What uses email credits
When useArtemis uses a credit: emails found for a list, in Discover, by the AI agent or the Chrome extension, and Verifier checks. Searches are free.
Updated October 27, 2026
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Credits are used when you get an email address or check one: 1 credit per email found (for a lead list, in Discover, by the AI agent or with the Chrome extension) and 1 per address checked in the Verifier. Searching, browsing, saving leads and exporting LinkedIn searches don't use credits.
Note: A free account has no credits. Your plan's credits arrive with your first payment when you subscribe, and finding or verifying an email on a free account opens a window to subscribe. See Free account: what's included.
Where to see your credits
- In the header: the "N credits" badge at the top right of every page. Click it to open Settings › Billing.
- In Settings › Billing: the Credits card shows your credits left, with a Get more credits button.
- In the account menu (your name at the bottom of the sidebar): Credits shows your credits left and the credits your plan adds each month (for example 620 · +500/mo). In a team workspace, it shows Team credits.
How many credits each plan includes, and how unused credits carry over from month to month: Plans and credits.
What uses a credit
| Action | Where | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Find emails for a list | Prospects › a list › Find emails | 1 per lead whose email is found. Nothing for leads marked Not found. |
| Reveal an email in Discover | Discover › Reveal (people results or a company's panel) | 1 when an email is found. Nothing when no email is found. |
| Reveal or find an email with the AI agent | AI agent › Reveal in a lead table, or asking the agent for someone's email | 1 when an email is found. Nothing when no email is found. |
| Verify an address | Verifier | 1 per address checked, whatever the result (Valid, Risky, Invalid or Unknown). |
| Find the email of a LinkedIn profile | Chrome extension › Find email | 1 when an email is found. Nothing when no email is found, or when the email was already found in this workspace. |
What doesn't use credits
- Searching people and companies in Discover, using the filter suggestions and opening a company.
- Saving Discover results to a list, and saving LinkedIn profiles with the Chrome extension.
- Exporting a LinkedIn or Sales Navigator search to a list with the Chrome extension. Finding the emails of that list afterwards uses 1 credit per email found.
- Talking to the AI agent, its searches and the lists it saves.
- Searching a domain in the Finder and downloading its CSV.
- Uploading a CSV file of leads.
How many credits you need to start
| Action | Requirement | Message when you don't have enough |
|---|---|---|
| Find emails for a list | More credits than there are leads in the list | "You need at least N credits." |
| Reveal in Discover | At least 1 credit | "Not enough credits. You need at least 1 credit to reveal a contact." |
| Verifier | At least 1 credit | "Not enough credits" (a pasted list stops at that point) |
| Chrome extension | At least 1 credit | "You're out of credits." |
For a list, the check counts every lead in it, even those that already have an email, but you're only charged for the emails actually found.
Team workspaces
When you work in a team (pages under /teams/<team-name>/), the header shows the team's credits. Discover, AI agent and Chrome extension reveals and Verifier checks made in the team workspace use the team's credits, not your personal ones. See Work with your team.
Running low on credits
Click Get more credits in Settings › Billing, or see pricing. Changing plan: Change your plan.
FAQ
Am I charged when no email is found?
Not for Find emails on a list, Reveal in Discover or the AI agent: you only pay for emails found. Nothing is charged either when a reveal shows Email search unavailable. The Verifier is different: every address checked uses a credit, even if it turns out Invalid or Unknown.
Does checking the same address twice in the Verifier cost twice?
Yes. Each check uses 1 credit, and the new result replaces the old one in the table.
I revealed an email in Discover, then saved the person to a list. Will Find emails charge me again?
No. The emails you revealed are copied to the list when you save it, and Find emails skips leads that already have one. Revealing the same person again in Discover or the AI agent is free too, as long as you're in the same workspace.
Do I get credits back if I delete a lead or clear my Verifier results?
No. Credits are used when the email is found or checked, and aren't refunded afterwards.
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