What's included in the free plan
The free plan isn't a trial: nearly every feature is included, and nothing expires on a date. What it limits is how much you make — 200 requests a month, and every answer Aligned writes counts as one, short ones included.

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Good to know
- Every answer Aligned writes counts as a request, short ones included. Questions about using Aligned itself are free (up to five in any 24 hours), and nothing you say to the Assistant counts.
- Generated images have their own allowance: 20 a month. Asking for four options uses four of them (and one request). Pictures you upload never count.
- The free plan also includes 1 automation (your daily brief doesn't count toward it), your latest 10 YouTube sermons with Sync another 10 to reach further back, and one staff invite whose seat switches on when your church moves to Pro.
- Deleting a chat doesn't give a request back — the count lives on your account, not in the chat.
If it’s not working
I asked something and the counter didn't move
That's expected when you asked about using Aligned itself — how to do something, where a setting is. Those are free, up to five in any 24 hours, as long as the answer isn't a full piece of writing. An answer that never arrived, or a retry of one you already got, doesn't count either. Every other answer does, short ones included.
It stopped me before the month was over
There's a daily pace as well as the monthly allowance. You hit today's limit explains when it comes back and what you can do meanwhile.
My requests didn't come back at midnight on the 1st
The month turns over on the 1st in UTC time, which can be a few hours before or after your own midnight. Give it a little longer.
We're on Pro but I'm seeing a limit
That shouldn't happen — Pro has no limits. Reload the page; it usually clears. If it doesn't, message Support.
Next, you might want to
- You hit today's limit — here's what to doWhy the chat stopped, when it comes back, and your options until then.
- Upgrade to ProWhat Pro adds, what it costs, and how to pay monthly or yearly — on the web or from the phone or Mac app.
- Earn extra requests by reviewing or sharingLeave an honest review, or give Aligned to a pastor friend, and get extra requests on the free plan.