What CMS Candidate Score Credits Are
One CMS credit = one candidate scored by the deterministic Candidate Match Score engine — the platform's flagship, evidence-based screening.
CMS — Candidate Match Score — is Expertini's core screening engine: it reads a candidate's CV against a job's weighted criteria and produces a deterministic 0–10 score with dimension-level rationale, the same inputs always producing the same score. One credit is consumed each time one candidate is scored against one job.
Credits are a monthly allowance that scales by plan — 25 on Starter, 250 on Growth, 1,000 on Professional, 5,000 on Business, 15,000 on Enterprise (3 on Trial) — resetting at the start of each billing cycle.
On this page
01Why scoring is metered when tracking isn't
Each score is real computation — AI reading the full CV against your criteria. Metering it keeps the flat plan prices honest while unlimited jobs and applications stay uncounted; you pay for the intelligence, not the filing cabinet.
02What consumes a credit — and what doesn't
Scoring a candidate consumes one credit. Viewing existing scores, re-reading rationale, ranking already-scored candidates, and everything else in the pipeline consume nothing. Re-scoring the same candidate after a criteria change is a new score, so a new credit.
03Running out
Scoring pauses until your cycle resets or you upgrade — nothing else on the account is affected, no overage is ever charged automatically, and unscored candidates simply wait in the pipeline.
Platform architecture & operations
A1How this is enforced in the platform
This allowance is not marketing copy over a spreadsheet — it is metered server-side. Counters live on the organisation record, are checked at the same chokepoints that serve the feature, and reset on the billing cycle. The usage page and the in-app Usage & Credits view read the same counters the enforcement uses, so what you see is what the platform is actually counting.
When a limit is reached the behaviour is honest: the action stops with the count that triggered it and the exact plan that lifts it — never a degraded silent mode. Everything written is yours to take: CSV exports and the Data Export app cover the same stores the product itself reads. The exit is as open as the entrance — by design, not concession.
Frequently asked questions
Is CMS an AI black box?⌄
Do unused credits roll over?⌄
Is scoring automatic?⌄
At a glance
- 1 credit = 1 candidate scored against 1 job
- 25 / 250 / 1,000 / 5,000 / 15,000 monthly by tier
- Deterministic, auditable scoring — never a guess
- Viewing and ranking scored candidates is free
- No automatic overage charges
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