The latest articles on DEV Community by Tayyaba Aijaz (@tayyaba_aijaz_d87fb6fd58a). https://dev.to/tayyaba_aijaz_d87fb6fd58a https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4173885%2F7c10f79b-14ba-46e7-a516-4bd066f53be4.png https://dev.to/tayyaba_aijaz_d87fb6fd58a en Tayyaba Aijaz Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:07:11 +0000 https://dev.to/tayyaba_aijaz_d87fb6fd58a/tsubaki3-pricing-explained-the-credit-math-for-pixai-free-users-15ko https://dev.to/tayyaba_aijaz_d87fb6fd58a/tsubaki3-pricing-explained-the-credit-math-for-pixai-free-users-15ko <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fgi9w5hh6kx723qpgcelm.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fgi9w5hh6kx723qpgcelm.jpg" alt=" " width="799" height="447"></a></p> <p>Most AI art generator pricing pages tell you what a plan costs. Few tell you what one image costs, or how far a free daily balance really goes.<br> So this post breaks down Tsubaki.3 pricing on PixAI in plain numbers: what a free account gets, what each generation costs, and where the limits start.</p> <h2> The free account, at a glance </h2> <p>A PixAI free account includes:<br> 10,000 credits per day through the Daily Claim<br> Tsubaki.3, selected by default when the generator opens<br> All three resolutions: M (768 × 1280), L (944 × 1584), XL (1104 × 1824)<br> No watermark by default<br> No time limit, so it's an ongoing tier, not a trial</p> <h2> The credit math </h2> <p>Tsubaki.3 credits scale with image size and batch settings. Here is what 10,000 daily credits buys:<br> daily_claim = 10_000</p> <h1> single images </h1> <p>M = 4_000 # 768 x 1280<br> L = 4_200 # 944 x 1584<br> XL = 4_400 # 1104 x 1824</p> <p>batch_4_xl = 7_800</p> <p>daily_claim - batch_4_xl # 2,200 left (below the 4,000 minimum)<br> daily_claim - 2 * XL # 1,200 left<br> So a free day covers one batch of four XL variants or two separate XL prompts. Note that batch results are variants of one idea, not four different scenes.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fc3f6r4r3pbzp0gjlktk6.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fc3f6r4r3pbzp0gjlktk6.png" alt=" " width="619" height="530"></a></p> <p>A LoRA is a small add-on file that teaches the model one specific character or style.</p> <h2> Two ways to stretch the budget </h2> <p>Turn on the optional watermark for a limited-time 10% credit discount.<br> Complete daily quests (contests, publishing, likes) to raise your ceiling to about 31,000 credits.</p> <h2> The honest trade-off </h2> <p>Paid plans start at $9.99 a month. They add speed, LoRA capacity, and bigger daily claims. They do not lower the base generation cost. If you generate a few times a week, the free tier is enough.<br> Read the full guide here: <a href="https://tayyabaaijaz.medium.com/tsubaki-3-pricing-credits-what-free-users-actually-get-4b95f41dc58b" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://tayyabaaijaz.medium.com/tsubaki-3-pricing-credits-what-free-users-actually-get-4b95f41dc58b</a></p> ai animation beginners productivity