API credits: what counts and how to buy more

API credits are for proposals that your own software or an integration sends through the Offorte API. Your plan includes a number of API sends each month. After that, each proposal uses one purchased credit. This page explains when a proposal uses a credit and how you buy more credits.

What your plan includes each month

Every plan with API access includes 50 API sends per calendar month.

Offorte always uses your included sends first. Only after that does a proposal use a purchased credit.

Included sends reset on the first day of each calendar month. Included sends that you do not use do not move to the next month. Purchased credits stay.

When a proposal uses a credit

A proposal uses one credit, and only once: when it is first sent to your client, or first made available to them, through the API.

Creating or editing a draft proposal does not use a credit.
A proposal that you already sent from the Offorte web app does not use a credit when you send it through the API.
Later API actions for the same proposal do not use another credit.

When you run out of credits

When no included sends and no purchased credits are left, Offorte refuses the API action. Your proposal stays saved, but Offorte does not send it or open it for your client.

Buy API credits, or wait until your included sends reset on the first day of the month. Then let your integration try again.

When you try again for a proposal that already used a credit, it does not use another credit.

Check your balance

In Offorte, go to Settings > Account. The API credits section shows:

Purchased credits: the credits that you bought and did not use yet.
Included this month: how many included sends you used, for example 12 of 50 used.
Resets on: the date when your included sends reset.
Total available now: your remaining included sends plus your purchased credits.

After an API send, the response field api_credits_left shows the same total.

Buy API credits

Go to Settings > Account and click Buy API credits. You see this link when your plan includes API access. Choose 250, 1,000, 5,000, or 15,000 credits. You see the price before you pay.

Purchased credits never expire. They stay available until you use them, also after the monthly reset.

When your account is deleted

When your account is deleted, any remaining purchased API credits are permanently lost and cannot be recovered. This also applies to AI Textwriter credits.

Fair use

Offorte plans include unlimited proposals for normal business use. Read the fair-use rules in the general terms.

More technical details

The API documentation describes the technical details for developers, such as the API responses.