Why v0 mini credit usage is high and inconsistent for small outputs

@v0 I need an explanation.

Problem

For the past 2 weeks, something has clearly changed with v0 mini credit usage.

I’ve always used mini — and it was never like this before.

To be clear: I’m the one who told it to respond with just “App router.”
So this isn’t about output quality.

  • One request took 8 seconds and still charged 0.3+ credits.
  • Another chat took 58 seconds and charged 0.4+ credits.

That pricing doesn’t add up.

Same model.
Very small outputs.
But inconsistent and surprisingly high credit usage.

Questions

  • How exactly are credits being calculated now?
  • Why does a tiny response still cost this much?
  • Why is there no transparency on these changes?

I’ve been using mini consistently, and this behavior is new.

We need clarity on what’s going on.

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Yea it seems there is a sort of minimum credits spent for prompts no matter how difficult they are, and or it is based of how many users at that time use the models? Like if there is a overload of users it maybe takes longer.
Best to be very careful and not spam small questions or changes haha :sweat_smile: