Emergent Credit Ceiling Model

Emergent meters work in credits, not seats: the Standard Trial gives 100 credits for 7 days at $1, Standard gives 100 credits every month at $20, and Pro runs $200/month with enough credits for moderately complex projects. That makes credit burn the real unit of agency delivery economics. Before quoting a fixed retainer, run the client's scope through Emergent and count what a full build consumes: a booking web app for a salon may fit inside Standard's 100 monthly credits, while a marketplace with database, testing, and deployment agents will exhaust Pro credits mid-sprint. The framework: map each client engagement to a credit ceiling, then price the retainer above it. Agencies that skip this step absorb overage as unpaid delivery hours. Pair it with GitHub integration so generated code is versioned and a client can leave without stranding the build.