Overage Billing

What Are Overages?

Each plan includes a monthly allocation of AI tokens. If you use more tokens than your plan includes in a billing period, the additional usage is called an overage.

Overages are a pay-as-you-go safety net — they ensure you’re never cut off from the AI assistant mid-conversation, even if you’ve exhausted your monthly allocation.

Good to know: Overage billing only applies to AI tokens. Other resources (storage, projects, seats) have hard limits that require an upgrade or add-on to expand.

How Overage Billing Works

1. You use your included tokens — Normal usage within your plan’s allocation is covered by your monthly subscription
2. You exceed your allocation — Once you pass 100% of your included tokens, overage metering begins
3. Usage is tracked — Every additional token is metered and recorded
4. Billed at period end — Overage charges are calculated and added to your next invoice

Overage Pricing

Overage tokens are billed per 1,000 tokens at a rate set by your plan. The exact rate is shown on your billing page.

Example:

If your plan includes 5M tokens and you use 6.2M tokens in a month, that’s 1.2M overage tokens. At a rate of $X per 1,000 tokens, the overage charge would be added to your next invoice.

Plan Overage Support

Not all plans support overages. Check your plan details in Settings → Billing to see if overage billing is enabled for your account.

• Plans with overage enabled — You can continue using AI beyond your allocation; extra usage is billed at the overage rate
• Plans without overage — AI usage may be limited or paused once you reach your allocation until the next billing period

Tracking Your Overages

You can monitor overage usage in real-time:

1. Go to Settings → Usage
2. The AI Tokens section shows if you’re in overage territory (over 100%)
3. Estimated overage cost is displayed when applicable

Avoiding Unexpected Overages

• Monitor your usage dashboard — Check the Usage page regularly to see where you stand
• Watch for warning alerts — Framework warns you at 80% and 95% usage
• Upgrade if needed — If you consistently exceed your allocation, upgrading to a higher plan may be more cost-effective than paying overage rates
• Start new conversations wisely — Long conversation threads use more tokens. Starting fresh conversations when changing topics helps manage token usage
• Purchase AI token add-ons — Increase your base allocation with add-ons for a predictable monthly cost

Tip: If you’re approaching your token limit mid-month, consider whether an upgrade or add-on would be more economical than overage charges. Check the pricing on your billing page to compare.

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