TL;DR: Your AppSumo plan has a hybrid credit model — a one-time bucket that never expires, plus an automatic monthly refill. Credits are a single pooled balance you spend on enrichment. Need more? Buy the One-Time Credits add-on on AppSumo ($39 for 500 credits, scalable).
Credits & Refills
Cleanlist runs on credits. On the AppSumo deal, you get credits two ways: a one-time grant when you activate, and a recurring monthly refill.
The hybrid credit model
One-time credits (never expire)
When you activate your AppSumo license, your tier's one-time credit bucket is added to your balance immediately:
| Tier | One-time credits |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 250 |
| Tier 2 | 500 |
| Tier 3 | 1,000 |
| Tier 4 | 1,500 |
| Tier 5 | 2,000 |
These credits never expire. Unused one-time credits carry over indefinitely.
Monthly credit refill
On top of the one-time bucket, your account is automatically refilled every 30 days from your activation date:
| Tier | Credits per month |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 150 |
| Tier 2 | 400 |
| Tier 3 | 800 |
| Tier 4 | 1,200 |
| Tier 5 | 1,500 |
The refill is added to your existing balance — it is applied automatically, with no action needed on your part.
What credits are spent on
All credits live in one pooled balance and are spent as you enrich. Common costs:
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Email enrichment | 1 |
| Phone enrichment | 10 |
| Email + phone together | 11 |
| Live company enrichment | 1 per company |
| Find personal email | 1.5 per billable attempt |
| Clean first name | 0.1 |
| Format phone number | 0.1 |
| Email verification | 0.2 |
You're only charged for successful work. Failed email/phone enrichments cost 0 credits, and personal-email attempts that hit the cache or find nothing because every provider was unavailable are not billed.
How to get more credits
If you run low before your next monthly refill, buy the One-Time Credits add-on on AppSumo:
- Where: on AppSumo, on the Cleanlist deal page (under add-ons).
- Price: starts at $39 for 500 credits, and scales up.
- How it works: purchased credits are added to your balance as one-time credits — they never expire.
The AppSumo One-Time Credits add-on is the credit top-up path for AppSumo customers. The credit packs and subscriptions shown on cleanlist.ai's standard pricing are for regular (non-AppSumo) accounts and are separate from your lifetime deal.
Refunds and your credits
If you refund or downgrade your AppSumo purchase, the credits granted by that purchase are removed from your balance (down to a zero floor — your balance never goes negative). See the AppSumo FAQ for refund details.