I have the Pro version. When I use a model like composer or grok, there are times when it is logged at “Included” and other times it is “Free” (see screenshot). So is it my understanding that included is part of my subscription and so what is Free then? If it is meant that it doesn’t count against my monthly allowable usage, how do I use the model for “Free” ?
Free sometimes costs bonus
I’d like to know how many tokens are included in the “free” allocation.
I don’t know. Right now I’m not even sure when I am using Composer 2.5, for example, which prompt/input/output are using the included token and which ones are free.
Hey, thanks for the question. I can see a screenshot of a usage table where some requests are marked as Included and some as Free.
Here’s the difference:
- Included means the request ran and counted toward your Pro plan’s included usage. That’s expected behavior for Composer and Grok on Pro.
- Free is used for requests that were stopped before the model produced even a single token. Note that in those rows, the Tokens column shows “-”, which means nothing was generated, so there was nothing to count and the cost is $0. That’s why they show up as Free instead of Included.
So there isn’t a separate free tier, and you can’t intentionally use models for free. Those rows are just requests that were canceled right after sending, like you hit Stop almost immediately, or the request ended before the first token. Anything that actually runs will count toward included usage as usual.
Let me know if you’ve got any other questions.
Thanks for the detailed response. That makes sense.