Free tier and AI credit caps
ClientRadar meters the AI it uses for scoring and drafting with daily and monthly credit caps. Here's what the free and paid tiers include, why caps exist, and what happens when you hit one.
ClientRadar uses AI for two things: scoring how likely a post is to be a real lead, and drafting replies in your voice. Both cost a little to run, so ClientRadar meters that usage with credits — a daily and a monthly allowance per tier. This keeps costs predictable and keeps the service fast for everyone. This page explains the model honestly so nothing about it is a surprise.
What counts as a credit
A credit is spent when ClientRadar does genuinely new AI work — scoring a post it has not seen, or drafting a reply. It is not spent when you review leads you already have. Scores are cached by the content of the post, so the same post is scored once and looking at it again is free. That caching is deliberate: it means re-checking your pipeline never quietly burns through your allowance.
What each tier includes
| Tier | Daily credits | Monthly credits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 60 | 1,200 |
| Pro | 120 | 2,400 |
| Max | 300 | 6,000 |
The free tier is a real working tier, not a locked demo — you get a genuine daily allowance so you can see the product find and score real leads. It is capped enough that heavy daily use eventually meets a limit, which is the honest trade-off of a free plan.
What happens when you hit a cap
When you reach your daily or monthly cap, new AI actions pause — ClientRadar stops scoring new posts and drafting new replies until the window resets. Daily caps reset each day; the monthly cap resets each month. Nothing you have already scored disappears, and the non-AI parts of ClientRadar — your pipeline, your notes, connected platforms — keep working normally. You will see clearly that you have hit the cap rather than the tool failing silently.
If you regularly hit the daily cap and need more scoring and drafting headroom, a higher tier (Pro or Max) raises both the daily and monthly allowance — that is the one case where the cap itself is the reason to upgrade. There is no pressure to; the free tier keeps working within its limits.
Related
- New to how scoring and drafting work? See How ClientRadar works.
- Not seeing leads at all (rather than hitting a cap)? That is usually keywords or connections — see Scanning isn’t finding any leads.