# How to Add Credits-Based Billing to Your AI App

DevFeed: [How to Add Credits-Based Billing to Your AI App](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-add-credits-based-billing-to-your-ai-app-9568.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/add-credits-billing-ai-app/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-03-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/billing.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [payments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payments.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step guide to implementing credits-based billing for AI applications with Dodo Payments. It covers defining a credit economy, selling one-time credit packs, processing purchase webhooks, deducting credits before generations, and building low-balance features.

## Source excerpt

Step-by-step guide to implementing credit-based billing for AI applications. Let users buy credit packs and consume them per API call or generation with Dodo Payments.