# Credits, models, references, renders

> Every Reviral term in plain words: credits, packs, plans, models, references, renders, clips and the free-plan logo. 32 terms, each with where you see it.

URL: https://reviral.ai/docs/glossary
Updated: 2026-10-05
Start creating: https://reviral.ai/app/create

This page explains every word the Reviral studios use, in plain words, with where you see it on screen. Terms are grouped: money, making things, and after the render.

## Money terms

| Term | What it means | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| Credit | The unit every video and picture is paid with. One balance works across every studio and model. | Sidebar (under your email) and Billing |
| Credit balance | How many credits you can spend right now; Billing calls it "non-expired credits available". | Billing → Credit balance |
| Price on the button | Each Render or Generate button shows its credit cost before you press it, for example **Render · N cr** or **Generate · N credits**. The cost depends on the model, the length and the resolution. | Every studio |
| Pack | A one-time purchase of credits that never expire: Mini, Plus or Mega. | Pricing, Billing → Buy credits |
| Plan (monthly plan) | A subscription that adds credits each month: Starter, Pro or Ultra. Plan credits refresh at the end of each billing cycle. | Pricing, Billing → Monthly plans |
| Monthly grant | The credits a plan adds each billing cycle. | Billing → Credit history |
| Welcome credits | Credits some new accounts receive at sign-up, listed as "Signup bonus" in Credit history. Check your balance after sign-up. | Billing → Credit history |
| Top up | Buying more credits. The **Top up** link opens Billing. | Sidebar, and next to every "Not enough credits" message |
| Render refund | Credits returned to you after a render fails. | Billing → Credit history |
| Free plan | An account that has never paid. Its videos and pictures carry the REVIRAL.AI logo. | The strip "Free plan: your downloads carry the REVIRAL.AI logo" |
| Price unavailable | The message "Price unavailable, try again in a moment" appears when a price cannot be read just now; nothing is charged. | Any studio button |

## Making things

| Term | What it means | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| Studio (tool) | One page that makes one kind of thing: UGC Ads, Image Ads, Image Studio, Cinema Studio, Canvas, Create and others. | The sidebar, under Create |
| Model | The AI engine that draws the video or picture, for example Seedance, Veo 3, Kling, Hailuo or Wan for video and Nano Banana Pro, Seedream or GPT-Image for pictures. Each model has its own price, lengths and limits. | Model pickers; the [AI video models list](https://reviral.ai/ai-video-models) |
| Prompt | The words that describe what should happen on screen. | Prompt and idea boxes |
| UGC ad | A phone-style video where a person (the creator) talks about your product. UGC means "user-generated content". | UGC Ads |
| Creator (avatar) | The face that speaks in a UGC ad. Pick a preset or upload a photo; an ad can use up to 3 creators. | UGC Ads → **Choose your creator** |
| Character | A saved face you reuse across videos so the same person appears every time. | Create UGC Character, Characters |
| Product photo | The picture of what you sell. UGC Ads takes 1 main photo plus up to 4 extra angles. | UGC Ads → **Add product photo** |
| Reference | A picture, video or audio file you attach so the model copies a face, product, look or sound. Limits per file: pictures 10 MB, videos 60 to 64 MB depending on the model, audio 50 MB. | Cinema Studio, Canvas |
| Storyboard | The plan of your ad, one card per clip, written for free by **✨ Write my ad — free**. | UGC Ads |
| Clip | One short piece of video. In UGC Ads one card is one clip of about 15 seconds. | Storyboard cards |
| Length | How long the video runs, in seconds. | Length pickers |
| Resolution | How sharp the video is, such as 480p, 720p or 1080p. Higher usually costs more credits. | Resolution pickers |
| Aspect | The shape of the frame: 9:16 is tall (TikTok, Reels), 16:9 is wide (YouTube). | Aspect pickers |
| Render | One job that makes a video or picture. It starts when you press Render or Generate. | Your project page |
| Project | The page that holds one render: progress, the video, Download and Publish. | Projects |

## After the render

| Term | What it means | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| Render status | Where the job is: queued, rendering, ready or failed. Rendering usually takes 5-10 minutes depending on the queue. | Project page, Projects filters |
| Retry render | Runs a failed render again from its project page. | Project page, after a failure |
| Download 1080p | Saves the video at its normal quality, free. | Projects → Export options |
| Exports | Videos you exported from the editor. | Sidebar → Exports |
| Brand watermark | Your own logo, which you can add to new renders in Settings. It is separate from the free-plan REVIRAL.AI logo. | Settings → Brand watermark |
| API key | A secret key that lets your own server use Reviral. | API keys |

## Related

See how the money terms fit together in [How credits work](https://reviral.ai/docs/credits), compare offers on the [pricing page](https://reviral.ai/pricing), and read failure messages in [Every render error message](https://reviral.ai/docs/render-errors).

- [How credits work](https://reviral.ai/docs/credits)
- [First AI ad video, step by step](https://reviral.ai/docs/getting-started)
- [Plans and packs compared](https://reviral.ai/docs/credits/plans-and-packs)
- [Every error message and what to do](https://reviral.ai/docs/render-errors)

## FAQ

### What is a credit on Reviral?

A credit is the unit every video and picture is paid with. One balance works across every studio and every model, and each button shows its credit price before you press it.

### What is a render?

A render is one job that makes a video or picture. It starts when you press Render or Generate and ends as ready or failed in your Projects.

### What is a model?

A model is the AI engine that draws the video or picture, such as Seedance, Veo 3, Kling, Hailuo or Wan for video and Nano Banana Pro, Seedream or GPT-Image for pictures. Each model has its own price and limits.

### What is a reference?

A reference is a picture, video or audio file you attach so the model copies a face, product, look or sound. Pictures can be up to 10 MB each.