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title: How features use credits
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This page outlines how different apps and module in Make consume credits, so you understand the credit cost of your activities.
## Credits by app
Built-in AI apps consume credits differently than other app types.
### Built-in AI apps
Built-in AI apps use credits differently depending on the type of AI connection chosen: [Make's AI Provider](docId\:hh-nrTakEqakBmg63UUiN), a custom AI provider connection (such as Anthropic Claude via an API key), or an automatic AI provider connection.
To learn more about connection types, see [Credit usage for AI features](docId\:hh-nrTakEqakBmg63UUiN).
:::hint{type="warning"}
**Make's AI Provider **is available on **all plans**, and **custom AI provider connections** are available on **paid plans**.
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| **App** | **Make's AI Provider **
**(all plans)** | **Custom AI provider connection**
**(paid plans)** | **Automatic AI provider connection**
**(all plans)** |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Make AI Toolkit ](https://apps.make.com/ai-tools) | Dynamic: 1 credit per operation + credits based on token usage | Fixed: 1 credit per operation | |
| [Make AI Agents](https://help.make.com/make-ai-agents-app) | Dynamic: 1 credit per operation/chat + credits based on token usage, including:
- AI tokens (**Run an agent **and **Create Agent Context** modules)
- Embedding tokens (**Create Agent Context **modules) | Fixed: 1 credit per operation (+ embedding tokens when using **Create Agent Context** modules) | |
| [Make AI Content Extractor](https://apps.make.com/make-ai-extractors) | | | Fixed (1 credit per operation) or dynamic (credits based on token, file, or page-based usage), [depending on the module](https://apps.make.com/make-ai-extractors#J7fs5). |
| [Make AI Web Search ](https://apps.make.com/make-ai-web-search) | | | Dynamic: 1 credit per operation + credits based on token usage |
### All other apps
All other apps consume credits based on a fixed rate of 1 credit per operation.
**Exceptions**
- The [Make Code](docId\:mkN0za9LLNQPHyF1mXmz8) app uses 2 credits per second of execution time.
- [These modules](docId\:LZASgxrjtBcJOk6vF0RKR) are free to use.
## Credits by module
Most non-AI apps at Make use credits based on the number of operations, which vary based on the module type.
### Trigger modules
**Trigger** modules use 1 credit per run, regardless of whether they return data. Even when a trigger finds no new data, it still uses 1 credit for checking.
For example, in the **Google Sheets** > **Watch New Rows** module below, the scenario run retrieved no new data, but used 1 credit for the operation.
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### Search modules
**Search** modules use 1 credit per run, even when they return multiple bundles.
For example, the **Google Sheets **>** Search Row **module below runs once to search rows according to the specified criteria. It only uses 1 credit for this operation despite returning 10 rows, or bundles.
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### Action modules
**Action** modules (those with "Add," "Update," "Delete," etc) use as many credits as runs needed to process all bundles. It uses 1 credit per input bundle processed.
For example, the **Google Sheets **> **Search Row** module below returned 10 rows and used 1 credit. The following** Delete Rows** module must run 10 times to delete each of the 10 rows, using 10 credits. The scenario uses 11 credits total.
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### Aggregator modules
**Aggregator** modules combine multiple bundles into a single bundle, called an array. Aggregators use 1 credit for each aggregation.
For example, the array aggregator below combined 10 contacts, or bundles, from the** Google Sheets **>** Watch New Rows** module into an array. This aggregation used 1 credit.
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### Iterator modules
**Iterator** modules split an array into multiple bundles. Iterators use 1 credit to split an array into bundles, and the next modules use 1 credit for each iterated bundle.
For example, the **Iterator **below received an email with an array of 5 attachments and split the array into 5 separate attachments. It used 1 credit to split the attachment array, and the **Google Drive **>** Upload a File** module used 5 credits to upload each attachment.
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:::hint{type="info"}
Learn more about bundles and their relationship to operations in [Operations](docId\:ZR2rWmILMJ_19R85MlAwM).
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## Modules with no credit cost
The following modules don't use credits:
- [Error handler](docId:3SXXD1Q5E-Os35cbKdlWk) modules: **Rollback**, **Break**, **Resume**, **Commit**, **Ignore**
- [Router](docId\:OpqXxZcGe19tawxhIAEHn) modules and [filters](docId\:TOeIVU0dBv44bMRjCMliC)
- [Scenarios](docId\:f8FHRvoQwCk48nX_FJRyf) modules: **Call a subscenario**, **Start a scenario**, **Return output**, and **Customize run name**
- [Make Functions](docId\:v5lrz7Uqk1z12zxR6RuKq) modules