🔍 What Is Atlas Brain?
Atlas Brain is the AI engine inside Search Atlas that powers content creation, research, and writing tasks. Like all AI-driven features, it operates within usage quotas that reset on a defined billing cycle. When you hit a limit, Atlas Brain will block new requests until the quota refreshes or is upgraded.
⚠️ Types of Quota Limits You May Encounter
There are three quota types that can stop you from creating an article with Atlas Brain:
- AI Word Credits: Every piece of AI-generated content consumes word credits. When your plan's monthly word credit allowance is exhausted, Atlas Brain cannot generate new content until your credits reset or you purchase additional credits.
- Article Generation Limit: Some plans cap the total number of AI articles you can create per billing cycle, independent of word count. If you have word credits remaining but have reached your article count ceiling, new article requests will be blocked.
- Concurrent Request Limit: A smaller operational limit that restricts how many AI generation tasks can run at the same time under your account. This is usually a temporary block that clears within seconds or minutes.
🛠️ How to Identify Which Limit You Have Reached
- Go to Left sidebar → Content → AI Content Templates (or any Content sub-page such as On-Page Audit, Topical Maps, or Content Planner).
- Look for a banner or inline notification near the Atlas Brain input area. The message will specify the quota type that has been exhausted — word credits, article count, or concurrent requests.
- Navigate to your Top-right avatar → Billing (Plans & Top-ups, Services, Invoices, Activity Log) dashboard to see a real-time breakdown of credits used versus credits remaining for the current billing period.
- Note your billing cycle reset date shown in the Usage dashboard. If the reset is within a few days, you may choose to wait rather than upgrade.
✅ How to Resolve Each Quota Type
If you have run out of AI Word Credits:
- Upgrade your current plan to a tier with a higher monthly word credit allowance.
- Purchase a one-time word credit top-up from the Billing section if your plan supports add-ons.
- Wait for your credits to reset at the start of your next billing cycle.
If you have reached your Article Generation Limit:
- Upgrade to a plan that allows a higher number of AI-generated articles per month.
- Wait for the limit to reset at the start of your next billing cycle.
- Use the Content Genius alternative workflow described below to continue producing content without consuming an Atlas Brain article slot.
If you are hitting a Concurrent Request Limit:
- Wait 1–2 minutes and retry. This limit is temporary and resets automatically.
- Avoid submitting multiple Atlas Brain requests simultaneously from the same account.
✍️ Alternative Workflow: Create Content with Content Genius
If you need to keep producing content right now and cannot upgrade immediately, Content Genius (also called the SEO Content Assistant) provides a full AI writing environment that operates on its own credit pool and does not draw from your Atlas Brain article allocation.
- Go to Left sidebar → Content → Content Genius (What are we writing today?).
- Click Write an article / Write it yourself to open a fresh writing session.
- Enter your target keyword and select your preferred location and language settings.
- Use the built-in AI writing tools — including paragraph generation, expansion, and rewriting — to draft and refine your article directly inside the editor.
- Supplement your research using Left sidebar → Content → Scholar to pull in supporting facts, quotes, and citations without leaving the platform.
- Use Left sidebar → Content → On-Page Audit to score and optimise the finished article before publishing.
This workflow gives you a fully optimised, AI-assisted article without consuming an Atlas Brain article credit.
💡 Tips to Avoid Hitting Quota Limits
- Monitor your usage weekly from Top-right avatar → Billing (Plans & Top-ups, Services, Invoices, Activity Log) so you are not surprised late in a billing cycle.
- Use Left sidebar → Content → Meta Generator and AI Content Templates for shorter content tasks — these are more credit-efficient than full article generation.
- Plan bulk content creation at the start of your billing cycle when your full credit allowance is available.
- If your team regularly exhausts credits before the reset date, consider upgrading your plan proactively rather than reactively.
🙋 Still Need Help?
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.