Plan or credits: two ways to pay for DCode
DCode, the agentic coding environment by Dipole ML Inc., draws its usage from one of two sources, and you choose which in Settings: a plan (the DCode Coding Plan at $29 a month, or a Raven plan) with 6-hour and weekly windows, or prepaid API credits, paid per token with a key we set up for you.
Key facts
- Since DCode 1.1.0 on October 3, DCode can draw on your plan or on your prepaid API credits; since DCode 2.0.1 the switch lives in Settings.
- The DCode Coding Plan, at $29 a month, is our largest usage allowance, built for coding: each model has its own 6-hour and weekly windows, with one more budget for both models on top.
- Without the Coding Plan, DCode draws your Raven plan at a 30% rate: every 1,000 tokens DCode uses count as 300.
- On credits, DCode pays per token at the API prices, from $0.50 per 1M input tokens on Raven Flash, with a key we set up for you.
- Credits come in packs of $5, $10, $20 and $50; they are bought once, never renew and never expire.
Every DCode request is paid from somewhere. DCode draws its usage from one of two places, and you choose which: your subscription plan, or your prepaid API credits. A plan is the default. This is how each one works, what it costs and whom it suits. All prices are in US dollars.
How do I choose between a plan and credits?
DCode has had a billing source since DCode 1.1.0 on October 3. Since DCode 2.0.1 on October 29, the switch lives in Settings:
Open Settings
In the DCode desktop app, open Settings, then Model settings.
Find Billing source
It is on the panel with the DCode Coding Plan, the Raven Subscription Plan and API credits.
Choose
Use Subscription Plan or Use API Credits. The change applies to new messages.
You can switch at any time. The same panel shows whether each plan is active, your credit balance and what you have spent, with Manage, Subscribe and Buy credits buttons that open your account in the browser.
What does a plan include?
Any of these plans works in DCode:
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| DCode Coding Plan | $29 a month | Our largest usage allowance, built for coding, on both Raven models. It lives in DCode. |
| Raven Free | $0 | Both Raven models, limits that replenish automatically and a welcome allowance to try Raven Max. |
| Raven Pro | $20 a month, or $200 a year | At least 12x Free plan usage capacity, and full access to Raven Max with high headroom. |
| Raven Ultra | $100 a month, or $1,000 a year | The highest usage tier on both Raven models, approx. 5x Pro and 60x Free. |
Each plan has two windows for each model: one for the current 6 hours and one for the week. A request needs room in both, and both refill by themselves; longer conversations and heavier reasoning use more of a window than short ones.
- With the DCode Coding Plan, DCode draws the Coding Plan. Each model has its own 6-hour and weekly windows, and both models together have one more budget on top. Your Raven allowance is left for everything else.
- With a Raven plan and no Coding Plan, DCode draws your Raven allowance at a 30% rate, because coding work reuses a lot of context: every 1,000 tokens DCode uses count as 300 against your Raven windows.
When a window is used up, DCode shows which limit it is, when it resets and where to move up a plan. The Raven plan and the DCode Coding Plan are separate subscriptions with their own renewals; you can hold either one or both. Founding Member annual pricing covers the first year, with the Coding Plan at $230, Pro at $160 and Ultra at $800, while the launch cohort lasts.
How do credits work in DCode?
With Use API Credits, DCode pays for each request from your prepaid credit balance at the per-token API prices. We set up the API key for DCode on your account ourselves, so there is nothing to paste: that key for credits mode came with DCode 1.1.0. The prices:
- Raven Flash: $0.50 input, $0.05 cached input, $2.50 output per 1M tokens
- Raven Max: $1.25 input, $0.13 cached input, $6.25 output per 1M tokens
Credits come in packs of $5, $10, $20 and $50. They are bought once, never renew and never expire. Paying from credits keeps your coding work apart from your plan allowance. In the CLI, a sign-in with an API key is paid from your credits in the same way.
Which one suits me?
| A plan | API credits | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | A monthly or annual subscription | Prepaid packs of $5, $10, $20 and $50, debited per token |
| What a request uses | Room in the 6-hour and weekly windows | Credits, at the per-token API price |
| When it runs out | The windows refill by themselves: wait, or move up a plan | Buy another pack; what is left never expires |
| Who it suits | Steady, everyday coding | Occasional or uneven coding, or coding kept apart from your plan |
A plan suits steady coding: one price, windows that refill on their own, and nothing to top up. If you code every day, the Coding Plan is built for it. If you already hold a Raven plan and code now and then, it covers DCode too, at the 30% rate.
Credits suit coding that comes and goes, or work you want kept apart from your plan allowance: you pay for the tokens used, and a pack never expires. A crew is paid the same way as any other work, in tokens only.
Where do I see my usage?
- Desktop app. Settings, Usage stats shows your plan limits at the top: how much of the 6-hour window and the week you have used, and when each resets.
- The usage ring shows how much of your limit is used, with the 6-hour and weekly limits and their resets.
- CLI. Your usage is pinned at the bottom of the workspace as you work.
Every plan and price is on our pricing page, and DCode is a free download on the download page. The full guide is in the billing source docs.
Questions and answers
How do I switch DCode between my plan and API credits?
In the desktop app, open Settings, Model settings, and under Billing source choose Use Subscription Plan or Use API Credits. You can switch at any time; the change applies to new messages.
Do I need to paste an API key to pay for DCode with credits?
No. We set up the API key for DCode on your account ourselves, so there is nothing to paste. Each request is paid from your prepaid balance at the per-token API prices.
Does my Raven plan work in DCode?
Yes. Without the DCode Coding Plan, DCode draws your Raven allowance at a 30% rate, because coding work reuses a lot of context: every 1,000 tokens DCode uses count as 300 against your Raven windows. With the Coding Plan, DCode draws that plan instead.
Do DCode credits expire?
No. Credits are bought once, never renew and never expire. They are the prepaid credits of the DipoleML API, separate from every plan.
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