Free accounts and daily usage limits
Understanding daily quote limits and how they reset
- Free accounts come with a daily usage limit for services like translations. This limit is designed to provide you with a fair amount of free usage every 24 hours
- The daily usage limit is not tied to a fixed time like midnight; instead, it resets 24 hours after your last usage. For example, if you perform your first translation at 3:30 PM, your limit will refresh exactly at 3:30 PM the next day
- If you don't use the service again until, say, 5:40 PM the following day, your limit will reset at that exact time instead. This flexible approach ensures you always get a full 24-hour period for usage, no matter when you start
- The reason for this system is to adapt to users across different time zones without forcing a universal reset time like midnight. This way, your usage is based on your personal activity, making it easier and fairer to manage your free quota
- Remember that the free daily limit is replenished automatically, so you don't need to do anything. Simply continue using the service as needed, and the reset will occur according to your last activity
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