Your first app
Create an account, add credits, and run an app from the gallery in a few minutes.
This walkthrough takes you from a new account to a finished run.
1. Create an account#
Sign in with your PortModels account. You need one PortModels account for every app in the gallery — apps never ask you to register separately.
2. Find an app#
Browse the gallery or search for what you want to do. Each listing shows what the app does, who published it, screenshots, and the ratings and comments left by other users.
Look at three things before you run anything:
| Signal | Where it is | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Top of the listing | Whether the app does the specific thing you need |
| Permissions | Connect screen | What the app can read or write on your account |
| Rating | Listing header | How well it has worked for other people |
3. Add credits#
Runs are paid for with credits. Open your balance and buy a pack — checkout is handled by Stripe, and your balance is available as soon as payment clears.
There is no subscription. Credits do not expire on a monthly cycle, and an app you stop using stops costing you anything.
See Credits for how spending is calculated.
4. Run the app#
Open the app and use it. If it needs access to your account — to run models on your behalf, or to keep your work between sessions — it sends you to a Connect screen first:
- PortModels shows you which app is asking and exactly which permissions it wants.
- You approve or decline.
- On approval the app receives a scoped token. It never sees your password.
5. Check what you spent#
Your balance page lists each charge with the app that made it. If something looks wrong, the support page explains how to raise it.
Next steps#
- Managing connected apps — review and revoke access.
- Publish an app — if you want to build one.