Arcframe Free Plan Guide: What You Get, How Credits Work, and When to Top Up

What you get with the Arcframe Free plan

You don't need a credit card to start using Arcframe. Every new account gets 20 free credits, no expiry pressure, no trial countdown — just a one-time credit balance to try the product for real.

Free isn't image-only anymore. As of our latest update, Free-plan accounts get a genuine taste of every core output type:

• Image — Flux Schnell, our fastest text-to-image model
• Video — Google Gemini Omni Flash, text-to-video and image-to-video, audio track included
• Audio — Sarvam Bulbul v3, Indian-language text-to-speech

That's a real cross-section of what Arcframe does — not a stripped-down demo of one output type.

How far 20 credits actually goes

Credits come from a single shared pool, so how far they go depends on what you generate:

• Flux Schnell images — 1 credit each → up to 20 images
• Gemini Omni Flash video — 4 credits per second → about 5 seconds of video, total
• Sarvam Bulbul v3 speech — 2 credits per clip → up to 10 short audio clips

You can mix and match across all three — generate a few images, one short video clip, and a couple of speech clips — or spend the whole balance on one output type. It's your call.

What Free does not include

To keep this honest: Free is a taste, not the full product. It does not include:

• Continue Editing on video (re-editing a generated clip with a follow-up instruction) — this needs Starter or above
• Any other video model beyond Gemini Omni Flash (no Wan, Kling, Seedance, Veo, Sora)
• Any other audio model beyond Sarvam Bulbul v3 (no voice cloning, no music/SFX generation)
• 3D model generation
• Commercial-use licensing on generated output

Starter ($19/mo) and above unlock the rest — full model catalog, Continue Editing, voice cloning on Pro+, and commercial use.

Topping up on the Free plan

If you run out of your 20 free credits, you can buy a top-up pack on any plan, including Free:

• $5 → 120 credits
• $12 → 300 credits
• $25 → 700 credits

Important: top-up credits extend how much you can generate — they do not unlock new models. A Free-plan account with a top-up can generate more Flux Schnell images, more Gemini Omni Flash video, and more Sarvam Bulbul speech, but still can't touch Wan, Kling, Veo, voice cloning, or Continue Editing. Model access is tied to your subscription tier, not your credit balance — by design, so upgrading is always the honest path to more capability, not just more of the same.

When it's worth upgrading

If you find yourself repeatedly wanting a second video model, a longer clip, or the ability to refine a video after generating it, that's the exact gap Starter closes. Every plan's credits, models, and included features are listed on the pricing page.

Check your plan's capabilities anytime

Logged in and not sure what your current plan includes? Head to Settings → Billing — your "What's included" card always shows exactly which models and features your active plan unlocks, plus a direct link to see what the next tier adds.