Based on how most teams use CRMsynQ, 20,000 credits usually cover about a year of updates for a database of around 5,000 contacts when you refresh it roughly once every three months.
In practice, teams rarely refresh every field on every contact each time. They tend to focus on a few key fields per cycle (like job title or company), which keeps credit usage lower and more predictable.
That’s why, in real-world usage, 20,000 credits typically work out to about a year of scheduled refreshes.
Credits never expire, so if your usage slows down or you skip a cycle, they’ll simply last longer.