Finthy AI messages are counted per month, and the allowance belongs to the space, not to you. Everyone in a shared space draws on the same pool.
How many
The free plan includes 10 messages a month. Paid plans include more, and the panel always shows your own figure: {left} of {limit} left this month, under the question box.
When it resets
At the start of each month, counted in UTC. When the space runs out, the panel says “This space has used its messages” for that month and tells you the date it resets. The counter does not carry anything over: an unused message does not roll into next month.
What counts as a message
One answered question is one message. Follow-ups in the same conversation each count, because each one is a new question with a new answer.
What does not count:
- A question that failed to produce an answer. It is logged separately and does not take anything from your allowance.
- Reading an old conversation from History.
- Starting a New chat without asking anything.
Also, and this catches people out: deleting conversations does not give messages back. Usage is recorded in its own log, one row per answered message, kept apart from the conversations precisely so that clearing your history cannot reset the count.
When the space has run out
The panel offers See plans. Upgrading raises the allowance for the whole space immediately, because the allowance is resolved from the plan that pays for the space rather than from each member’s own plan. In a shared space on a paid plan, a member who is personally on the free plan still gets the space’s allowance.
Two other reasons it can be unavailable
Neither of these is about the limit, and both say so on screen.
- The demo space. Finthy AI is off there, because everyone shares that space and one visitor could spend the whole allowance.
- Turned off for the space. Only the space’s owner can turn it on or off. The owner sees Turn on; everyone else sees that the owner has to do it.