AI cost & quota
Lectura de 4 min
AI in Slima isn't unlimited — each operation consumes credits. This article tells you how much was used, how much is left, and what to do when you're at zero. No exact numbers — pricing / formulas live at /plans, which evolves.

See your balance
Three places:
- Top of the chat panel — before sending: "~X credits / you have Y left"
- Account → Credits — full balance + history
- Editor status bar — a small number (remaining)
Account → Credits two tabs
Earned
- This month's subscription allocation
- Referral bonuses
- Campaign credits
Spent
- Chat messages (how much each cost)
- AI rewrites / analyses
- AI Beta Reader reports
- Timestamps per operation
There's a chart: today / this week / this month usage.
Estimates before you spend
Before an action that costs credits, Slima usually:
- Estimates the cost
- Shows "Estimated X credits / you have Y left"
- Waits for your confirm
E.g.:
- "Rewrite this chapter" → AiGateModal: "~250 credits (you have 1,200)"
- Large ops (chapter analysis, chapter rewrite) almost always prompt to confirm
- Small ops (single-sentence rewrite, quick action) just run
Out of credits: AiLimitReached / AiGateModal
Two surfaces:
AiGateModal (before)
"This operation estimates X credits; you have Y"
Three options:
- Upgrade — go to /plans
- Cancel
AiLimitReached (during)
Rare — operation exceeded estimate mid-flight:
- What's been produced stays
- AiGateModal opens for the three options above
Why we don't list numbers here
This article deliberately doesn't say "X credits per chat" or "Pro gives Y per month" because:
- Models / pricing adjust
- Tokens per chat vary wildly with context
- Hard-coded numbers in docs mislead within months
Numbers live at slima.ai/plans — always current. Inside Slima, Account → Credits shows your live state.
Credit-saving habits
- Use quick actions for small edits (Quick actions on selection) — cheaper than a full chat
- Web search off when not needed (Web search) — extra cost when on
- Split long chats — 50+ message chats compress but still rack tokens; new topic → new chat
- One decisive big edit instead of four nudges — don't quick-action the same passage 4 times; ask for "rewrite, give me 3 versions" once
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