Core concepts

The few ideas you need to understand rNet: credits, accounts, apps and how a request is paid for.

Credits

Credits are the unit users spend on AI. One balance works in every app that connects rNet. Each AI request costs credits based on the model and how much it processes, and the cost is taken from the user who made the request.

• New accounts start with 2,000 free credits.
• Users buy more in the Credit Wallet, at least 1,000 credits at a time.
• The price is shown in your currency at checkout and includes a 5% service fee.
• Users can send credits to another rNet account, up to 10,000 credits per transfer.

Accounts and roles

Every account starts as a user. You can upgrade to developer at any time; there is no separate developer sign-up.

Apps and credentials

An app is anything that signs users in with rNet: a website, a backend, a desktop or editor extension. Each app has a Client ID (public), a Client secret (private, shown once) and a redirect URI where rNet sends users after they sign in.

How a request is paid for

1. The user signs in with Connect with rNet and approves your app.
2. Your server receives an access token for that user.
3. Your server sends an AI request to rNet with that token and a model ID.
4. rNet checks the user's balance, forwards the request to the model provider and returns the response.
5. The credits used are taken from the user's wallet and recorded against your app.

Who pays for what

• Users pay for their own AI, from their credits.
• Developers integrate for free and never pay for their users' AI. They only buy credits for their own testing.