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

# Get credit balance

Returns your current workspace's balance, monthly limit, used, tier, and next reset time.

See [Credits and billing](/home/concepts/credits-and-billing) for what each operation costs.


## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi.json GET /v1/usage/credits
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Reader API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Reader turns any URL into clean markdown for LLMs. One endpoint (`POST
    /v1/read`) handles scrape, batch, and crawl operations. See
    https://reader.dev/docs for concepts and guides.
servers:
  - url: https://api.reader.dev
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: Read
    description: Scrape, batch, and crawl operations
  - name: Jobs
    description: Async job management
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Event subscriptions
  - name: Account
    description: API keys, credits, and usage
paths:
  /v1/usage/credits:
    get:
      tags:
        - Account
      summary: Get credit balance
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Credit balance
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    enum:
                      - true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Credits'
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    Credits:
      type: object
      properties:
        balance:
          type: integer
        limit:
          type: integer
        used:
          type: integer
        tier:
          type: string
          enum:
            - free
        resetAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - balance
        - limit
        - used
        - tier
        - resetAt
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key

````