AI Builder Credits have been around for a while as a way of paying for AI features within various Microsoft products including Power Apps Premium, Power Automate Premium, Dynamics 365 Finance and more. They’re being replaced by Copilot Credits and that means the seeded AI Builder Credits, where they came bundled along with other licenses, are disappearing.
From November 1, 2025 new customers – those who didn’t already have some AI Capacity add-ons – cannot buy any…but can still buy new Premium licenses that come bundled with AI Credits.
From November 1, 2026 AI Builder capacity add-ons can still be used but cannot be purchased or renewed. Also at this time, seeded credits will stop – to quote Microsoft “seeded AI Builder credits will be definitively removed from their premium licenses.“
Action: You should count up how many AI Builder credits you currently receive as part of your Premium licenses, and also how many of those credits you actually use. Then calculate, as well as you’re able, how much that usage will cost you once you have to start paying for it all separately.
You can see the pricing here – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/administer-licensing#aibuildercapabilityrate-table
The cost of basic prompts has increased by 33% while object detection has risen by 1400%! These price rises must be taken into account…and note that those prices are based on the annual commitment price so the differences will likely be larger for those who choose to use PAYG billing.
A related question – will Microsoft reduce the price of the premium licenses, now that something is being removed from them?
You can see the Microsoft page here – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/endofaibcredits
You can see more about Microsoft Copilot Credit Pre-Purchase Plan here – https://cloudywithachanceoflicensing.com/2025/11/03/microsoft-copilot-credit-pre-purchase-plan/
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