Why give paid users a larger quota?

Paid users generate revenue, so it makes sense to allocate them a bigger share of the budget. The ratio input lets you make a paid quota any multiple of a free quota — for example 5x — while still respecting the total daily cap.

What is a blended token price?

Most requests mix input and output tokens at different rates. A blended price per million tokens is a single average that simplifies quota math. Estimate it from your typical input:output ratio and your model's prices.

What happens when a user hits their quota?

That is a product decision — block, throttle, queue until reset, or prompt an upgrade. This tool sizes the quota; how you enforce it lives in your rate-limiting layer.

Is anything sent anywhere?

No. The planner runs entirely in your browser. Your numbers are never uploaded or stored.

Daily Token Quota Planner

Daily token quota planner

A handful of heavy users can quietly consume most of your API budget. The fix is per-user token quotas: a fair daily allowance that keeps total spend predictable. This planner takes your daily budget, user counts and a blended token price, and computes the daily token quota for free and paid users — with paid users getting a configurable multiple of the free allowance.

How it works

The planner converts your daily budget into a total token allowance, then splits it across users weighted by tier. Paid users get ratio× the free quota:

total_tokens = (daily_budget / blended_price) × 1,000,000
weight_sum   = free_users × 1 + paid_users × ratio
free_quota   = total_tokens / weight_sum
paid_quota   = free_quota × ratio

This guarantees that if every user spends exactly their quota, you land on budget — no surprises.

Tips and notes

Set quotas slightly below the budget-exact figure to leave headroom for spikes and for the share of users who exceed the average.
Reset quotas on a rolling 24-hour window rather than at midnight UTC to avoid a thundering herd of resets all at once.
Pair quotas with an upgrade prompt: a free user repeatedly hitting their cap is your warmest paid-conversion signal.