Usage Budgets & AI Credits

Fair, Cost-Based Usage Accounting

Most AI platforms use arbitrary message counters (e.g., "40 messages every 3 hours"). This penalizes users asking short questions and rewards users who submit massive 100K-token documents.

ARMES tracks usage based on actual inference cost. Because we route models efficiently, a short question costs fractions of a cent, whereas a 20-page document analysis reflects true token compute.

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Plan Cost Budgets

Each paid plan includes a generous daily and monthly cost allowance:

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Reset Schedules

• Daily Cap Reset: Resets automatically every 24 hours at 00:00 UTC.
• Monthly Allowance Reset: Resets on your monthly renewal date.
• Annual Subscription Cadence: For annual subscribers (Eco $90/yr, Pro $190/yr, Ultra $2,000/yr), your compute allowance resets every month (30-day rolling window) throughout your 12-month billing period. Rather than granting the entire 12-month compute allowance in a single lump sum, your monthly allowance automatically refreshes each month, ensuring steady and reliable compute capacity year-round.
• Real-Time Meter: Check your active balance and reset timeline at any time in Settings → Billing & Usage.

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AI Boost Credits (Non-Expiring)

If you hit your included monthly allowance during a period of intense work, you don't have to wait for the next billing cycle.

You can purchase AI Boost Credit Packs (available on both Web via Stripe and iOS Native via Apple In-App Purchase):

• Boost ($5.00): Adds $2.50 USD in prepaid compute credits (ideal for a quick top-up during a focused work session).
• Boost Plus ($15.00): Adds $10.00 USD in prepaid compute credits (ideal for extended heavy multi-model sessions).
• Boost Max ($30.00): Adds $25.00 USD in prepaid compute credits (ideal for sustained high-intensity power research and coding).

How Credit Additions Work:

• Atomic Balance Additions: Credit purchases are added directly to your existing balance using an atomic ledger increment (add_ai_credit), ensuring credits stack safely and are never overwritten.
• Never Expire: Your credits remain in your account indefinitely until used.
• Secondary Fallback: Credits are only consumed when your regular plan allowance has been fully exhausted.
• Cross-Feature: Credits apply across all frontier models, agent reasoning, deep research, and generation tools.
• Multi-Platform Parity: Credits purchased on iOS via StoreKit 2 sync automatically to your web account and vice versa.