Prepaid AI credit as a gift
Prepaid AI credit is simple money: you load $X, they spend $X on usage.
Why it gifts well
- Fixed cost for you
- No cancel step for them
- Works for bursts of work after limits on a free or paid plan
- Easy to put in an email or a stocking card
Compare to paying their subscription
Paying their Plus or Pro puts you on the hook each month and ties the gift to one lab. Prepaid credit ends when the balance ends.
OpenAI’s wallet gift cards are one form of prepaid value inside ChatGPT (source). Multi-model packs are the form that is not locked to a single lab.
Brass sells prepaid packs of $10 to $250 you can gift by email or as a card you print. Credits never expire. The recipient spends them across Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek. US only, 18 and over; an unclaimed gift returns to you after 90 days.
Still shopping for the holidays? A Brass pack goes by email or as a card you print at home, so it is there the day you give it. Send a pack.
Sources
- Anthropic: How to gift a Claude subscription
- Claude pricing
- OpenAI: Buying and redeeming OpenAI gift cards
- OpenAI: Gifting credits in ChatGPT
Related guides
- How to gift AI credits
Pick prepaid credit or a lab gift product, send a private link, say what it covers. Do not share passwords.
- AI credit gift vs paying for their Plus plan
Paying their Plus is open-ended. Prepaid credit is a fixed gift. Pick based on whether you want a hard stop.
- What is gift intelligence?
Gift intelligence is prepaid AI credit given as a present. The recipient spends it on model usage. It is not a shared login and not a surprise subscription.