How Edyt counts your actions

Edyt's free plan used to be measured in tokens. People kept asking what a token was, and fair enough: you select a sentence, press a shortcut, and get a better one back. Nothing about that should need a unit of measurement.

So the free plan now counts actions instead. One action is one thing you asked Edyt to do. That's a number you can keep in your head.

What counts as an action

Every time you run Rewrite, Proofread, Alternatives, Explain, Translate or one of your own prompts, that's one action. It doesn't matter where you ran it from: the toolbar, the buttons on a Proofread as you type card, or Edyt Web while you're signed in. They all draw from the same allowance.

A short fix and a long translation each count as one. You don't have to think about how much text you selected.

A few details worth knowing:

• Opening the details of an Explain result doesn't count. It's part of the same answer.
• Asking Rewrite to try again does count. It's a new request.
• A cancelled action still counts if it already started. By the time you cancel, the work has usually been done.

What doesn't count

Proofread as you type. The marks under your spelling and grammar mistakes, and the one-click fixes, don't use your actions. Checking stays on.

It does have a daily safety limit. If you write an unusual amount in one day, checking pauses quietly until the next day. Most days don't come close.

When it resets

The free allowance is weekly. It resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC, which may land on Sunday evening or Monday morning depending on where you live. The current number is on the pricing page, because a blog post is a bad place to keep a number that might change.

Your first week after signing up has no action limit, so you can find out how you actually use Edyt before any of this matters.

When you run out, Edyt tells you right where you are and says when you're back. Your text stays exactly as it was. No credit card is involved at any point.

Where tokens still fit

Tokens didn't disappear. They're still how the AI models measure text: roughly four characters, or three quarters of a word, in English. Every action sends your selected text plus an instruction, and gets a response back, and both sides are counted in tokens behind the scenes.

On the free plan there's also a monthly ceiling measured in tokens. It sits far above normal use. It's there so a stuck script can't run up a bill, not to limit you.

So if you select a whole document instead of the sentence you meant, you won't use more actions. The answer will just take a little longer, and it's usually better when the model knows exactly which part you meant.

If you use it a lot

Pro removes the weekly limit. If you're running out every week, it's probably worth it. If you're not, the free plan is meant to stay useful as it is.

The easiest way to get a feel for it is to use Edyt for a normal week. Most people find out quickly whether the allowance is plenty or tight for them.