# Budgets and credit (/docs/media/budgets)

Generating images, video and audio, and asking Living Stories, are paid calls to AI services. Each call is paid in one of these ways, in this order:

1. **Your own keys.** Add them on your account page. Your own key always comes first.
2. **The organisation's keys**, for stories that belong to an organisation that has them.
3. **Free credit** of an organisation set up with an invite code.

If none of these applies, the call is refused with a message that says why.

## Limits [#limits]

- Monthly limits apply per person and per organisation. If you reach yours, ask an admin to raise it.
- Running jobs count at their estimated cost until they finish, so two calls can't both slip under a limit.
- A call over a limit is refused with a clear message, and nothing is charged.
- A failed generation costs nothing.

## See what you spent [#see-what-you-spent]

Your account page shows what you spent this month and in total. When an organisation's free credit runs low, Living Stories shows how much is left.