WriterDean bills a subscription for a plan every 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, and meters the writing in credits. A credit is 100 words of finished output. Each plan includes a number of credits a month; the Regular plan keeps writing past that number and bill the extra credits at a per credit rate, while the free plan pauses new runs until the month resets.
What a credit is
When a run finishes with a version, the worker counts the words in that version and writes one ledger row: the words, the credits, the model cost in dollars, and the run it came from. Credits are the word count divided by 100 and rounded up, with a floor of one, so a 1,480 word article is 15 credits and a 90 word social post is 1. Research, drafting and the humanizer's retries cost you nothing extra; only the finished length counts.
The ledger is per workspace and per calendar month in UTC. The Billing page shows the month's credits used, the words behind them and the model cost. Nothing is estimated: the number on the page is the sum of the rows.
Plans and limits
Every plan runs the same pipeline with the same humanizer. They differ in brands, seats and credits, plus the features around the writing. Prices are in US dollars.
| Plan | A month | 3 months | 6 months | A year | Brands | Seats | Credits a month | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | Runs pause |
| Regular | $15 | $35 | $50 | $100 | 3 | 3 | 1,000 | 4¢ a credit |
Longer periods cost less: 3 months saves 22% over paying monthly, 6 months and a year save 44%. For a custom credit pool, write to hello@writerdean.com.
Which features start where
The app shows an upgrade notice in place of a feature the plan lacks, so nothing stays hidden. These are the gates and the plan each one opens on.
- Publishing to a CMS or a social accountRegular and above
- Search Console and GA4 connectionsRegular and above
- Approvals, roles, the audit logRegular and above
- Automations on a scheduleRegular and above
- Content refresh runsRegular and above
- The API and the MCP serverRegular and above
How many credits you need
Move the two sliders to your month. The table below uses the same arithmetic as the ledger and the same prices as the plans above.
Credits a piece
15
Credits a month
300
Fits inside
Regular
| Plan | Included | Over | A month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 50 | 250 (runs pause) | Upgrade |
| Regular | 1,000 | 0 | $15 |
For scale: the free plan's 50 credits are about 5,000 words, three long articles or fifty social posts.
Overage and running out
On Regular, a run that would take the month past the included credits still starts. The extra credits are counted at the plan's rate (4¢ on Regular) and billed once, after the month ends. A daily sweep adds up the previous month, records the amount in the ledger, and puts one line on the next Stripe invoice. Nothing is charged mid month, and nothing pauses.
On the free plan there is no overage. When the 50 credits are gone, the New brief page and the batch and keyword screens say so and stop starting runs, the API returns 402 with the code credits_exhausted, and everything already written stays open for editing and export. The allowance comes back on the first of the next month, or the moment you upgrade.
Seats
A seat is a member of the workspace, whatever their role. Each plan includes a number of seats, and a paid plan can add more at $5 a month, $12 for 3 months, $17 for 6 months or $33 a year each, on the plan's interval. A pending invitation does not hold a seat: when every seat is taken, sending one fails with a message that says so, and the person who accepts an invitation takes the seat when they join.
Changing the seat count on the Billing page adjusts the subscription in place. Stripe prorates the change on the next invoice; PayPal asks you to approve the new amount and then applies it. Removing a member frees the seat at once, and the extra seat stays on the subscription until you reduce the count.
Paying: Stripe and PayPal
Owners and admins choose a plan on the Billing page, pick a billing period, add any extra seats, and pick the processor. Stripe takes cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay in its hosted checkout, and later card changes and receipts live in its hosted portal. PayPal takes a PayPal balance or a card through PayPal, on the same terms.
The processor's page returns you to the Billing page, and the app records the subscription on the way back rather than waiting for a webhook, so the plan is live the moment you land. The processor's webhooks keep the record in step after that: renewals, failed payments, changes made in the portal. Every webhook is verified against its signature and applied once, so a replay changes nothing.
WriterDean never sees or stores a card number. The processor holds the payment method; we hold the subscription's status, its period and seat count, and its invoices.
Changing, cancelling, refunds
Switching between billing periods changes the subscription in place when the processor is the same. Stripe applies the new price at once and prorates the rest of the period on the next invoice. PayPal sends you to approve the change first. Switching processors goes through a fresh checkout.
Cancelling from the Billing page stops the subscription at the end of the paid period. The plan stays on until that date, then the workspace moves to free and keeps everything it wrote. Until the period ends, a Resume button puts the subscription back. Cancelling in the Stripe portal has the same effect, and the webhook records it.
A failed renewal marks the subscription as past due. The plan stays on while the processor retries the card, the Billing page shows the state and a link to update the payment method, and the first successful payment clears it. A subscription the processor gives up on ends at the paid period like a cancellation.
Refunds are handled by hand. Write to hello@writerdean.com from an owner's address with the workspace name. A refund the processor issues shows on the invoice as refunded.
Invoices and receipts
Every charge the processor makes appears on the Billing page with its date, amount, status and a link to the hosted invoice or the PDF. The list shows the most recent 24. Stripe invoices carry the details you enter in its portal, such as a company name, address or tax id; PayPal receipts come from PayPal with the details on that account.
Prices are in US dollars and exclude tax.
Questions about billing
Something missing or wrong on this page? Write to hello@writerdean.com and say which section.
