## 🔍 Overview

Search Atlas uses two separate AI credit buckets. They are **not interchangeable**. Understanding which bucket each feature draws from will save you time when troubleshooting blocked actions — especially inside Content Genius.

- **AI Premium Quota** — a fixed monthly allowance (for example, 500 credits) that powers high-intensity generation tasks.
- **AI Generation Quota** — a larger rolling allowance (for example, 1,000,000 tokens or credits) that powers lighter AI-assisted tasks across the platform.

## 🗂️ What Each Quota Actually Powers

**AI Premium Quota** is consumed by tasks that require a full, structured AI output in a single request. The main feature that draws from this bucket is:

- **Content Genius full article creation** — every time you generate a complete article, one AI Premium credit is used.

**AI Generation Quota** is consumed by lighter, assistive AI tasks across the platform, including:

- AI-assisted rewrites and sentence completions inside the editor
- Meta Generator suggestions (Left sidebar → Content → Meta Generator)
- AI Content Templates (Left sidebar → Content → AI Content Templates)
- AI-powered suggestions inside On-Page Audit, Scholar, and Content Planner
- Short-form AI prompts and inline completions throughout the platform

These two buckets are tracked independently. Exhausting one has **no effect** on the other, and credits from one bucket **cannot be transferred** to cover the other.



## 🚫 Why Content Genius Article Creation Is Blocked

When you attempt to generate a full article in Content Genius (Left sidebar → Content → Content Genius, or directly via the SEO Content Assistant at **/content/seo-content-assistant**), the platform checks your **AI Premium Quota** first. If that bucket is at or near its limit — for example, 498 out of 500 used — the action will be blocked, even if your AI Generation Quota shows hundreds of thousands of credits remaining.

The large AI Generation balance you see is real and valid, but it is reserved for the lighter assistive features listed above. It does not substitute for AI Premium credits when creating a full Content Genius article.



## 📅 About "Unlimited Until End of June" Promotions

Promotional periods such as "unlimited AI until end of June" typically apply to the **AI Generation Quota** — the token-based bucket for assistive tasks. Unless the promotion explicitly states that AI Premium article creation is included, the fixed AI Premium credit limit still applies during the promotional window.

If you believed your promotion covered full Content Genius article creation and are still hitting the limit, please verify the terms of your specific promotion in your account confirmation email or plan details page. If you cannot locate those details, our team can review your account directly.



## ✅ How to Check Your Current Quota Balances

1. Click your account avatar in the top-right corner of the platform.
2. Navigate to **Billing** → **Plans & Top-ups**.
3. In the **Content** section, look for two separate rows: **AI Generation** and **AI Premium** (each showing Total Quota/Recurring/Non-Recurring numbers).
4. Confirm how many AI Premium credits remain for the current billing cycle.

## 🔄 How AI Premium Quota Resets

AI Premium credits reset on your **monthly billing cycle date**, not on a fixed calendar date. If your cycle renews on the 15th of each month, your AI Premium Quota resets on the 15th regardless of the calendar month. You can confirm your next reset date on the same Avatar → Billing page.



## 💡 Options If You Have Exhausted Your AI Premium Quota

- **Wait for the monthly reset** — credits automatically replenish on your billing cycle date.
- **Upgrade your plan** — higher-tier plans include a larger AI Premium monthly allowance.
- **Purchase additional credits** — depending on your plan, you may be able to add AI Premium credits before the reset. Check the Avatar → Billing page (Plans & Top-ups tab) for this option.
- **Use assistive AI features in the meantime** — your AI Generation Quota is unaffected, so meta suggestions, rewrites, and templates remain fully available.

## 🙋 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.