Credits vs subscription for tuning files

Professional chiptuning has two very different cost shapes:

Tools and editors you own (read/write hardware, calibration software licences).
Processed Files you buy when you do not develop every map in-house — typically from a tuning file service.

File services commonly price the second shape per File or with prepaid Credits rather than as a monthly remap subscription.

FILHEX is that tuning file service model in one app. Service definition: what is a tuning file service? · commercial page: file service.

Why subscriptions hurt quiet weeks

A fixed monthly fee for “access” to a file portal (or for a seat of remapping software you barely open) bills the same whether you process two cars or forty. Seasonal dips, holidays, and spare-parts delays still hit the invoice.

Credits align cost with completed jobs: you buy capacity when paying customers are on the hoist.

How FILHEX defines a Credit

FILHEX uses a simple commercial unit:

1 Credit = 1 processed File (one completed Solution Job), regardless of how many Solutions you selected on that job.

Scan does not spend Credits.
DTC clear on a completed job does not use Credits.
Packs are one-time, stackable, and do not expire.
Each new Workspace receives 5 free Credits once its email is verified.

Current packs (Workspace Owner, in-app checkout):

1 Credit — €5
10 Credits — €40
50 Credits — €150
100 Credits — €200

That is transparent B2B file pricing — not a seat licence disguised as Credits. Pack list also on pricing.

What Credits are not

Credits are not:

A map-editor subscription
A replacement for your flash tool licence
Upstream “provider allowance” language (that stays inside FILHEX operations)

You still need read/write equipment. FILHEX is the File service: upload, Solutions, download.

Choosing a pack

Occasional jobs — small packs; try with the 5 free Credits first.
Steady weekly volume — mid packs to lower € per Credit.
Busy multi-bay shops — larger packs; still no monthly lock-in.

Longer narrative: Why the pay-per-File model is changing tuning.

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