## **How AI Credits Are Calculated for Rank Tracking**

Keyword rank tracking in Search Atlas consumes AI credits based on a combination of factors. Understanding each factor lets you predict and control your quota usage:

- **Number of tracked keywords:** Each keyword actively tracked across any site counts toward your credit consumption. The more keywords you track, the higher your usage.
- **Number of sites:** Credits are calculated per site. Tracking the same keyword set across five sites consumes roughly five times the credits of tracking it for one site.
- **Tracking frequency:** Keywords tracked on a daily cadence consume credits more quickly than those tracked weekly. Switching from daily to weekly tracking for non-critical keywords is one of the most effective ways to reduce consumption.
- **Geographic targets:** Each additional geo target (city, region, or country) added to a keyword multiplies credit usage for that keyword. Service-area businesses tracking rankings across many locations should audit their active geo targets regularly.

## **How to Reduce or Optimize Your Quota Consumption**

Take the following steps directly in the platform to manage your AI credit usage:

1. **Pause or remove inactive sites:** In your Rank Tracker settings, locate any sites you are no longer actively monitoring and pause or delete their tracking. Paused sites stop consuming credits immediately.
2. **Switch high-volume keyword sets to weekly tracking:** For keywords that do not require daily visibility, change the tracking frequency to weekly. This can significantly reduce consumption without losing ranking data.
3. **Audit and reduce geo targets:** Open the keyword configuration for each tracked site and review the list of active geographic targets. Remove any locations that are not essential to your reporting or campaigns.
4. **Remove duplicate or redundant keywords:** Check for keywords tracked in multiple projects or under multiple variations that return the same data, and consolidate or remove duplicates.
5. **Review your quota usage dashboard:** Click your avatar in the top-right corner and go to Billing (tabs: Plans & Top-ups, Services, Invoices, Activity Log) to review your usage. This shows your current consumption relative to your plan limit so you can identify which sites or keyword groups are the largest consumers.
6. **Consider a plan upgrade if you are consistently near your limit:** If after optimizing your configuration you still regularly hit your quota ceiling, upgrading your plan will increase the credit allowance for rank tracking and other AI features.

## **What to Have Ready When You Contact Support**

If after taking the steps above you are still experiencing unexpected quota depletion or need a detailed breakdown specific to your account configuration, please have the following ready:

- **Your project or site names:** List all sites currently configured for rank tracking.
- **A description of the issue:** Note whether you are hitting a quota limit unexpectedly, seeing higher-than-expected consumption, or planning an expansion and need guidance on credit impact.
- **Your current plan.**
- **Relevant timestamps:** The approximate date and time of any sudden change in credit consumption.
- **Any error messages or quota warnings:** Copy the exact text of any messages you have seen.

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type **human teammate** to be connected with a member of our team.