Credits pay for the thinking. One is spent when Vamos answers you, and nothing is spent for opening a chat, browsing Videos, or reading a creator list.
What makes one answer cost more than another
Three things, and they multiply rather than add up.
How much Vamos reads. A question about one Reel is cheap. Watching a long video, or reading fifty posts across six accounts, is not.
How much Vamos writes. A hook list is a few lines. A month of scripts is thousands of words, and writing is the expensive half.
Which model runs. Vamos picks it for each answer, and there is no setting for it.
See what your own work costs
Under every answer there is an info icon. Hover it to see Credits used, and the time it took if the answer just arrived.
That number is worth more than any estimate. Run the work you actually do a few times and you will know your own numbers, which are the only ones that matter for planning.
Spending fewer of them
Ask for the whole job at once. One message asking for research and three scripts costs less than a message of research followed by three more asking for a script each, because the research is read once rather than re-established every time.
Fill in My Brand. Not a credit trick exactly, but a real one. When Vamos already knows your audience and voice, it stops asking and stops guessing, and you stop paying for the rewrite.
What does not cost credits
Your weekly brief. It runs on every plan, free included, and never touches your allowance.
A Routine run that fails costs nothing. If a run breaks partway through, no credits are taken.
Your account's first answer. Its info icon shows Credits used: Free.