Limits & credits
Adobe Firefly Generative Credits: Rollover, Reset, Video, and API
Understand Adobe Firefly generative credits: monthly reset mechanics, non-rollover policy, action burn rates, throttled overage, and add-on packs.
UpdatedOctober 16, 2026
In short
One generative credit buys a small slice of a premium action: a 5-second 1080p Firefly video costs 500 credits, a Firefly Image 5 image 10, and a partner-model image 5 to 80 depending on model and resolution. Standard actions, such as Generative Fill or generating an image with Adobe's standard image models, cost 1 credit each but are unlimited on every paid Firefly plan, Creative Cloud Pro and Adobe's credit add-on plans. Firefly Image 5, the generator's default model, is not one of them. So on those plans, credits are spent only on premium work, and they reset each month on your billing date without rolling over.
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A second of 1080p video costs as much as ten Firefly Image 5 images
At the entry rate of $9.99 per 2,000 credits, a credit costs about $0.005 (Premium and the larger add-ons work out nearer $0.004); the dollar column applies the entry rate and is our conversion, not an Adobe price.
Action | Credits | At $0.005 a credit |
|---|---|---|
Firefly video, 1080p, per second | 100 | about $0.50 |
Firefly video, 540p, per second | 20 | about $0.10 |
Generative Extend in Premiere, 1080p at 30 fps, per second | 125 | about $0.62 |
Firefly Image 5 image | 10 | about $0.05 |
Nano Banana 2 image, 1K or 2K (limited-time rate) | 20 | about $0.10 |
GPT Image 1.5 image (limited-time rate) | 20 | about $0.10 |
GPT Image (the unversioned model on Adobe's table) | 60 | about $0.30 |
Sound effect | 10 | about $0.05 |
Music, per minute | 20 | about $0.10 |
Generative Fill (standard) | 1, or unlimited on Firefly, add-on and Creative Cloud Pro plans | — |
Generative Remove in Lightroom | 0 | — |
Video dominates: one minute of 1080p Firefly video costs 6,000 credits, more than Pro's monthly 4,000. Check the model version before you budget, since GPT Image ranges from 5 to 80 credits an image depending on version and resolution.
Credits reset on your billing date, and only failed generations are refunded
Paid plans reset to their allowance on the billing date each month, and unused credits are lost. If you hold more than one Adobe subscription, the allowances stack, and the reset follows the plan you bought first. Credits are deducted when a generation starts; Adobe says failed generations are typically refunded within minutes, or up to 24 hours for video. Adobe describes refunds only for failed generations, so plan on retries of results you do not like costing full price.
At zero, plans without unlimited standard features lose Generative Fill
What happens next depends on the plan:
- Firefly plans, add-on plans and Creative Cloud Pro keep unlimited standard features; premium work waits for the reset, an upgrade or an add-on.
- Photoshop and other Single App plans, and Creative Cloud Standard, include 25 credits a month on subscriptions started since June 17, 2025, and no unlimited standard features, so Generative Fill itself stops after 25 uses.
- Firefly Premium is the only plan that queues video beyond its credits, up to 20 queued generations.
The add-on plans are 2,000 credits for $9.99, 7,000 for $29.99, 10,000 for $49.99 and 50,000 for $199.99 a month; free users cannot buy any of them and get a limited number of daily generations instead.
Team licenses do not share credits
On team and enterprise plans, each license keeps its own credits; Adobe says they are not pooled or shared across users. Only enterprise customers on certain agreements can buy shared credits. The Firefly API does not use generative credits at all; it is metered separately in Operations under an enterprise contract.
Edited byRick Finch
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FAQ
Common questions
What are Adobe Firefly generative credits?
Generative credits are the allowance Adobe uses for eligible generative features. The number consumed depends on the feature and model, so check the current credit table for the exact workflow.
Do unused Firefly generative credits roll over?
No. Adobe says unused generative credits do not roll over to the next month, so a monthly allowance should be sized around realistic production demand.
When do Firefly generative credits renew?
Paid-plan generative credits renew monthly. Check the Adobe account for the plan's actual renewal date and current balance before scheduling a large batch.
Why do Firefly video workflows need extra credit planning?
Adobe classifies video and other premium generative features as credit-consuming workloads and shows plan-specific video allowances. Budget for attempts and revisions, not only final clips.
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