Viktor’s price list is simple: a dollar amount buys a bucket of credits each month. What is harder is knowing how fast the bucket empties, who emptied it, and what happens when it runs dry. That is the part that surprises people, and it is usually why a team starts comparing.
This guide walks through how Viktor’s credits work, what teams say they really spend, when credits expire, and how HeyBob’s Flex plan compares. Every Viktor figure comes from Viktor’s own pricing page, Academy and help pages, reviewed October 30, 2026.
- Viktor charges about $2.50 per 1,000 credits on every self-serve plan. Plans start at $50 a month for 20,000 credits; $100 buys 40,000.
- A task costs anywhere from about 50 to 5,000 credits, by Viktor’s own guides, so the monthly bill depends on how much you ask and how big the jobs are.
- Unused plan credits roll over one month, then expire. Trial and bonus credits never expire. Top-ups cost more per credit than your plan.
- Spend control on Viktor’s Team plan is a monthly cap on automatic top-ups. A cap per person is on Enterprise only.
- HeyBob posts a receipt on every run, has spend caps per person and per workspace on every plan, and charges $75 for 40,000 credits.
How Viktor’s credits work
Viktor bills by the workspace, not by the seat. Everyone on the team draws from the same monthly pool of credits, and each piece of work Viktor does uses some of them. Viktor says there is no markup on model costs and that every credit maps to what the AI providers actually charge.
Viktor’s Academy puts the price at about $2.50 per 1,000 credits on every self-serve plan, so a bigger plan mostly buys more credits rather than cheaper ones. Here is the published ladder:
| Viktor plan | Credits a month | Price a month |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Up to $100 in credits | $0 |
| Team | 20,000 | $50 |
| Team | 30,000 | $75 |
| Team (most popular) | 40,000 | $100 |
| Team | 80,000 | $200 |
| Small companies | 125,000 to 2,000,000 | $300 to $5,000 |
| Medium companies | 3,000,000 to 12,000,000 | $7,500 to $30,000 |
| Enterprise | 13,000,000 to 20,000,000 | $32,500 to $50,000 |
From viktor.com/pricing and Viktor Academy’s credits and billing page, reviewed October 30, 2026.
What a task costs on Viktor
Viktor publishes rough ranges. Its help pages put a quick task at 100 to 300 credits, a complex task at 500 to 1,500, and a full project at 2,000 to 5,000. Its pricing page FAQ puts a quick Slack question at 50 to 100 credits and deep research at 500 to 2,000, and says 40,000 credits is roughly 80 to 400 tasks. At $2.50 per 1,000, a quick task is 25¢ to 75¢ and a full project is $5 to $12.50.
That is a wide spread. The same $100 plan can cover a few dozen big jobs or a few hundred small ones, which is why it is hard to guess next month’s bill from this month’s.
What teams really spend on Viktor
Viktor doesn’t publish what a typical customer spends, and neither do we. What we can point to is what users have said in public:
- A founder who reviewed Viktor on his blog in February 2026 wrote that his realistic spend would be “probably $300-$400 a month,” and that during the trial “I burnt through 40,000 very quickly.”
- A June 2026 review on aitoolblaze reported that heavy users spend about $150 to $400 a month.
- On Viktor’s Product Hunt page, rated 4.9 out of 5, one reviewer says “learning how to manage the spending is important,” another asks for “more precise control over when automations run, especially for scheduled tasks,” and a third says “the top-up pricing punishes the user.”
- On Trustpilot, where Viktor is rated 4.4, reviewers ask Viktor to “fix the credit burn or token usage” and note that “credits can get expensive if you are doing intense jobs.”
None of these say Viktor is bad. Most of these reviewers like it. They say the cost is hard to see coming. Scheduled jobs come up again and again, because they spend credits while nobody is watching.
Do Viktor credits expire?
Some do. Viktor’s rules, from its pricing page and Academy:
- Plan credits you don’t use roll over for one billing period. Rollover you still haven’t used expires after the next cycle.
- Trial and bonus credits never expire.
- Order of use: Viktor spends last month’s rollover first, then this month’s plan credits, then top-ups.
- Top-ups cost more per credit than plan credits. Viktor doesn’t list the exact top-up price on its pricing page.
- At zero, Viktor pauses until your next cycle or a top-up, and it warns you when you are running low.
Older reviews complain that Viktor credits expired every month. That changed when Viktor added one month of rollover, so those complaints are out of date.
Seeing and capping the spend
For most teams the price per credit matters less than two questions: can I see what each job cost, and can I stop it going over? Here is how the two compare.
This is what a HeyBob receipt looks like. One posts with every finished job:
An example receipt. Ask Bob “what ran this week” and he adds them up for you.
More on how HeyBob’s limits behave in credits and spending caps.
Viktor vs HeyBob Flex, credit for credit
A Viktor credit and a HeyBob credit are about the same size, so the numbers compare directly. Viktor stays at about $2.50 per 1,000 at every self-serve size. HeyBob’s Flex plan starts at $1.88 per 1,000 and gets cheaper as you go up. Slide to the monthly volume you use.
How many credits does your team use a month?
HeyBob costs $25 a month less, 25% below Viktor.
| Credits a month | Viktor at $2.50 per 1,000 | HeyBob Flex |
|---|---|---|
| 40,000 | $100 | $75 |
| 80,000 | $200 | $140 |
| 120,000 | $300 | $200 |
| 200,000 | $500 | $315 |
| 400,000 | $1,000 | $525 |
| 800,000 | $2,000 | $975 |
| 1,200,000 | $3,000 | $1,425 |
Viktor figures multiply each volume by the $2.50 per 1,000 self-serve rate in Viktor Academy, reviewed October 30, 2026; Viktor’s listed plans at 40,000 ($100) and 80,000 ($200) match it, and its nearest listed plan to 120,000 is 125,000 credits for $300. HeyBob figures are the full-price Flex stops on our pricing page; new plans are half price through December 31, 2026.
If you are spending a lot, there is one more option. HeyBob’s bring-your-own-key plan is $349 a month with 1,000,000 credits included, and it runs on your company’s own OpenAI or Anthropic account, so the AI usage is billed to you by that provider at your rates. It suits a team that already has that account and wants the AI bill in one place.
So which bill is right for you?
Viktor fits if…
- Your team works in Microsoft Teams or Discord.
- You want trial credits with no deadline.
- You are happy with how your usage page reads today.
HeyBob fits if…
- You want a receipt on every run, right next to the work.
- You want spend caps per person and per workspace on any plan.
- You want credits that cost less as you grow, and top-ups that never expire.
Comparing more than these two? See eight Viktor alternatives with their prices, the head-to-head Bob vs Viktor, or our guide to how much an AI employee costs.
Fair questions
How much does Viktor cost?
Viktor has a free plan with up to $100 in credits. Paid Team plans start at $50 a month for 20,000 credits, and $100 a month buys 40,000. Every self-serve plan is about $2.50 per 1,000 credits. Larger plans run up to $50,000 a month for 20,000,000 credits. Prices reviewed October 30, 2026.
How many credits does a Viktor task use?
Viktor’s guides put a quick task at about 50 to 300 credits, a complex task at 500 to 1,500, and a full project at 2,000 to 5,000. Viktor says 40,000 credits is roughly 80 to 400 tasks.
Do Viktor credits roll over?
Yes, for one month. Unused plan credits roll over for one billing period, then expire after the next cycle. Trial and bonus credits never expire.
What happens when Viktor runs out of credits?
Viktor pauses until your next billing cycle or until you buy a top-up. It warns you when you are running low. Top-up credits cost more than plan credits.
Can I set a spending limit on Viktor?
On the Team plan you can cap automatic top-ups each month. A spending cap per person is on Enterprise. HeyBob has spend caps per person and per workspace on every plan.
Is HeyBob cheaper than Viktor?
Per credit, yes. 40,000 credits is $100 on Viktor and $75 on HeyBob, and HeyBob’s rate falls on bigger plans: 400,000 credits is $1,000 on Viktor and $525 on HeyBob. New HeyBob plans are also half price through December 31, 2026.
Viktor is a trademark of its respective owner. HeyBob and Bob are products of Tiny Cloud Ventures, which is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Viktor. Viktor details reviewed October 30, 2026 against viktor.com/pricing, Viktor Academy, Viktor’s help pages, Product Hunt and Trustpilot. If anything has gone stale, tell us.