Credits in Clay only expire if you exceed the rollover limit or don’t use them within the designated timeframe—specifically, if you go over the maximum allowed rollover (usually 2x your monthly plan limit), the extra credits expire and can’t be restored. If you stay within the rollover cap, your credits roll over and don’t expire just because they’re carried forward. For free accounts, credits earned during a cohort expire at the end of each month, but for paid accounts, unused credits roll over up to the cap and don’t expire unless you exceed it or your trial/free workspace refreshes at the end of the monthly cycle [1] [2] [3] .