> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.9pic.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What's Included

> What you get on Pay As You Go, and what's gated until you go Pro

## Why This Matters

Pay As You Go is a paying plan, but it has the **same product allowlist as the trial** — the Photos product only. That's by design: you're paying per use, not for the Pro creative-tool suite. Knowing exactly where the line falls keeps you from wasting time evaluating something you can't unlock at this plan level.

## What You Can Do on Pay As You Go

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  <Card title="Run unlimited events" icon="flag-checkered">
    No cap on how many events you can create. You only pay for the photos you process.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Public events" icon="globe">
    Make any event **Public** so attendees can find their photos via the public link. Trial events were forced to Private — that restriction is gone.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Full Photos product" icon="images">
    Upload, sync, process, brand, and search photos using the complete 9Pic Photos workflow.
  </Card>

  <Card title="9Pic FaceFind" icon="user-magnifying-glass">
    AI face-recognition photo search. Attendees take a selfie to find their photos.
  </Card>

  <Card title="9Pic BibTrack" icon="bib">
    BIB number search for race events.
  </Card>

  <Card title="9Pic Stamp" icon="stamp">
    Apply your watermark to every processed photo.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Team invites" icon="user-plus">
    Add admins and operators from **Account & Team → Teams**.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Same support as Pro" icon="headset">
    Email response time matches Pro and Enterprise. Email [support@9pic.ai](mailto:support@9pic.ai).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What's Gated Until You Upgrade to Pro

These are the limits the dashboard actually enforces on a Pay As You Go account, sourced from `PLAN_ALLOWED_PRODUCTS` in `planAccess.ts`:

| Limit                                     | What it means                                                                                                                                                                             | How to remove it          |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| **Only the Photos product**               | Creative tools (Certify, Flow, Select, Buzz, Motion) are not enabled.                                                                                                                     | Upgrade to **Pro**.       |
| **Custom domain**                         | You stay on `app.9pic.ai`. Custom subdomains like `photos.yourbrand.com` are not available.                                                                                               | Upgrade to **Pro**.       |
| **Setup Wizard**                          | The guided website-customisation wizard (logo, theme color, footer, contact form, header CTA, team invite) is disabled. The dashboard says it's "available for Pro and Enterprise plans". | Upgrade to **Pro**.       |
| **Sell event photos online (Checkout)**   | You cannot sell photos through 9Pic Checkout.                                                                                                                                             | **Enterprise** plan only. |
| **Payment Config** and **Developer Zone** | Payment gateway setup and API keys are gated.                                                                                                                                             | **Enterprise** plan only. |

<Note>
  None of the above stops you from running successful, professional-looking events on `app.9pic.ai`. They only matter once you need branded sites, creative add-ons, or to monetise photos directly.
</Note>

## How Credits Work on Pay As You Go

| Concept                     | What it means                                                                                                                    |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **What 1 credit pays for**  | 1 processed photo (upload + AI search indexing + watermark via 9Pic Stamp), **when AI search is enabled** on the event.          |
| **AI not enabled**          | If both **BIB Search** and **Selfie Search** are off for an event, processing that event's photos does **not** consume credits.  |
| **Re-running Sync Images**  | Free for already-processed photos. Only **new** photos consume credits.                                                          |
| **Re-processing watermark** | Costs **10% of the processed-photo count**. Re-processing 5,000 photos uses 500 credits.                                         |
| **Storing originals**       | The **Store Original Memories** option keeps originals and counts toward usage — leave it off unless you need it.                |
| **Out of credits**          | Photo processing pauses on every event in the organisation. Galleries that are already processed keep working. Top up to resume. |
| **Minimum top-up**          | **1,000 credits** per purchase.                                                                                                  |
| **Credit expiry**           | Credits do **not** expire. The balance carries forward indefinitely.                                                             |

For the full credit-cost cheatsheet, see [Photo Processing Costs](/pay-as-you-go-guide/photo-processing-costs).

## What's the Same as the Trial

If you came from the trial, the entire Photos product behaves identically. Upload, sync, process, brand, share, search — all unchanged.

The only behaviour differences from the trial:

* **Public events allowed.** Platform Visibility is no longer locked to Private on **Create New Event**.
* **Default domain.** New events default to `app.9pic.ai` instead of `trial.9pic.ai`.
* **Paid credits.** No more free trial credits cushion — you pay for every photo you process with AI enabled.

## What's the Same as Pro

* **Photos product** is identical to Pro's.
* **FaceFind** and **BibTrack** AI search work at production quality on every event.
* **`app.9pic.ai`** as a default domain is exactly the same as a Pro account that hasn't connected a custom domain yet.
* **Support response** is the same.
* **Credit purchasing flow** is the same — same minimum, same currency rules, same checkout pages.

The honest difference is the Pro creative-tool suite, the custom domain, the Setup Wizard, and the included annual subscription "all-you-can-set-up" experience. See [When to Upgrade](/pay-as-you-go-guide/when-to-upgrade) for the math on whether that's worth \$200/year for your volume.

## Common Questions

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  <Accordion title="Can I run a paid public event on Pay As You Go?">
    Yes. Pay As You Go events can be public. Anyone with the event link can view, search by face, and search by BIB. The only thing PAYG **cannot** do is **sell** photos through the dashboard's Checkout product — that requires Enterprise.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why don't I see Certify, Flow, Select, Buzz, or Motion in my event nav?">
    Those products are gated to Pro and Enterprise. The product selector in event navigation only shows what your plan unlocks. Upgrade to Pro to enable them — see [Upgrade to Pro](/pay-as-you-go-guide/upgrade-to-pro).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I customise my event branding without the Setup Wizard?">
    The Setup Wizard is the **guided** version that's gated to Pro. The underlying **Settings** page is still visible to PAYG, but the items that actually change your customer-facing site (custom domain, branded subdomain, full theme/footer/contact configuration) require Pro to take effect. Basic event-level branding (event name, cover photo, watermark) works for everyone.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What happens if I run out of credits in the middle of a sync?">
    Processing pauses. Already-processed photos stay live in the gallery. New uploads queue and wait. Top up via **Credits → Purchase Credits**, then resume processing on the affected event. No data is lost.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Is there a per-event credit cap?">
    No. Credits are an organisation-level balance. Run as many photos through one event as you want, as long as the balance can cover it.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next Steps

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  <Card title="Run an Event" icon="flag-checkered" href="/pay-as-you-go-guide/run-an-event">
    The end-to-end flow with credit costs called out at every step.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Photo Processing Costs" icon="gauge" href="/pay-as-you-go-guide/photo-processing-costs">
    The full credit-cost cheatsheet.
  </Card>

  <Card title="When to Upgrade" icon="scale-balanced" href="/pay-as-you-go-guide/when-to-upgrade">
    PAYG vs Pro — when the math actually flips.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Talk to Us" icon="comments" href="/pay-as-you-go-guide/talk-to-us">
    Need a beta feature or a larger account? Get in touch.
  </Card>
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