JoyoLabs announced its short-video tool Oraku on November 5, 2026. For a creator planning several clips, one detail deserves a place beside the available balance: Oraku’s published rules give different lifetimes to plan credits, top-ups and free credits.
Separate the three balances
The FAQ and pricing page say plan credits reset monthly, purchased top-ups last 90 days, and free credits do not expire. Oraku’s terms add that unused plan credits do not carry over, top-ups run for 90 days from purchase, and spending uses the credits with the nearest expiry first.
A combined total therefore does not answer how much will still be usable after a plan period ends. Keep the credit source and relevant date with each amount, rather than treating every credit as having the same lifetime.
Work through a fictional ledger
Imagine an entirely invented account with 30 credits left from a cancelled plan’s final month, 60 unexpired top-up credits and 20 free credits. Before that final month ends, the total is 110. Assume no new allocation or purchase is added.
When the final plan month ends, its 30 remaining credits expire. The fictional balance becomes 80: 60 top-up credits plus 20 free credits. If a subsequent clip is quoted at 25 credits, the nearest-expiry rule uses the top-up balance first. That leaves 35 top-up credits and 20 free credits, or 55 altogether.
These are teaching values, not an Oraku plan, customer balance or actual video quote. The example assumes the top-up remains within its 90-day window throughout. It illustrates why a before-and-after record needs the credit categories as well as the total.
Keep the generation result beside the debit
Oraku says the credit price appears before a generation begins. Its terms say failed runs return credits, but expired credits are not restored if a run fails after they have expired. The terms also distinguish a failed run from a completed clip that does not match the user’s hopes.
For an authorized trial, retain the quoted cost, submission time, result status and observed balance change. If a returned amount differs from expectation, compare the credit expiry and run status before drawing a conclusion. This guide does not report a tested refund or failure.
Make the next decision from current evidence
- Before generating: read the actual quoted credit cost.
- Before relying on a balance: record which credits end and when.
- After completion: retain the result and the observed debit or return.
- If something is unclear: keep the dated evidence and ask support about that specific run.
Recheck the current account display and published rules when planning work. No account was opened, subscription purchased, clip generated or credit balance inspected for this article. The ledger is a proposed way to organize the evidence, not a description of Oraku’s interface.
Check the fictional credit ledger
Primary sources
Oraku FAQ: credit categories and generation costs
Oraku pricing: current credit and expiry information
Oraku terms, effective October 16, 2026: credit expiry and spending order