AI Usage & Limits
Every AI action — generating an assessment, planning a lesson, exploring a book — draws from your space's AI allowance.
Where that allowance comes from depends on your plan. On a paid plan it's the allowance your plan includes. On the Free plan it's a set of free credits we grant every month.
How the allowance works
- On a paid plan the allowance is set by your plan. Higher plans get a larger allowance.
- It's shared across your whole space — everyone's AI usage draws from the same pool.
- It resets in full when your plan renews, at the end of each billing period. Unused allowance doesn't roll over.
Free monthly credits
On the Free plan, Classly grants your space a small batch of AI credits each month, on us.
- They refresh in full on the 1st of each month. Unused credits don't roll over.
- Settings → Usage shows how much of this month's free credits you've used and the date they refresh.
- Occasionally you may see "Free credits are paused this month". There's a limit on how many free credits we can give out each month across all of Classly, and it has been reached. Your credits return on the 1st — or start a plan for an allowance that's always on.
Starting a paid plan replaces the free credits with your plan's allowance.
Boosters
If you run low before your plan renews, you can add a booster — extra capacity for the current period only, without changing your plan. Boosters are used only after your plan allowance is spent, and any unused booster capacity expires at the end of the period.
Add one from Settings → Usage using the Add booster button.
Tracking usage
- The AI Usage meter at the bottom of the sidebar shows the percentage of your allowance used this period. It turns red once you pass 90%, and updates live as the AI is used.
- Settings → Usage shows the full picture — your plan allowance, any active boosters, and when the allowance resets.
- The Dashboard shows usage per member, a cumulative trend for the month, and a breakdown by tool.
When the allowance runs out
Once the allowance and any boosters are spent, AI actions pause until your plan renews. To carry on before then, add a booster or move to a higher plan.
On the Free plan, AI actions pause once the month's free credits are spent, and resume when they refresh on the 1st. Boosters need a paid plan.