song for a birthday, and then nothing for a few weeks. On a monthly plan, those quiet weeks are still paid for, and an unused quota often resets before it’s spent.
AlreadyRan has no subscription. You buy a credit pack once, spend it on any model, and buy another pack only when you want more. This article explains exactly how that works, including the limits, so you can decide whether it fits the way you make things.
What “no subscription” means here
- One payment per pack. A credit pack is a single purchase in US dollars. There’s no monthly fee and nothing renews.
- Nothing to cancel. Because nothing renews, there’s no plan to downgrade and no cancellation flow to find before the next billing date.
- You decide when to pay again. When your balance runs low, you buy another pack, of whatever size suits the next project.
- Taxes are shown before you pay. Payment is handled by our online reseller and merchant of record, Waffo Pancake; applicable taxes are added at checkout, and your card details never reach us.
One balance for every model
Credits are one balance for images, video, audio and workflows. The same credits pay for an image model today and a video model next week; you never buy access model by model.
Before you generate, you see how many credits the run is estimated to cost and the most it can hold back. When it finishes, you’re charged what the model actually used and the rest comes back to your balance. A text model’s answer, on the canvas, is a flat 1 credit. If a generation fails, the credits held for it come back, unless the model provider still charged for the attempt.
At the base rate, one credit is one US cent. Larger packs add bonus credits on top, so the price per credit drops as the pack grows. The pricing page lists every pack.
How long credits last
Pay-once doesn’t mean forever, and it’s better to say so plainly:
- Paid credits stay valid for 120 days from your latest purchase. Every pack you buy restarts those 120 days for all of your paid credits, not only the new ones. Whatever is left when the 120 days end expires, and your bill shows it.
- Paid features come with them. For the same 120 days your account has the paid features: higher quality and resolution, AI tools such as the background remover and upscalers, the canvas, and market and official workflows. They stay open for the whole period even if you spend all the credits early.
- Credits closest to expiring are used first, so a new pack is never spent while older credits run out.
- Sign-up credits never expire. The free credits you get when you sign up work for direct generation at each model’s lowest settings. When you buy a pack, they join your paid credits.
Refunds
Changed your mind? Within 14 days of buying a pack you can ask for a refund of the credits from it you haven’t used. You get back that pack’s price for each unused credit, and those credits leave your balance. After 14 days packs can’t be refunded, except where the law requires it.
Pay-once credits compared with a monthly plan
| Monthly plan | Pay-once credits on AlreadyRan | |
|---|---|---|
| When you’re charged | Every month until you cancel | Only when you buy a pack |
| Quiet weeks | Still paid for | Cost nothing |
| Unused allowance | Often resets each month | Stays in your balance for 120 days from your latest purchase |
| Stopping | Cancel before the next billing date | Nothing to cancel |
| Cost of one result | Hidden inside the plan | Shown in credits before you generate |
A flat monthly plan can still be the better deal for someone who generates heavily every single day. There’s also no unlimited generation here: every run costs the credits it uses.
Choosing your first pack
- Start with the free credits. Make a few images at the lowest settings and see how the composer works.
- Watch the estimate. Each model shows its credit estimate before you press Generate, so a handful of runs tells you what your usual work costs.
- Buy for the next project, not the next year. A small pack covers a burst of work; a larger one adds more bonus credits if you already know you’ll use them within 120 days.
Questions people ask
Is AlreadyRan a subscription? No. Each credit pack is a one-time payment, and nothing renews.
Will I be charged again automatically? No. You’re only charged when you buy a pack yourself.
Do my credits expire? Paid credits last 120 days from your latest purchase, and each new pack restarts that period for all of them. Free sign-up credits don’t expire.
Can I get my money back? Within 14 days of a purchase, you can ask for a refund of that pack’s unused credits.
Is there an unlimited option? No. Every generation costs the credits it uses, and you see the estimate before it runs.