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Flowstep measures your usage in messages. Each plan includes a monthly message allowance, and some plans — such as the Free plan — also have a daily limit. Understanding how messages are counted — and when your limits reset — helps you get the most out of your plan.

What is a message?

Every time you send a prompt to Flowstep, that counts as one message. This includes initial design requests and follow-up prompts to refine or iterate on an existing design.
If your request results in an error, that attempt does not count toward your message limit. You will not lose a message due to a failed generation.

Usage limits

Depending on your plan, you may have both a daily message limit and a monthly message limit. Once you reach either limit, you’ll need to wait for it to reset before sending more prompts. You can see how many messages you have left in the editor’s prompt panel, and your plan’s limits on the Settings → Plan & Billing page.

Limits in organizations

On paid plans, message limits apply per seat: every member with a seat gets the plan’s full message allowance individually. Usage isn’t pooled — one teammate’s heavy usage doesn’t eat into anyone else’s messages. See Seats for how seats work.

What happens when you hit your limit

If you submit a prompt after reaching your limit, the prompt isn’t processed and doesn’t use up a message. Instead, Flowstep replies in the chat letting you know you’ve used all your messages, with the option to upgrade or wait for your limit to reset. You can still view your designs and edit them manually while you wait. In an organization, upgrade options are only shown to the Owner — if you’re a Member or Admin and hit your limit, ask the Owner to upgrade the plan.
On the free trial, using up your trial messages ends the trial early — your account moves to the Free plan the next day (shortly after midnight UTC). See Pricing.

When limits reset

Your limits reset on a fixed schedule:
  • Monthly limits reset on the 1st of each month.
  • Daily limits reset at 00:00 UTC every day.
If you’re unsure what time 00:00 UTC corresponds to in your timezone, you can use any timezone converter to find the equivalent local time.

Staying within your limits

If you consistently reach your daily or monthly limits, consider upgrading to a higher plan. Visit the Pricing page or the Flowstep website to compare plan options.