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Verified: September 2026
Usage Budgets & AI Credits
How cost-based usage caps protect against overages, reset schedules, and purchasing non-expiring AI Boost credits.
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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:
| Plan | Included Monthly Budget | Daily Safety Cap | Typical Real-World Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free ($0/mo) | Included tier allowance | Rate-limited daily query cap | Generous everyday assistance, basic notes |
| Eco ($9/mo) | No query cap | Hundreds of daily MoE queries, unlimited notes | |
| Pro ($19/mo launch) | No query cap | Heavy daily frontier reasoning across Claude, Grok, GPT, and Gemini | |
| Ultra ($200/mo) | No query cap | Intensive deep research, continuous coding, and frontier reasoning runs |
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.
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 Credits in flexible packs:
- $5 Credit Pack
- $15 Credit Pack
- $30 Credit Pack
Key Properties of AI Credits:
- 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 to frontier model inference, deep research, and image generation.