--- title: "Account, plans, credits, and teams" description: "Manage your BeYourCover account: access levels, credit balances, billing, team roles, and enterprise controls for individuals and publishing teams." lastReviewed: "July 24, 2026" --- ## Open your account controls Select your name or avatar in the Dashboard. The account menu can include: - Billing for eligible subscription owners - Enterprise dashboard - Leave a review - Email preferences - Logout The available items depend on the account and team role. ## Generation and download balances The Dashboard and cover workspace display the balances relevant to your plan. Basic purchases can attach generation and download allowances to a particular book. Pro accounts use generation credits across their books and include **unlimited high-resolution downloads**. Enterprise subscriptions use a shared monthly and overage generation balance and also include **unlimited high-resolution downloads**. Any promotional or signup free credits are included in your generations balance and are always spent before paid credits — so the balance goes down as you use those tools even while a purchased pack still looks untouched. ## What each action costs Every credit-consuming action shows its cost in the interface before it runs. The amounts below are in **generation (image) credits** unless a row says otherwise. Because **Pro and Enterprise include unlimited high-resolution downloads**, download credits apply only to Free and Basic access. ### Creating and varying covers | Action | Cost | |---|---| | First cover concepts for a new book | 1 per variation you generate | | **Generate More** — close variations of an existing cover | 1 each | | Generation guided by a reference image | 1 each | ### Editing a cover | Action | Cost | |---|---| | AI visual edit, element transform, or chat edit | 1 | | Style conversion (restyle into a different look) | 1 | | AI typography restyle | 1 per direction generated (up to 3) | | Text-free version (AI removes the cover text) | 1 | | Preparing a cover for advanced text editing | 1 | ### Other outputs and exports | Action | Cost | |---|---| | Audiobook (square) version | 1 | | Solid-color full-wrap back | 1 | | AI-designed full-wrap back — textured, continuation, complementary, or a reused design | 2 | | Regenerating a full wrap from the editor | 1 | | Marketing banner, ad image, cover reveal, or mockup | 1 each — banners per platform, mockups per scene | | Promotion video | 10 | | High-resolution download or export | 1 download credit — Free and Basic only | Costs shown in the live interface take precedence if the product changes. ## Buy more credits Use **Buy more credits** in the Dashboard or cover workspace. If a Basic purchase has no valid credit allocation for another book, BeYourCover opens the plan or generation-pack chooser before starting a new project. Pro refills apply to the shared Pro balance. Enterprise credit purchases are managed from the Enterprise dashboard by eligible owners or administrators. If you leave a credit-pack checkout before paying, your checkout is saved: you may receive a single email with a link that reopens it so you can complete your one-time purchase. The link stays valid for 30 days, and the email is only sent if you haven't purchased in the meantime. ## Refer a friend The Dashboard's header band includes a **Refer a friend** strip just under the main actions — **Copy link** puts your personal referral link on the clipboard. When a friend opens your link and later goes Pro — the Pro plan, a Pro-granting pack, or the New User Bonus offer — you both receive **+10 generation credits**: yours are added to your balance, your friend's are added on top of their plan. - Referral credits expire 180 days after they're granted. - The link stays associated with your friend's browser for 30 days after they open it. - Each new Pro member can trigger a referral bonus once, and referring yourself doesn't pay out. ## Billing Eligible subscription owners can open **Billing** from the account menu or Enterprise dashboard. Billing is managed through Stripe's customer portal. Team members do not manage the owner's subscription unless their role and subscription settings explicitly grant that access. ## Enterprise dashboard Owners and administrators can open the Enterprise dashboard to manage: - Shared credit balance and overage - Subscription tier - Team seats - API keys - Webhook URL - Recent API activity - Billing or tier changes The [API documentation](/api-docs) covers programmatic book and cover workflows. ## Team roles | Role | Main permissions | |---|---| | Owner/Admin | Team management, full dashboard access, generation, and eligible billing/API controls | | Editor | Generate and edit covers using the shared workspace | | Reviewer | View books and covers without generation or editing controls | The Dashboard can show books created by the owner and active teammates. Credits come from the effective enterprise subscription. ## Invite a team member 1. Open **Enterprise → Team Management**. 2. Enter the email address. 3. Choose Editor or Reviewer. 4. Select **Invite**. Pending invitations show their expiry date. You can revoke an invitation before it is accepted. After a member joins, an owner or administrator can change the member between Editor and Reviewer or remove the member. The owner occupies one seat. If all seats are used, upgrade the plan before inviting another person. ## API keys and webhooks Every enterprise tier (Starter, Growth, and Scale) includes REST API access. Subscribers can: - Create named API keys. - View the raw key once at creation. - Revoke active keys. - Save a webhook URL. - Review recent jobs. Keep API keys secret. Revocation cannot be undone. For endpoint details and webhook payloads, use the [API documentation](/api-docs). ### Connect an AI agent (MCP) Enterprise API keys also work with AI agents. BeYourCover runs a remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets tools like Claude create books, generate covers (including more options for a book you already started), check job status and credits, download covers, upscale them to print resolution, edit them with text instructions, create audiobook covers, and calculate KDP print-wrap dimensions on your behalf — using your subscription's credits. There are two ways to connect, both pointing at `https://beyourcover.com/api/mcp/mcp`: - **Sign in with your account (OAuth).** In clients that support custom connectors (Claude Desktop, claude.ai), add that URL as a connector and approve the connection on a BeYourCover sign-in screen — no API key to copy. You can revoke a connected app anytime from your dashboard. - **API key.** In developer tools like Claude Code, connect with your enterprise API key as a Bearer token. Connection examples and the full tool list are in the [API documentation](/api-docs#mcp). Either way, the agent spends your subscription's generation credits, so only connect agents you trust. ## Email preferences and reviews Use **Email Preferences** to manage marketing communication. Transactional messages required for account, purchase, or batch-download delivery may be handled separately. Use **Leave a review** to submit product feedback and, when offered, consent to publication of your testimonial.