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Hex Seats, Credits & Spend Checklist

Which roles need paid seats, how monthly credit grants and the workspace pool work, and where to cap agent spend and compute.

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Decide who needs an Editor seat, then cap agent credits, the part of a Hex bill that moves. Editor seats cost a fixed monthly price, and every plan allows unlimited users. Every agent run draws credits according to its effort, and compute above the Medium profile adds a per-minute charge.

When you need this

  • You are moving from a Team trial to a paid plan and need to decide who gets an Editor seat.
  • Threads, Slack, and MCP access are about to widen the number of people using credits.
  • Finance asks for a monthly ceiling on Hex spend.

Evaluation criteria

  1. Seats

    Who needs to build, and who only needs to ask questions and read results?

    Look forAdmin, Manager, and Editor roles count as paid author seats at US$36 (Professional) or US$75 (Team) per month. Explorer seats are a paid per-seat add-on. Viewer seats are free on some plans and paid on others.

  2. Credit grants

    How far do the monthly grants go?

    Look forGrants of 5 credits on Community, 30 on Professional, 40 per Team Editor, and 10 per Team Explorer, assigned per user, reset each billing cycle, and never pooled. Hex's examples: about 1 credit for a simple question, 5 for a 12-month forecast, 10 for a data app.

  3. Add-on credits

    What happens when a user runs out?

    Look forA shared workspace pool funded by auto top-ups (50 credits for US$25 when the pool drops below 25) or committed credits on annual contracts. Without credits, users cannot submit new agent prompts, and a run already in progress completes.

  4. Limits

    Is there a ceiling on top-ups and on each user's draw?

    Look forA monthly auto top-up spend limit, plus credit limits by user, group, and workspace default on Team and Enterprise, applied in that order with the highest group limit winning. Hex's Head of Data recommends setting the add-on limit at about 90% of what past usage says you will spend.

  5. Compute

    Does any work need more than the Medium profile?

    Look forMedium compute (8 GB, 1 CPU) is included on paid plans. On Team and Enterprise only, Large and above bill per minute from US$0.32 an hour, and GPU profiles from US$2.93 an hour.

  6. Visibility

    Can you see who spends credits on what?

    Look forThe usage log by user and seat type in Settings > Credits, credit receipts on each agent message, and warnings at 80% of a user's grant.

Questions to ask vendors

  1. How many people will build, and how many will only ask questions or view apps?
  2. What is our monthly ceiling for auto top-ups, and who approves raising it?
  3. Do evals, scheduled Tasks, and Slack questions draw on the same pool as interactive use?
  4. On an Enterprise contract, what credit grant does the order form specify?

Red flags

  • Auto top-ups enabled with no spend limit.
  • Every business user given an Editor seat to reach the agent.
  • Scheduled evals and Tasks added without counting their credits.
  • Pay-as-you-go compute turned on for a team whose work fits the included Medium profile.

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  1. Hex pricingOfficial documentationhex.tech
  2. Hex docs: CreditsOfficial documentationlearn.hex.tech
  3. Hex docs: Billing FAQOfficial documentationlearn.hex.tech
  4. Hex docs: Workspace rolesOfficial documentationlearn.hex.tech
  5. Hex docs: EvalsOfficial documentationlearn.hex.tech
  6. G2 review from an operations head on Hex's credit limits (Jun 5, 2026)Public sourceg2.com
  7. G2 review from a head of data on Hex's agents and Explorer seat price (Nov 24, 2025)Public sourceg2.com
  8. Hex blog: Tactics for credit efficiency in Hex (Katie Bauer, May 20, 2026)Official documentationhex.tech

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