Every Anara plan includes an amount of AI usage. Instead of counting words or uploads, Anara measures the AI work you actually do and shows it as one simple meter: the percentage of your limit used, and exactly when more frees up. The Free plan has a daily limit; paid plans have a weekly limit.
How usage works
All of your AI activity draws from a single included amount. How quickly it goes down depends on what you're doing: long conversations, many or large files, and more powerful models use more, while quick questions in Auto mode use very little. That's why two people can get very different amounts of work from the same limit, and why usage is shown as a percentage rather than a message count.
What uses your included usage
Chat messages in Agent chat and Ask chat. More powerful models use more; the model selector shows each model's relative cost.
Deep Search, which works through many sources in multiple passes and uses noticeably more than a standard response.
AI in the note editor, like edits, continuations, and commands.
View extraction runs, where Anara fills a table by reading your files.
Importing files, which uses a small amount to process and index each file.
What never uses it
Reading, highlighting, and annotating your files
Organizing your library, folders, and tags
Opening past chats and re-reading previous AI answers
The Explain feature
Your first onboarding chat when you join Anara
How to check your usage
Click Usage at the bottom of the left sidebar to see your percentage used and your next reset time.
For detail, go to Settings > Usage to see your meter and reset time.
When your limit resets
Free plan usage refreshes on a daily basis, and paid plan usage on a weekly basis. Resets are rolling rather than a fixed day for everyone: as your older activity ages out of the window, room frees up. The usage menu always shows your exact next reset time in your timezone.
On workspaces with multiple people, each member has their own usage limit, so your meter and reset time are yours alone.
What happens when you reach your limit
New AI requests pause until your limit resets, while everything else in Anara keeps working, and anything already running finishes normally. See What happens when you reach your usage limit for the full picture.
How to get more usage
Upgrade your plan. Each tier includes a substantially larger limit. Compare plans at anara.com/pricing.
Add credits (paid plans). Workspace owners and admins can add credits that are used after included usage runs out.
Note: Limits apply to every account on a plan equally, and support can't raise them. Upgrading or adding credits are the two ways to get more.