Credits are becoming the new pricing metric for AI products.
The logic sounds simple: AI agents consume tokens. Customers pay for credits.
But what happens behind the scenes? How do you translate AI usage into credits, calculate the cost, and bill customers in real time?
We decided to make this a little more fun.
Over the weekend, we developed a playground to build browser extensions through vibe coding, with billing powered by Clocknext.
https://test.tryclocknext.com/
Vibe with it. Build a browser extension of your choice. And watch how credits get calculated and billed in real time as you use the platform.
This feels like one of those problems that’s only going to get bigger as more AI products come to market. Making pricing and billing easier for AI companies makes a lot of sense. Excited to see where Clocknext goes from here. Congrats on the launch! Kudos to the entire @Clocknext team! 🚀
@deepak_v17 Thank you for the support :)
Vijay is back with a banger, congrats to the whole team on launch. Do good.
@harshactually Thank you, my friend!
This seems really cool, can't wait to see where it will go! Congrats on the launch.
@benjamin_sloutsky Thank you for your support, Benjamin! Means a lot. :)
Good luck with the launch!
@yenceesanjeev Thanks a bunch, Sanjeev! 🙏🏼
Congratulations on the launch 🎉
@bhavyasree Thank you for your support, Bhavya! Much appreciated.
looks cool!
@louislecat Thank you, Louis! Means a lot. 😄
Congrats on the launch, @vijayanandkailash sir, and to the entire team!
I work in smart metering (HES, MDMS, prepaid meters), and reading this felt very familiar. Utilities have been pricing variable consumption for decades: time-of-use tariffs, slab pricing, prepaid wallets, and reconciling meter data before it hits an invoice. AI credits are the same meter-to-cash problem, just with tokens instead of kWh.
A few lessons from energy billing I’d love your take on:
1. Data validation before billing. Utilities validate and estimate reads before invoicing (missing, duplicate, or late data). How does Clocknext handle late or duplicate usage events from async agent runs?
2. Wallet hits zero mid-run. Prepaid meters have “emergency credit” so supply doesn’t cut mid-use. Do you support a grace buffer, or is it a hard stop?
3. Tariff versioning. When provider costs change, can a new price take effect from a set date while existing customers stay on old terms?
One idea: a “bill shock” alert that forecasts end-of-cycle spend for the end customer. Utilities learned that predictable bills reduce churn.
Excited to watch this grow!