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Models and effort
Comet, Orbit and Zenith, the five effort levels, and how credits work.
The three models
| Model | Best for | Credits per reply | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comet | Quick everyday questions. The fastest. | 1 | Every plan, including free |
| Orbit | Documents, spreadsheets, emails, websites and writing | 2 | Thinker and Thinker Max |
| Zenith | Hard problems, maths and serious code. Checks its own work. | 4 | Thinker and Thinker Max |
All three read images and can use plugins. Zenith powers Dianoetic Code.
Auto
Auto sends maths, logic and code to Zenith, documents, websites and writing to Orbit, and quick questions to Comet. On the free plan it uses Comet.
Effort
Every model has five effort levels: Light, Medium, High, High-Plus and Ultra. More effort means longer thinking and longer answers, and costs more credits. Light is half price and Ultra is five times.
At Ultra, the model writes a draft, reviews it like a strict expert, then gives you the fixed answer. Use it for the hardest problems.
Credits
Each reply costs the model's credits times the effort. At Medium, that's 1 for Comet, 2 for Orbit and 4 for Zenith. Your plan's credits refill every 5 hours and every week. When they run out, Dianoetic uses any extra credits you have, then tells you when your credits reset.
See Plans for how many credits each plan includes.