Q: Credits
Hi, if I bought tier one, can I create unlimited ai agents and then if I run out of credits, use my own api key to run them?
Can we sell these ai agents to clients?
Are credits basically the same as ai credits from different vendors?
Thanks
SeanP_AgenticFlowAI
Apr 26, 2025A: Hey there! Let's tackle those credit questions:
Unlimited Agents & Using Your Own Key: Yes, you can create unlimited agents on Tier 1. However, if you run out of your monthly AgenticFlow credits, using your own API key (BYOK) for services like OpenAI or Claude won't let the agent run for free. Here's why:
Each step an agent or workflow takes consumes a small fixed number of AgenticFlow credits just for using our platform's infrastructure and orchestration.
Using BYOK only means you don't pay the variable AgenticFlow credit cost for that specific external LLM call (you pay OpenAI/Claude directly instead).
But, the agent still needs to pay the fixed 4 credits per step using your AgenticFlow credit pool. If your pool is empty, the agent/workflow run cannot start, even with BYOK for the LLM.
You can always buy one-time credit top-ups if you run out: https://docs.agenticflow.ai/get-started/faqs#what-is-a-credit
Selling Agents to Clients: Absolutely! You are free to build agents and workflows using AgenticFlow and sell those services or embed the agents for your clients. The "internal use only" restriction on the AppSumo deal only prevents you from reselling the AgenticFlow license/seats themselves. Building solutions for clients is a core use case.
AgenticFlow Credits vs. Vendor Credits: No, they are different.
AgenticFlow Credits: These are used to pay for using the AgenticFlow platform itself – the fixed cost per step for orchestration, compute time, and using our built-in LLM models (like Gemini Flash, 4o-mini).
AI Vendor Credits/Tokens (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic): These are what you pay the external provider directly when you use their models via BYOK. Using BYOK saves you the variable AgenticFlow credit cost for that specific LLM call but doesn't cover the fixed platform cost per step.
Hope this clears things up!