#"I am using the Conversational Agents platform on the $22 Creator Plan. I noticed that a 1-minute
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AI-generated Answer for parintele_damaskin
Hereâs what the ElevenLabs docs say:
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How LLM (Brain) usage is billed
- LLM costs are âpassed through separatelyâ from agent minutes and are converted to credits using a planâspecific rate (credits per $1 of LLM spend). On Creator the conversion is 4,545 credits per $1; on Business itâs 8,333 credits per $1. These LLM costs therefore deduct from your monthly credits; if you enable usageâbased billing and exceed your credits, the extra credits are then charged to your card in USD. (help.elevenlabs.io)
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Why you saw $0.0137 for âonly 63 generated tokensâ
- LLM billing is by total tokens, not just the modelâs output. Input tokens include your system prompt and any conversation history/context sent on that turn; providers also price input and output tokens separately, and some support cache read/write pricing. So charges reflect input + output (and any cache ops), not just 63 output tokens. (elevenlabs.io)
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Agent minute credit rate (Creator vs Business)
- Documented âcost in credits per extra minuteâ:
- Creator: 400 credits per minute
- Business: 800 credits per minute
- Your example 1.7 minutes Ă 400 â 680 credits, which matches the 682 you observed (minor deltas can come from rounding and that duration is measured from connection start until hangâup/window close). (help.elevenlabs.io)
- Documented âcost in credits per extra minuteâ:
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Notes on overages and USD charges
- If usageâbased billing is enabled, overâquota credits are billed in USD at your planâs rate (Creator: $0.30 per 1,000 credits). Thatâs when youâll see USD charges to your card. (help.elevenlabs.io)
If anything above doesnât match what youâre seeing on your invoices, share a redacted usage line and Iâll map it to the specific doc rules.
Sources:
How much does ElevenLabs Agents (formerly Conversational AI) cost? â ElevenLabs
Models | ElevenLabs Documentation
How much does ElevenLabs Agents (formerly Conversational AI) cost? â ElevenLabs
What is the price for usage based billing? â ElevenLabs
But I am not taking about over-quota... I am talking about the LLM costs .