Quota & Limits

Your plan comes with a set number of blogs you can generate. This page explains exactly how that limit works so there are no surprises: how many blogs you get, what counts against the number, when it resets, and what to do when you run out.

The short version#

• Your quota is per project and resets every billing period (your renewal date), not on the 1st of the calendar month.
• Every project gets the full plan quota. A 30-blog plan gives you 30 in *each* project, not 30 split across all of them.
• The number you can still add right now is called your headroom (your quota minus what you have already planned for this period).
• When you reach the limit, new generation pauses until your next period begins. Your account is never charged extra automatically.

How quota is measured#

Per project, not per account#

Each project carries its own subscription and its own quota. If you run three projects on a 30-blog plan, each project can generate up to 30 blogs in its period. They do not share a pool, and one busy project never eats into another project's allowance.

Per billing period, not the calendar month#

Your quota cycle is tied to your subscription, anchored to the day you activated, not to the first of the month. If you started on the 12th, each cycle runs from the 12th to the 12th. (If your start day does not exist in a shorter month, theStacc uses the last day of that month and then snaps back, so a billing day of the 31st becomes the 28th in February and returns to the 31st in March.)

The usage indicator on your Content SEO dashboard always shows the current cycle's count and the date it resets, so you can see exactly where you stand.

Yearly plans are paced, not dumped all at once#

If you pay annually, you are still billed once a year, but your blogs are paced monthly. A yearly 30 plan gives you 30 blogs in each monthly cycle across the year, not 360 to spend in one go. The per-cycle cap is your plan number (for example 30), and it refreshes every month until your annual renewal. This keeps your publishing steady and matches how the plan is priced.

There are two separate timelines here, and it helps to keep them apart:

• Billing window - when you are charged (monthly, every 6 months, or yearly). This is what you see on Settings > Billing.
• Quota cycle - when your blog counter resets. For paced plans this is monthly, regardless of how often you are billed.

What each plan includes#

A few notes:

• Trial plans give a small fixed number of blogs spread across the whole trial window. The trial allowance does not refill each month - it is a one-time amount for the trial, and the trial also ends on its own expiry date.
• Yearly and 6-month plans use the same per-cycle number as their monthly equivalents (a yearly 30 behaves like 30 per month). You simply pay for the longer term up front.
• Unlimited plans have no blog cap. The usage indicator and the Generate More button are hidden for these projects because there is nothing to count - your quota shows as unlimited.

Your exact plan and renewal date are always visible on the Billing & Plans page.

What counts toward your period#

What fills up your headroom is everything you have planned for the current cycle - the blogs scheduled to land on a date inside this period. That includes:

• Placeholders waiting to be generated
• Bonus blogs that are still waiting for you to pick a publish date
• Blogs currently generating
• Blogs in review, approved, scheduled, and published

A blog only stops counting against your plan when it never represented real work. The following do not take up a slot:

• Missed blogs (the date passed without generation)
• Generation failed blogs (the AI run did not complete)

If a generation fails because of a temporary hiccup, you are not charged a slot for it - the allowance returns to your headroom so you never lose a paid blog to an error outside your control. A blog only permanently consumes quota once it has been successfully generated. Anything still waiting in line - placeholders, bonus blogs awaiting a date, or a run that failed - has not consumed your quota yet.

Headroom and the Generate More button#

Headroom is simply:

Headroom = your quota - what you have already planned this period

For example, on a 50-blog plan with 38 already scheduled, your headroom is 12.

The Generate more button on your dashboard reads this number and lets you add up to that many bonus blogs in one go. When you request more, theStacc checks your headroom first and only accepts the request if you have room. If you ask for more than your headroom, it stops you with a clear message showing how many you have already scheduled and how many more you are allowed.

The dialog shows your current headroom up front (for example, "You have 38 of 50 blogs scheduled. Add up to 12 more."). Each bonus blog you add gets a title and keyword generated automatically; you then pick a publish date for each one from the section that appears below.

The Generate more button is hidden when there is nothing useful it could do - for instance on unlimited plans, when your headroom is already zero, or at the end of a cycle when no days remain. On 30-blog plans where onboarding has already filled all 30 slots for the cycle, the button stays hidden until the next cycle frees up room. To learn the full bonus-blog flow, see Generate More & Bonus Blogs.

When you reach the limit#

When a project hits its cap for the period, new generation is paused until the next cycle begins - both for blogs you trigger yourself and for the automated daily run described in Automated Generation (Cron). You will see a message telling you the cap was reached and the date it resets (for example, "Plan limit reached: 30 blogs this month. Resets on the 12th.").

Nothing breaks and nothing is lost. Your scheduled and published blogs stay exactly as they are. When your period rolls over, your full quota is available again and generation resumes automatically.

If you regularly run out before the cycle ends, that is usually a sign to move up a tier - upgrading raises your per-cycle number. See Billing & Plans for how to change your plan.

Temporary quota boosts (overrides)#

For special cases - a launch month, a one-off campaign, or to make something right - theStacc support can apply a temporary override to your account. An override raises your effective quota above your plan number for a set window, and it can carry an expiry date. While it is active, your headroom and usage indicator reflect the higher number (marked Custom on the dashboard), and the override takes priority over your normal plan limit. Once it expires, your quota simply returns to your plan's standard number.

Overrides are applied by the team, not self-serve. If you need a temporary boost, contact support and let them know how many extra blogs and over what window.

Quick answers#

My quota didn't reset on the 1st - is something wrong?

No. Quota resets on your billing anniversary, not the calendar month. Check the reset date shown on your dashboard usage indicator.

I have two projects. Do they share my 30 blogs?

No. Each project gets its own 30. The number is per project.

I'm on a yearly plan - why can't I generate all my blogs at once?

Yearly plans are paced monthly. You get your per-cycle number (for example 30) each month across the year, not the annual total in one batch.

A blog failed to generate. Did it use up one of my blogs?

No. Failed and missed blogs do not consume a slot. A blog only counts once it has been successfully generated.

Why is my usage bar hidden?

You are on an unlimited plan, so there is no count to display. Your quota shows as unlimited.