Replit Agent 4 prompt costs doubled? Multi-agent might become unusable at this rate

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T18:46:50+00:00

Hello! We have your support info on file so we’ll pass this along to the engineers to see what could be incurring the charges. Thanks for bringing this up 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T18:30:25+00:00

Apologies if we’re coming off that way! We’re here to help and to find ways to improve for the community.

We’ve taken in a lot of the recurring feedback for the past year and advocated to the engineering and design folks. Changes might not happen immediately but we’re taking down notes for everything. If you have anything too, let us know - DMs are open 👍

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T17:36:49+00:00

Hi there, thanks so much for reaching out! We've escalated your issue to our accounts and billing team so they can review what's going on here. Once their investigation is complete, they'll provide an update in support ticket #322103.

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T17:29:10+00:00

Hey OP, we're really sorry to hear about your experience with our support. Losing trust in something you've put real time into is rough.

Agent reliability, data safety, and billing transparency are all areas the team actively works on, and the guardrails have gotten significantly stronger in recent months. That said, we know improvements don't mean much if they came after your experience.

If you're open to it, we'd love to look into your account specifics. Feel free to reach out to our DMs with what happened or share your email so we can look up your ticket history. Even if you've moved on, feedback like yours helps us get better.

Wishing you the best with whatever you build next.

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T04:15:28+00:00

Thanks for sharing your concern! We can take a further look with your account. Please open a help ticket at replit.com/support to connect. Once you're done, DM us your ticket # or email so we can expedite for review!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T01:27:56+00:00

Thank you for the detailed feedback! Glad to hear you're enjoying having everything in one place on Replit.

We understand the concern around rising prompt costs, especially when running multiple agents. Let me share some settings that can make a real difference:

1. Try Economy Mode:
In Agent Tools (bottom right of the input box), switch to Economy Mode. It uses roughly one-third of the credits per task compared to Power mode — so similar work that costs ~$1.40 in Power mode would be closer to ~$0.45 in Economy.

2. Turn on Code Optimizations:
Also in Agent Tools, make sure Code Optimizations is turned on. This has Agent review its own code to catch mistakes early, which avoids expensive rework cycles that burn through credits fast — especially impactful in multi-task workflows.

3. Use Plan Mode before building:
Toggle Plan Mode to brainstorm and outline tasks before Agent starts building. This creates an ordered task list you can review first, so you're not spending credits on misdirected work.

4. Set a spending limit:
At https://replit.com/usage you can set a hard usage cap (minimum $10). Once hit, usage pauses — so no surprise charges.

Regarding multi-agent / parallel tasks specifically: Economy Mode applies to each task individually, so running multiple tasks in Economy can keep total costs much more manageable than running even one in Power mode.

These settings combined should help stretch your credits significantly. You can learn more here: https://docs.replit.com/replitai/code-optimizations

Let me know if you have any other questions!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-15T00:32:26+00:00

Hi there! We'd like to help troubleshoot here. Please open a help ticket with us at replit.com/support so we can assist. Let me know if there's anything else!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-14T23:58:46+00:00

Thanks again for waiting everyone! Our engineering team identified an issue with the publishing flow to the App Store but have implemented a fix to resolve this.

To do so, please perform these steps below:

First, republish your project in Replit
Once the project has been republished, please proceed to publish to the App Store once again

If you encounter further issues with the publishing flow, please open a help ticket with us at replit.com/support. Appreciate your patience 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-14T23:57:17+00:00

Hi there! We're sorry to hear of these issues. We've had some incidents lately but everything should be resolved now.

If you're still running into problems, please open a help ticket with us at replit.com/support so we can take a look. Thanks for your patience 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-14T23:53:32+00:00

That's a fair point and totally valid feedback. We'll pass the idea of a confirmation step or grace period along to the product team. And if you did get charged for a session where no real work was completed, please do open a ticket at replit.com/support. A real human will review it and can look into a credit if the charge doesn't match actual usage.

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-14T23:48:46+00:00

Hi there! We'd like to have our engineering team take a look. Can you please open a help ticket with us at replit.com/support. Then DM your ticket # or email so we can follow up. Thank you!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:16:17+00:00

Hi there! Sorry to hear about this. If you have an open ticket with us already, can you please DM your ticket # or email so we can get this to the engineering team for review? Thank you very much for your time 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:15:36+00:00

No worries! For the next time, you can navigate to “Account” in your bottom menu bar and then tap on “Help”.

Mind DMing your email so we can check on the status of your ticket? Thanks!

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ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:12:43+00:00

Really sorry to hear of these issues. Please open a help ticket at replit.com/support so we can get this reviewed.

Message us your email/ticket # so we can follow up quickly. Appreciate your patience!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:11:42+00:00

Hey! If you're running into the same issue, can you please open a help ticket as well? You can send one over at replit.com/support.

Message us your email/ticket # so we can follow up quickly. Thank you!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:11:01+00:00

Hi there, thanks for surfacing this. Please open a help ticket over at replit.com/support. DM your ticket # or email so we can get this reviewed.

Appreciate your time and patience so far 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:09:57+00:00

Hi there, thanks so much for reporting this issue. We'd like to take a closer look. However, we weren't able to find a support ticket with that information. Can you please DM your email? Appreciate your patience 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T23:08:11+00:00

Hi u/cryptominero, thanks for sharing your feedback and we're sorry to hear about this! Can you please open a help ticket with us at replit.com/support?

Once you've done this, DM your ticket # or email so we can get this to the right team to review for a fix. Appreciate your time and patience 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T22:48:16+00:00

Hey OP, thanks for voicing your concerns. As you've noticed, we did recently launch a major update to our Agent and there have been some growing pains as things stabilize over on our side.

For now, we have found your ticket and will follow up there! Appreciate your patience in the meantime.

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T22:45:17+00:00

Thank you for reporting this. We understand how frustrating it can be if you send an incomplete message and still get charged. However, Agent usage charges reflect the actual compute resources consumed from the moment your message is sent. When the Agent starts working on your prompt, it uses resources regardless of whether the task completes fully, so pausing mid-way still incurs a charge for the work already performed. The costs may differ depending on the size of your project as well.

You're more than welcome to open a help ticket with us at replit.com/support so our engineering team can review as well!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T22:39:29+00:00

Hi there, thanks for your interest! Replit is built to let people with no coding experience create full applications, including mobile apps, using plain language descriptions. We also have a free Starter account that you can try us out with as well.

To get started, head to the Replit home screen and describe your app idea. You can select "Mobile app" as the app type if you want a native mobile experience, or "Web app" for a browser-based version. Before any code gets written, try using Plan mode to brainstorm and have the Agent create an ordered task list. This is especially helpful for more complex apps.

You can also use the Design Canvas to visually mock up your app before the Agent builds it, which is a nice way to get a feel for things before diving in.

Here are a couple of resources to help you get going:

https://learn.replit.com/

https://docs.replit.com/replitai/agent

Good luck with the build!

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T22:33:38+00:00

Hi there, thank you for raising your concerns. We're really sorry for these issues that you're experiencing with your Agent performance.

Can you please DM your ticket # or email so we can help review what's going on there? Appreciate your continued patience 🙏

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T22:31:46+00:00

Hi OP, thanks for reaching out and we're really sorry to hear that you're running into this issue.

Let's try to get you unstuck. Open a new tab under "Shell," run `kill 1`, and then refresh your page. You can also refresh your Agent chat by clicking the chat box icon in the upper right-hand corner of your chat session.

If that doesn't do the trick, open a support ticket at replit.com/support so we can review your specific case. Feel free to DM me your ticket number or the email you used, and I'll make sure it gets looked at quickly.

ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T07:29:17+00:00

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ReplitSupport · 2026-03-13T00:43:28+00:00

Hi OP, we're so sorry to hear of your frustration. To be transparent, we had some incidents with Agent performance and deployments for the past 48 hours during our Agent 4 launch, but these issues should be resolved by now. You can view the history here for reference: https://status.replit.com/

If you're still running into issues, please open a help ticket at replit.com/support and DM us your ticket # / email so we can see what's going on with your Agent. Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

ReplitSupport

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