How Credits Work
Credits are the single currency for everything in Signado. Every action that requires computation, from discovering leads to AI messages, draws from one credit balance.
What costs credits
| Action | Credit cost |
|---|---|
| New warm lead discovered | 3 per lead |
| Re-surfacing an existing contact | 1 per contact (free plan: 0) |
| Keyword preview | 1 per preview |
| Email finder | 5 per contact |
| Deep Dive (company scan) | Shown before you confirm |
| AI message generation | 7 per message |
| Contact enrichment | 1 per contact |
| Email validation | 1 per address |
A Deep Dive is an on-demand, one-time scan of a lead's company across seven signals (funding, hiring, leadership change, executive posts, product launches, partnerships, news). It is not an ongoing charge. Signado shows the exact credit cost before you confirm.
What's free
- Storing contacts in lists
- Viewing warm leads, signals, and history
- On the free plan, re-surfacing a contact you've already seen
How your balance works
Paid tiers: Credits reset on your billing date each month. Unused credits do not roll over.
Free tier: You get a one-time credit allocation. These never replenish. Once spent, they're gone until you upgrade.
When your balance hits zero, discovery pauses automatically. No surprise charges, no overage fees.
Check your balance
Your current credit balance is visible in the sidebar. For a full breakdown of where credits went, go to Settings → Usage.
The Usage page shows your transaction history so you can see exactly which actions consumed credits and when.