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Usage and overages

Settings → Billing, Subscription tab, shows usage bars for AI minutes, Staff calling, Texts, Telehealth and AI notes against what your plan includes, with the date usage resets. Usage resets monthly, on annual plans too. Pro includes 500 AI minutes, 500 staff calling minutes, 2,000 texts, 500 AI chat conversations, 1,500 telehealth participant-minutes and 300 AI note minutes a month; Elite 1,150, 1,000, 5,000, 2,000, 6,000 and 1,000; Enterprise is custom. Past the allowance, Pro and Elite are billed overage on the next invoice, for example $0.65 (Pro) or $0.55 (Elite) per AI minute. The Usage forecast says when you'll run out, Add AI minutes sells extra minutes, and Usage alerts emails you at 50%, 90% and 100%. Free includes 15 AI minutes, 60 staff calling minutes and 100 texts a month and stops at each until the 1st, with no overage; the 14-day trial stops at each allowance.

Updated October 3, 202610 min read

Every plan includes a monthly allowance. Paid plans bill overage beyond it; the Free plan stops.

See your usage

Open Settings → Billing, Subscription tab. The plan card shows bars for AI minutes, Staff calling and Texts, plus Telehealth and AI notes when your plan includes them, each as used against included, plus the date usage resets. The location switcher at the top of the page shows the same bars. Invoices are listed under Billing history at the bottom of the tab.

See when your minutes will run out

Under the plan card, the Usage forecast shows when this cycle's minutes run out at your current pace, and a chart of usage so far against where it is heading. Pick another allowance from its dropdown to forecast that one instead, and switch between Forecast and Per day views. The dashed line is the projection and the flat line is what your plan includes; where they cross is the date in the heading.

It learns from your own history rather than a flat average: a quiet Sunday is not treated like a busy Monday, a run of busier weeks nudges the projection up, and once you have a year behind you the same month last year is taken into account. A new account sees "Not enough history to predict yet" until there are a few days of use to learn from.

Buy more minutes

On Pro and Elite, and Enterprise plans with a set number of AI minutes, Add AI minutes under the forecast tops you up without changing plan. Only the account owner sees it. It isn't shown on a plan whose AI minutes are unlimited (there is nothing to top up), on the Free plan, or during a trial.

  1. Drag the slider (100 to 50,000 minutes, in steps of 50). The rate starts at your plan's AI overage rate and drops as the pack grows: 5% off from 250 minutes, 10% from 500, 18% from 1,000, 25% from 2,500 and 32% from 5,000, never below $0.42 a minute. On Pro that runs from $0.65 down to $0.44; on Elite from $0.55 down to $0.42 at 2,500 minutes. For better than that, talk to us.
  2. The total updates as you drag. Choose Buy minutes, then Pay $… in the confirmation; your card on file is charged once. If there's no card on file, you're asked for one and the purchase carries on.
  3. The minutes appear immediately, and the card lists what you hold with a receipt link.

Bought minutes are used before any overage, so you are never charged twice for the same minute. They expire 12 months after purchase and are not refundable, so buy what you expect to use within the year. The one exception: if your card is charged but the minutes can't be added, the charge is refunded automatically and the card says "Your card was charged but the minutes could not be added, so the charge has been refunded. Please try again." Pressing Buy twice, or buying from two tabs at once, can't buy twice: the second is told a purchase is already going through. If a bigger plan would cost less than the pack for what you actually use, the card tells you before you buy.

What happens when the new month starts

Your plan's minutes come back in full and are spent first. Bought minutes sit behind them as a reserve and are only touched once the plan's allowance is gone, so a quiet month costs you nothing from the reserve, and whatever is left carries over to the next one.

For example, on Elite with 1,150 minutes a month and a 500-minute pack: use 1,300 minutes and the 1,150 come from your plan and 150 from the pack, leaving 350. The next month starts at 1,150 plan minutes again, with those 350 still waiting behind them.

Where your bought minutes show

  • Settings → Billing, on the plan card: the AI minutes meter reads e.g. 540 / 1,150 +350 bought, and the bar measures against the two together.
  • The same meter in the location panel at the top of every page: tap your practice name, then the plan usage row.
  • The Add AI minutes card, which shows the balance as minutes in reserve and lists each pack with how much is left, when it was bought and when it expires.

Buying a lot at once

The slider goes up to 50,000 minutes, so a busy practice can cover a whole month or more in one purchase. The discount stops growing at 5,000 minutes, so from 10,000 the card shows This is contract territory: if that is every month rather than one busy stretch, a plan sized for that volume costs less than repeating the purchase. Talk to us about a plan this size sends us your numbers. Buying is still available either way.

Enterprise accounts with a set number of AI minutes can buy packs at their contract rate too (an Enterprise plan with unlimited minutes has no card to show). When your usage has outgrown the contract, the card shows what a bigger allowance would look like at a better per-minute rate and an Ask us about this button sends us your numbers. It is an indication, not a quote, and nothing changes or is charged until we agree it with you.

Get an alert before an allowance runs out

Under the plan card, the Usage alerts card has one row of percentages that covers every allowance, and below it each allowance on your plan with a usage bar and a tick wherever an alert will fire. It is on from the start at 50%, 90% and 100%, so there is nothing to set up. Anything that stops at 100% rather than billing overage is marked Stops at 100%.

  1. After Email me at, tap a percentage to switch it on (it turns green) or off: 50%, 75%, 80%, 90% or 100%. Choose up to six. They apply to every allowance.
  2. For any other number, choose Other, type it and press Enter. A percentage above 100 is allowed, which is useful for keeping an eye on overage. Switching them all off means no alerts at all, and Reset to 50%, 90%, 100% puts the standard set back.
  3. To watch one allowance differently from the rest, choose Set different percentages per allowance at the bottom of the card. Each allowance then gets its own row of percentages; Use the same percentages for everything goes back to one set.
  4. The card shows who is emailed. Choose Add people to include up to five more addresses, pressing Enter after each; the account owner and the billing email always get it.
  5. There is no Save button: each change saves on its own and Saved appears at the top of the card. The switch beside it turns all usage alerts off or on.

The first time usage crosses a percentage in a usage cycle, the email goes out and owners and admins also get an in-app notification. The email leads with how much you have left and what it was spent on, and only mentions the rate once the allowance is actually gone. Where it points depends on your plan: Pro can compare plans, Elite and Enterprise are asked to contact us, because more minutes on those plans are arranged with a person. Each percentage alerts once per allowance per cycle, and if one long call jumps several percentages at once you get a single alert for the highest. Only the account owner sees this card.

What each plan includes

FreeProEliteEnterprise
Price$0$299/mo ($2,990/yr)$599/mo ($5,990/yr)custom
AI minutes155001,150custom
Staff calling minutes605001,000custom
Texts (sent + received)1002,0005,000custom
Web chat sessions05002,000unlimited
Telehealth minutes01,5006,000custom
AI note minutes03001,000custom
Locations and phone numbers113custom
Domains per practice1310unlimited

Minutes are counted to the second. Texts count per message in both directions. See What counts as a minute.

Overage

Usage resets every month on your billing date (the 1st when there is no billing date yet). On annual plans it still resets monthly, on the day of the month the plan started.

On Pro and Elite, usage beyond the allowance is billed when usage resets and appears as lines on your next invoice; on an annual plan it is billed each month on its own invoice rather than waiting for the yearly renewal ("AI Minutes overage (2026-08): 40.0 min × $0.65/min", "Text overage (2026-08): 120 texts × $0.020/text"). An annual plan's monthly overage invoice is titled "Usage overage" with the month.

RateProElite
AI minute$0.65$0.55
Staff calling minute$0.05$0.04
Text$0.02$0.015
Telehealth participant-minute$0.08$0.02
AI note minute$0.15$0.10
AI chat booking conversation$0.10$0.08

The Free plan has no overage. Its AI receptionist answers calls until the month's 15 AI minutes are used, texts send until 100 have been sent or received, and staff calling runs to 60 minutes; then each stops until usage resets on the 1st, and nothing is ever billed for going past. The messages read "You've used your Free plan's 15 AI minutes this month. Upgrade to a paid plan to keep going." and "You've used your Free plan's 100 texts this month. Upgrade to a paid plan to keep going." Calls the AI places for you (AI Agent Calls, AI voice reminders, campaigns) need a paid plan: "Outbound AI calls are available on paid plans. Upgrade to have your AI place calls." Free can't buy minutes or lift a cap. Texts go out once your number is registered for texting, which on Free needs a card on file; registering is free and the card isn't charged for it (see Turn on texting).

If overage billing is switched off

A paid account with overage switched off stops at each allowance instead of being billed. To get through one busy month without turning overage on for everything, the account owner can lift one cap for the current cycle: open Settings → Billing, pick the allowance in the usage forecast, and choose Keep it running this cycle. That allowance carries on and anything past it is billed at the rate above. The lift ends by itself when usage resets: the cap comes back, and nothing else about the account changes.

The trial

New accounts start a 14-day trial of Pro features with a one-time allowance of 50 AI minutes, 500 staff calling minutes and 2,000 texts. The allowance does not reset during the trial, and there is no overage: when one runs out, that feature stops (the AI receptionist stops answering, texts stop sending, AI campaigns pause) until you choose a plan. When a campaign pauses itself, the account owner, the location's admins and managers, and whoever set up the campaign get an email and an in-app notification saying why. The message reads, for example, "You've used all 50 AI minutes included in your free trial. Choose a plan to keep going." A trial cannot buy extra minutes or lift a cap. When it ends, the account moves to Free unless a plan is chosen. The website builder needs a paid plan. Texting registration needs a paid plan or, on a trial or Free, a card on file; registering is free and the card isn't charged for it (see Turn on texting).

Add-ons

Within the allowance, locations, phone numbers and domains are included. Beyond it, an add-on phone number is $20 a month and needs a card on file; domains are billed yearly at the price shown when you buy (Buy a domain).

When to upgrade

Regular overage on Pro is the signal: past roughly 460 AI minutes of overage a month, Elite costs less and every rate is lower. Under your allowance two months running, consider the smaller plan. See Upgrade or downgrade your plan.

Frequently asked questions

Where do I see how much I have used?
Settings → Billing, Subscription tab. The plan card shows a bar for AI minutes, Staff calling and Texts, plus Telehealth and AI notes when your plan includes them, each as used against included, with the date usage resets. The same bars appear in the location switcher at the top of the page.
Can I buy more AI minutes without changing plan?
Yes, on Pro, Elite and Enterprise plans with a set number of AI minutes (not on a plan whose AI minutes are unlimited, where there is nothing to top up, and not on Free or a trial). Only the account owner sees it: Settings → Billing, Subscription tab, the Add AI minutes card under the forecast. Drag the slider to the number you want, from 100 to 50,000 in steps of 50. The price starts at your plan's AI overage rate and falls as the pack gets bigger (5% off from 250 minutes, up to 32% off from 5,000), never below $0.42 a minute: on Pro that is $0.65 down to $0.44, on Elite $0.55 down to $0.42 from 2,500 minutes. For a better rate, talk to us. The card opens at roughly the number the forecast says you are short. Bought minutes are added straight away, are used BEFORE any overage is charged, and last 12 months. They are not refundable, except that if your card is charged but the minutes can't be added, the charge is refunded automatically and you're told so. If moving up a plan would cost you less than the pack, the card says so before you buy.
What happens to bought minutes when the new month starts?
Your plan's allowance comes back in full and is spent first; bought minutes sit behind it as a reserve and are only used once the plan's minutes are gone. So a quiet month costs you nothing from the reserve and whatever is left carries over. On Elite (1,150 a month) with a 500-minute pack, using 1,300 minutes takes 1,150 from the plan and 150 from the pack, leaving 350 waiting for next month. Packs expire 12 months after purchase.
Where do my bought minutes show up?
In three places. The plan card in Settings → Billing shows them next to the AI minutes meter, as e.g. "540 / 1,150 +350 bought", with the bar measured against plan and reserve together. The same meter appears in the location panel at the top of every page: tap your practice name, then the plan usage row. And the Add AI minutes card shows the balance as "minutes in reserve" and lists each pack with how much is left and when it expires.
What if I need to buy tens of thousands of minutes?
The slider goes to 50,000 minutes in one purchase. The price stops falling at 5,000 minutes, so from 10,000 minutes the card says this is contract territory: if that is your normal month rather than one busy stretch, a plan sized for that volume costs less than buying the same pack every month. "Talk to us about a plan this size" sends us your usage. Nothing is charged by that, and you can still buy the pack.
How do I know when my AI minutes will run out?
Settings → Billing, Subscription tab. The Usage forecast card says when this cycle's minutes run out at your current pace, for example "At this pace, your minutes run out around September 25", with a chart of what you have used and where it is heading against your included minutes. The projection learns from your own calls: the shape of a normal week for you, whether your usage has been climbing lately, and (once you have a year of history) the same month last year. It takes a few days of calls before there is enough to predict from.
Can I get a warning before I run out of minutes or texts?
Yes. Settings → Billing, Subscription tab, Usage alerts card. After "Email me at", tap the percentages you want to hear about (50%, 75%, 80%, 90%, 100%, or Other for any number from 1 to 200), up to six. They cover every allowance on your plan (AI voice minutes, staff calling minutes, text messages, telehealth minutes, AI note minutes and AI chat booking conversations), and each allowance is listed underneath with a bar showing where its usage stands. To treat one differently, use "Set different percentages per allowance". Changes save on their own. The first time usage crosses one in a usage cycle, the account owner and the billing email get an email, any extra addresses you added get it too, and owners and admins see it in their notifications. Each percentage alerts once per cycle. Only the account owner sees this card.
Does usage reset every month on an annual plan?
Yes. Annual plans are billed once a year, but the allowance is monthly: usage resets every month on the day of the month your plan started, and the plan card shows the next reset date. Overage on an annual plan is billed each month on its own invoice instead of waiting for the yearly renewal.
Who on my team can see the billing page?
The account owner always. Team members with the Admin, Practice manager or Practice biller role can SEE it by default: the plan, usage, the forecast and invoices. They cannot change the plan, buy minutes, lift a cap or update the card; those stay with the owner. To change who can see it, open Settings → Team, edit the member, and use the "View the plan, usage and invoices" toggle under Practice account on the permissions step.
What happens if my card fails when the overage is billed?
Nothing is written off, and nothing is switched off. Overage is added to your Stripe invoice: on a monthly plan it rides your next renewal invoice, on an annual plan it gets its own invoice each month. If the card fails, Stripe retries on its normal schedule, the account owner gets an email with a link to pay the invoice, and a banner appears on your dashboard showing the amount with a pay-now link. Your service keeps running the whole time. Buying a minute pack behaves differently on purpose: a declined card voids that invoice immediately, so you are never left owing for minutes you did not get.
I do not have a card on file. Can I add one while I am buying something?
Yes. Buying minutes, buying a domain and adding a phone number all ask for the card right there if there is not one on file, then finish what you were doing. The card is handled by Stripe; FrontDesk only ever stores the brand, last four digits and expiry.
What happens when an allowance runs out? Does it stop or does it bill?
The usage forecast in Settings → Billing now says so for each allowance, under the chart. Pick the allowance from the dropdown and the line below says either that nothing stops when they run out, with what each extra one costs on your next invoice and roughly what that adds up to this cycle at your pace, or, if the account is capped, which allowance stops and when it comes back. Telehealth is the exception: a visit already under way is never cut off.
Can I get through one busy month without turning on overage billing?
Yes. If overage is switched off, the account owner can lift ONE allowance for the current cycle: Settings → Billing, choose the allowance in the usage forecast, then "Keep it running this cycle". The confirmation says the exact rate before anything is agreed. That allowance carries on and the extra is billed at the plan rate; nothing else is lifted. It ends on its own when usage resets, so there is nothing to remember to switch back off.
What happens when I go over?
On Pro and Elite, the extra is billed at the overage rate when your usage resets and appears as lines on your next invoice, for example "AI Minutes overage (2026-08): 40.0 min × $0.65/min". On Free there is no overage, ever: the AI receptionist answers until its 15 AI minutes are used, texting stops at 100 texts, and staff calling at 60 minutes, each until usage resets on the 1st ("You've used your Free plan's 15 AI minutes this month. Upgrade to a paid plan to keep going."). Free can't buy minutes or lift a cap.
What does the Free plan include?
Each month, 15 AI minutes for the AI receptionist answering your calls, 60 staff calling minutes and 100 texts (sent and received), plus one location, one phone number and appointment reminders. Each is a hard limit: when it is used up, that feature stops until the 1st and nothing extra is ever billed. Calls the AI places for you (AI Agent Calls, AI voice reminders and campaigns) and call recording and transcription need a paid plan. To use the texts, register your number for texting: on Free that needs a card on file (registering is free, and the card is charged only for something you choose, like an upgrade or an extra phone number); see Turn on texting. Usage alerts email you at 50%, 90% and 100% as on any plan.
What are the rates?
Pro: $0.65 per AI minute, $0.05 per staff calling minute, $0.02 per text, $0.08 per telehealth participant-minute, $0.10 per AI chat booking conversation. Elite: $0.55, $0.04, $0.015, $0.02 and $0.08. Enterprise rates are negotiated. Texts count per message, sent and received; minutes are counted to the second, not rounded up.
How does the trial work?
New accounts get 14 days of Pro features with a one-time allowance of 50 AI minutes, 500 staff calling minutes and 2,000 texts. A trial has no overage: once an allowance is used up it stops (the AI stops answering, texts stop sending, AI campaigns pause and the owner and the location's admins and managers are emailed) and the message says to choose a plan to keep going; a trial cannot buy extra minutes or lift a cap. When it ends the account moves to Free unless you choose a plan. The website builder needs a paid plan; texting registration needs a paid plan or a card on file (registering is free).
Are phone numbers and domains part of the usage?
No, they are allowances: one location and one number on Free and Pro, three on Elite; domains 3 on Pro and 10 on Elite (unlimited on Enterprise). Within the allowance they are included; an add-on number beyond it is $20 a month and a domain is billed yearly at the price shown when you buy.
When is Elite cheaper than paying Pro overage?
At about 460 AI minutes of overage a month: beyond that, Elite's $599 with 1,150 included minutes costs less than Pro's $299 plus $0.65 a minute, and every other rate is lower too. Regular overage on Pro is the signal to move up; see Upgrade or downgrade your plan.
Where are my invoices?
At the bottom of the Subscription tab, with a link to each invoice; "No invoices yet" appears before the first one. Manage billing opens the Stripe portal for receipts and card changes.

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