A small AI operation, such as categorizing the sentiment of a piece of feedback, using a standard AI model, such as GPT-4 or Claude, equates to ten credits. The size of the operation is determined by the number of characters in the request (the “prompt”), combined with the number of characters in the AI response. If the total number of characters in the request and response is less than 2,000, then the AI operation requires 10 credits. If you wanted to summarize a transcript from a 30-minute call that contained about 20,000 characters, it would require ten times as many credits, or 100 credits.
A small AI operation like that mentioned above, using a “lite” AI model, such as GPT-3.5 or Claude Instant, equates to one credit. Airtable AI’s generate formula, comment summary, and suggested matches in linked features all use one credit every time they’re used for customers accessing free credits. For those with the paid AI add-on, these features are available on an unlimited basis and do not consume your credit balance.
We encourage you to try out our free credits to get a sense of how many credits will be needed to accomplish your workflows.