How much does a design cost, and do credits expire?

One credit, one design #

Every feature costs the same 1 credit per generation. There is no premium feature that costs more per render and no cheaper draft option that costs less, so a Sharpen and enlarge pass costs exactly what a full Restyle costs. A three-pass sequence, such as Declutter then Restyle then Sharpen and enlarge, costs three credits. Worth deciding the sequence before you start rather than iterating blindly.

When the studio spends a credit #

Talking to the studio is free: answering its questions, asking how something works, and changing your answers cost nothing. The first design in a thread runs from a summary card, and the credit is spent only when you press Generate on that card, with the price shown on the button. After that, a change you type to a finished design usually runs as soon as you press Generate, with no card in between, so the button is where you agree to the cost. Your balance sits next to the send button the whole time, and Buy there takes you straight to checkout and back to the same thread afterwards.

What happens to unused credits #

Credits never expire. Buy once, credits never expire. This matters more than it sounds, because the common use case is bursty: someone redesigns one room over a weekend, then does not open the product again for eight months. A subscription bills through those eight months, and credits with an expiry date quietly delete themselves in the meantime.

What a real job costs #

The per-design figure is easy; the useful number is what a whole room takes. In practice almost nobody keeps the first generation. Two or three passes to pick from is the normal working rhythm, so budget a room at three or four credits rather than one. A multi-step sequence multiplies from there: clearing a furnished room, restyling the cleared version, then sharpening the keeper is three credits at minimum and realistically six or seven once you allow for picking between versions at each step. A whole listing of five rooms, done properly, lands closer to twenty credits than five. That is still a fraction of what a photographer or a staging job costs, but it is worth knowing before you buy the smallest pack and run out halfway through a property.

What a credit gets you #

When a credit goes back #

The credit returns to your balance automatically only when the AI could not produce the design: the request errored, timed out, or was refused. A design that was produced uses its credit, including one you dislike, which is why the free designs exist: they let you see real output on your own room before spending anything.

Refunds on the purchase itself #

Because each design carries a real AI generation cost, credit packs are non-refundable once the credits are added to your account. If you are just testing the workflow, start with the smallest pack.

Trying it first #

New accounts that sign up with Google receive three free designs to try the tool. After that, credits come in one-time packs starting at $9.99 for 20 designs. There is no subscription and credits do not expire. The free design is a full one: no watermark, and commercially usable. Nothing about it is a reduced version of what you would pay for, which is the only way a trial tells you anything useful.