How many credits does a month of content actually cost?

The worked example — 20 feed images, 8 UGC ads, 4 five-second clips — lands around 1,600 credits. Video is the lever: every extra 5-second clip adds 300 credits, so a clip-heavy month can double the budget.

Which plan fits a 30-day calendar?

Starter (3,000 credits) covers one image-led persona. Creator (9,000) fits regular video or multiple personas. Studio (22,000, 3 seats) suits teams running several brands. Top-up packs never expire if a month runs over.

Do I have to disclose that content is AI-generated?

Platform rules increasingly require labels on realistic synthetic media, and regulations in several regions point the same direction. Follow each platform's disclosure tools and local law — transparent labeling also tends to age better with audiences than getting caught.

Can I run multiple personas on one plan?

Yes — Starter includes 3 models, Creator 10, Studio 30, and Agency unlimited. Credits are shared across all your models, so the real constraint is the credit budget, not the model count.

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Plan a month of content from one persona

Intermediate12 minUpdated July 11, 2026

TL;DR — A realistic 30-day month — about 20 feed images at 1080p (280 credits), 8 UGC ads (120), and 4 five-second clips (1,200) — costs roughly 1,600 credits, comfortably inside the Starter plan's 3,000 monthly credits.

One trained persona can carry a full month of content if you plan formats against credits instead of improvising daily. The math is friendly: feed images cost 12 to 14 credits, UGC ads 15, and video clips 300 to 600 — so a whole calendar costs less than most people guess.

This guide builds the calendar, works the budget for each plan tier, and covers the publishing habits — including AI disclosure — that keep the account healthy.

Step by step

1
Define the persona's content pillars
Choose three or four recurring themes the persona posts about — for example lifestyle, product features, and behind-the-scenes. Pillars keep a synthetic persona coherent over weeks the same way a niche keeps a human creator coherent. Building a consistent AI influencer covers pillar strategy in depth.
2
Sketch the 30-day calendar
Map each day to a pillar and a format before generating anything — a simple grid of date, pillar, format, and placement is enough. Working from a content calendar turns generation into batch work instead of a daily scramble.
3
Mix formats by cost
Weight the calendar toward cheap formats and spend big only where motion earns it. The per-asset costs from the pricing table are your planning units.
- Feed image at 1080p: 14 credits (draft at 720p for 12)
- UGC product ad: 15 credits per image
- Video clip: 300 credits for 5 seconds, 600 for 10
- 4K hero shot for campaigns: 20 credits
4
Budget against your plan
A worked example: 20 feed images at 1080p (280 credits), 8 UGC ads (120), and 4 five-second clips (1,200) totals 1,600 credits. Starter's 3,000 monthly credits cover one persona with headroom; Creator's 9,000 supports several personas or a video-heavy mix; Studio's 22,000 runs multi-brand output with a team. What an AI influencer costs breaks the economics down further.
5
Batch produce weekly
Generate a week at a time in one sitting: draft at 720p, re-render the keepers at publishing resolution, and animate at most one proven winner. Store each week in its own collection so export day is one ZIP per week, not an archive dig.
6
Label AI content before publishing
Major platforms require realistic synthetic media to be labeled, and the rules are tightening rather than relaxing. Use each platform's built-in AI disclosure tools and keep the persona's synthetic nature consistent across posts — platform label rules has the per-platform details.

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