AI Usage and Plan Limits
Understand how AI usage is metered, daily limits, and what features are available on each plan.
AI Usage and Plan Limits
- How AI features are available on different BakeOnyx subscription plans
- Understanding your daily AI usage limits and how to monitor them
- What to do when you're approaching your usage quota
Understanding AI Features by Plan
BakeOnyx includes AI-powered tools to help you run your bakery more efficiently, but the features available depend on your subscription plan. Here's what each tier includes:
Essentials Plan
- Bake Buddy — Our AI chat assistant helps answer questions about your bakery operations and provides quick support
Growth Plan
- Bake Buddy — Full access to our AI chat assistant
- Inventory Predictions — AI analyzes your sales patterns to forecast ingredient needs
- Basic Customer Insights — View trends in customer preferences and order history
Scale Plan
- All Growth plan features, plus:
- AI Agents — Automated workflows that handle routine tasks like order confirmations and low-stock alerts
- Pricing Optimizer — AI recommends pricing strategies based on demand and costs
- Full Customer Insights — Deep analytics on customer behavior, preferences, and lifetime value
Daily AI Usage Limits
Each plan includes daily rate limits to ensure fair access to AI features across all users. These limits reset every 24 hours at midnight (your local timezone).
- Essentials: 50 Bake Buddy messages per day
- Growth: 200 Bake Buddy messages + 10 inventory predictions + 5 customer insight reports per day
- Scale: Unlimited Bake Buddy messages + unlimited predictions and insights + 20 AI agent workflows per day
When you use an AI feature, it counts against your daily limit. For example, each question you ask Bake Buddy uses one message from your quota.
Checking Your Current AI Usage
You can see exactly how much of your daily AI quota you've used at any time:
- Log in to BakeOnyx and go to Settings (gear icon in the top right)
- Click AI Settings in the left menu
- Look at the Today's Usage section to see your current limits and remaining quota
The usage dashboard shows a progress bar for each AI feature available on your plan. This updates in real-time as you use features throughout the day.
Quota Alerts and Notifications
BakeOnyx automatically monitors your AI usage and sends you email notifications when you're approaching your daily limits:
- You'll receive an alert when you've used 80% of your daily quota for any AI feature
- A second alert is sent when you reach 100% (your limit for that day)
- Alerts are sent to the email address associated with your BakeOnyx account
If you hit your daily limit, you won't be able to use that AI feature until your quota resets at midnight. Plan your high-priority AI tasks earlier in the day to avoid running out of quota.
Tips for Managing Your AI Quota
- Batch your questions: Group similar questions for Bake Buddy into one conversation instead of asking multiple times
- Use inventory predictions strategically: Run predictions during slower business hours rather than during peak baking times
- Review reports once per day: Generate customer insights reports once daily rather than multiple times
- Consider upgrading: If you consistently hit your limits, a higher plan tier might be a better fit for your bakery's needs
Next Steps
- Creating a Recipe — Learn how to set up recipes that work with inventory predictions
- Adding and Managing Ingredients — Set up your ingredient database for accurate AI forecasting
- Managing Customers — Organize customer data to get the most from customer insights