# How Free Credits Works (https://tenki.cloud/docs/account/free-credits)

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://tenki.cloud/llms.txt)

Learn how free credits work in Tenki and how to use them to run GitHub Actions runners with better performance and cost improvements.



Every Tenki Starter workspace includes **$10 in free monthly credits**, automatically renewed on the 1st of each month and applied to your oldest (default) workspace.

How you get your Free Credits [#how-you-get-your-free-credits]

Create your Tenki account and your workspace starts with $10 in credits immediately. You can begin running CI workflows, triggering code reviews, or spinning up sandboxes.

On the 1st of every month, your Starter workspace is topped back up to $10 in free credits.

How Free Credit Usage Is Calculated [#how-free-credit-usage-is-calculated]

Credits are spent at the same per-unit rates as paid usage. For a 2 vCPU x64 runner billed at **$0.002 per core / minute**, $10 in credits buys roughly **2,500 minutes** per month. Larger runners burn credits proportionally faster — a 4 vCPU runner burns at $0.008/min, an 8 vCPU runner at $0.016/min.

See [the pricing page](/docs/pricing) for the full per-unit rate card across all products.

When you exceed your free credits [#when-you-exceed-your-free-credits]

Usage beyond the $10 monthly allowance is billed at the standard per-unit rates listed on [the pricing page](/docs/pricing). The Team plan ($200/month yearly, $250/month monthly) raises the included credit allowance to $100 / month and adds higher concurrency, larger runner sizes, and premium infrastructure.

> **Need more than the Team plan?:** Enterprise plans include custom credit allowances, self-hosting, SLAs, and dedicated support. Email hello@tenki.cloud to scope a plan.