- Jan 2025 Rung 2 · Soft meter
- Sep 2025 → now Rung 3 · Hard allotment Credit meter bolted onto paid plans for premium AI
Moved across the continuum this window — pattern: Incumbent bolt-on.
The short version A usage meter was bolted onto a seat you already pay for — the subscription is no longer the whole bill.
The verdict
Gamma is a clean soft-to-hard traverse. In January 2025 both paid plans (Plus, Pro) advertised unlimited AI creation — credits were a Free-plan concept only, and paid usage was gated by per-generation token caps, not a billing ceiling (a soft meter). That unlimited framing still held in a June 2025 snapshot. By September 2025 Gamma had bolted a real credit meter onto paid plans: Agent, advanced models, and API now draw down a monthly credit allotment, formalized on the November 2025 pricing page alongside a credit-heavy Ultra tier. Today it is an unambiguous hard stop — run out and AI actions block (non-AI editing continues), with manual top-up packs and no auto-billed overage. Seat prices stayed; the meter hardened on top.
Current pricing snapshot
As published on Gamma's own pages · captured Jun 12, 2026. Unit: AI credits.
| Plan | Price / mo | Included | At zero | Top-up vs plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus | Custom | 1,000 | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Pro | Custom | 4,000 | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Ultra | Custom | 20,000 | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Team | $20 | 6,000 | Hard stop | +20% per credit |
| Business | $40 | 10,000 | Hard stop | +0% per credit |
- Credit ↔ dollar
- Not pegged — a credit is not a fixed $
- Credit burn rate
- Varies by model / action
- Model choice
- Auto-routed
- Free tier
- 400 credits, one-time
- Billing
- Monthly or annual · 28% off annual
- Included credits
- Roll over
- Purchased credits
- Never expire
What changed
- Sep 1, 2025 · Meter adopted · Credit meter bolted onto paid plans: the official credits help doc now states that on paid plans standard presentations/images are 'included' (fair-use floor) but the plan's monthly credits are consumed by Agent, Ultra/advanced AI models, and API access — i.e. premium AI now sits behind a hard monthly credit allotment (Plus 1,000). Earliest archived snapshot of this hybrid model. (archive)
Where it's headed
Sourced from Gamma's official pricing pages and archived snapshots. Primary: pricing page. Method & limits: Methodology & data.