Koi Credits

Last Updated: 2025-07-23

View of a technology model version that is locked.

Summary

A Koi Credit is a flexible currency that can be used to unlock deeper functionality in Koi on an as-needed basis. By spending Koi Credits, you can unlock a technology model version, which will give you access to: view full references, clone/customize, export, and share and collaborate on models with colleagues outside your organization.

Why Is It Important?

Wider adoption stalls when impact data is hard to find, slow to parse, or too expensive. So we made the essentials free: fast, trustworthy numbers you can actually use. Koi Credits kick in only when you move from “looking” to “doing”—customizing, exporting, or collaborating in ways that would otherwise cost far more time and money.

How do I use it?

Acquiring Koi Credits

Koi Credits are a flexible currency within Koi that can be used to unlock advanced features. You receive Koi Credits as:

Signup / upgrade bonuses (never expire)
Monthly allotments with paid plans (expire at month’s end)
One-time / top-up purchases (never expire)

Org-wide pool: Credits are shared across your Organization. Anyone on your team can spend credits, and anything they unlock becomes available to everyone.

Check your balance, expirations, and purchase options on the Settings → Usage page. See the Pricing page for how many credits come with each plan.

Navigation to Usage within Settings.

Spending Koi Credits

Right now, credits are used to Unlock a Technology Model. Additional, credit-based features are coming soon.

Unlocking a technology model Version gives you access to:

Full reference lists
Clone & customize the model
Export data to XLSX or JSON
Share with others

Unlocks apply only to the version you’re viewing. Access does not carry to past or future versions of the same model.

How to Unlock a Model

Open a technology model forecast
Go to the Datasheet tab
Click Unlock Model
Done—those features are now available for that specific version

View of unlocking a technology model version on the Datasheet.

FAQ

Which credits are used when I unlock a model? Koi automatically applies the credits that expire first. Once those are used, it falls back to your non‑expiring credits.

Does my team share a pool of credits? Yes. Credits are shared across your Organization. If someone unlocks a model, everyone in your Org sees it as unlocked.

How does this work with sharing? When you share a private model with someone outside your Organization, it remains locked for them. If you grant Editor or Manager access, they can view and edit references. Managers can also re-share. However, they can’t clone or export unless they unlock the model with their own credits.

Coming Soon

Koi Engine: Use our Koi Engine that utilizes state-of-the-art AI technology combined with proprietary modeling techniques and based on verified data to create a custom model just for you.

Want these features faster? Check out our public roadmap where you can upvote them or request a feature to let us know what's most important to you!