# Usage and limits Understand the reference allowances and how usage windows work. ## Reference allowances Monthly Coding Plans include these reference allowances: Pro 50M tokens per 5 hours and 400M per 7 days; Max 150M per 5 hours and 1,150M per 7 days; Pro Max 250M per 5 hours and 1,700M per 7 days; Ultra 5,100M per 7 days with no 5-hour quota cap. Annual plans retain their original allowances: Pro 75M/5h and 600M/7d; Max 150M/5h and 1,350M/7d; Pro Max 300M/5h and 2,400M/7d; Ultra 8,400M/7d with no 5-hour quota cap. M means one million tokens. Rate and concurrency limits still apply. ## How usage is counted Input and output tokens count toward the shared allowances. For the existing service, DeepSeek Flash 1017 uses one plan token per reported input or output token, including cached input. Pro, Max and Pro Max must stay within both the 5-hour and 7-day windows; reaching either limit stops further requests until the relevant window resets. Ultra has a 7-day quota and remains subject to rate and concurrency limits. ## Reset and exceeded limits The existing gateway uses fixed 5-hour and 7-day windows anchored to activation. When a quota window cannot admit a request, the gateway returns HTTP 429 with a quota-specific error and reset information. Rate, token-per-minute, and concurrency controls can also return 429, so not every 429 means the plan allowance is exhausted. ## Review usage The Account → Usage page shows an example chart only. DS-sub is a design preview and is not connected to a usage ledger. On the existing service, use its Dashboard for actual remaining allowance, usage, and reset times. ## Purchase and renewal Pro costs $19.90/month or $119.40/year. Max costs $49.90/month or $299.40/year. Pro Max costs $69.90/month or $419.40/year. Ultra costs $299/month or $1,794.00/year. All prices are in USD. Annual charges are paid upfront once per year; approximate monthly equivalents are $9.90, $24.90, $34.90 and $149.50 respectively, displayed with the second decimal digit set to zero. The annual total is six times the monthly charge (50% off twelve monthly payments). The planned subscriptions renew monthly or annually, depending on the selected billing period. Both billing options use 5-hour and 7-day windows (Ultra has no 5-hour quota cap), with different allowances as listed above. Paying annually does not multiply a window allowance by 12. DS-sub checkout is not connected. Waffo payment and subscription billing is planned. Once connected, account billing management will provide subscription details and cancellation of future renewals. Contact dssub support if the management entry is unavailable. Confirmed cancellation normally preserves access until the end of the paid period, subject to usage limits, and does not automatically refund the current payment. Refund requests must normally be submitted within 15 calendar days of the relevant payment and are reviewed against the order, delivery and usage records. Approval is not automatic. Requests after 15 days are generally declined, with exceptions for billing errors, non-delivery and applicable legal or payment-provider requirements. There is no automatic prorated refund for unused allowance. Read the [full refund policy](https://deepseeksub.com/refunds/index.md) for details. ## Billing help and privacy Read the [cancellation and refund notice](https://deepseeksub.com/refunds/index.md) and [terms of use](https://deepseeksub.com/terms/index.md) before purchasing when checkout becomes available. For questions, visit [Help & contact](https://deepseeksub.com/support/index.md). Information about website data handling and privacy requests is in the [privacy policy](https://deepseeksub.com/privacy/index.md). --- HTML source: [Usage and limits — DeepSeek Subscription Tutorials](https://deepseeksub.com/docs/usage-limits/)