Plans, credits and billing
Updated October 12, 2026 · 5 min
Free and CMS, side by side
Every account is free. You can generate a site, edit it by chat or by hand, publish it and connect a domain you already own without paying. Free sites show a small "Built with Digital Potter" badge and get 250 MB of images. The CMS plan costs $19.99/mo or $199.90/yr per site. It adds the CMS admin for your content, 100 credits a month and 5 GB of images. It also removes the badge. Orders, menus and bookings are add-ons, billed on top.
How credits work
AI work uses credits: 20 to generate a site, 1 per page for a chat edit (a whole-site edit costs one per page) and 1 to match a reference site. Manual edits never use credits. Every account gets 60 credits when you verify your email, then 10 more every month. The CMS plan adds 100 a month, plus 50 for each active add-on. Yearly subscribers get those credits every month too.
See your credits, plans and history
Your billing page shows your credit balance and how many credits you get each month, with the date of the next ones. A "Buy 100 credits for $5" button tops you up at any time. The CMS plans section lists every site on the plan with its add-ons and total. Sites without it show under "No CMS plan yet," each with an "Add the CMS" link. Recent credit activity logs every credit earned or spent. "Manage billing in Stripe" opens Stripe's own billing portal.
Add the CMS to a site
On a site's dashboard, "Add the CMS" opens its upgrade page. A Monthly/Yearly toggle switches how you pay, and paying yearly gets you two months free: $199.90 instead of twelve payments of $19.99. The CMS plan card lists everything the plan adds.
Pick the add-ons your business needs
Below the plan, five optional add-ons need the CMS plan: Online Store (+$14.99/mo), Restaurant (+$19.99/mo), Bookings & Events (+$24.99/mo), Memberships (+$29.99/mo), CRM & Donations (+$19.99/mo). Each one adds 50 credits a month. Whatever your site already uses comes pre-checked. Unchecking one your site uses asks you to confirm first. Removing it turns the feature off in your CMS and deletes the sections that depend on it.
Watch out
Removing an add-on your site uses deletes the sections built on it when your payment goes through. That content doesn’t come back just by adding the add-on again later.See your total before you pay
The order summary lists the CMS plan, then a line for each add-on, then the total for the interval you picked. Hosting stays free, so there is no hosting line. The number you see is the number you are billed.
Checkout and changes
A new plan continues to a secure Stripe checkout right on the page. The button shows the total, like "Continue to checkout for $19.99/mo." If the site already has the plan, there is no second checkout. The page checks the change with us first, so it can tell you exactly when it applies. A change that raises your bill reads "Confirm change" and takes effect right away. Stripe credits the unused part of your current plan and charges the difference today. A change that lowers your bill reads "Schedule this change" and starts at your next renewal. Switching from monthly to yearly starts today. Stripe credits the rest of your month and charges the yearly price now. Switching from yearly to monthly starts at your renewal, and nothing is charged today.
Top-ups, the guarantee and cancelling
Buy 100 credits for $5 any time from your billing page. Credits never expire. Your first CMS purchase has a 7-day money-back guarantee. You can cancel any time from your billing page. Your site stays live on the Free plan, the CMS admin and add-ons switch off at the end of the period, and the badge returns. Your data is kept.
Frequently asked
Do I need the CMS plan to publish?
No. Publishing is free on every account, and so is connecting a domain you already own. The CMS plan adds the admin for your content. Orders, menus and bookings are paid add-ons on top of it.
Can I change my add-ons later?
Yes. Return to your site's upgrade page any time to add or remove add-ons. Adding one takes effect immediately. Removing one you're using asks you to confirm first, since it deletes the sections built on it.
Does a lower bill take effect right away?
No. A change that lowers your bill is scheduled for your next renewal date. You keep everything you're paying for until then, and you're not charged anything today.