# Plans & Feature Comparison > Compare Glow Free allowances, paid resource capacity, and Run for each item limits. Glow bills resource capacity per workspace. Eligible Free workspaces receive **5,000 Step credits**, **1,000,000 Glow AI tokens**, and **1 GB of retained file storage**. Paid subscriptions let you choose an allocation for each resource, with no separate base platform fee. Allowances are shared across the workspace, not granted separately to each member or workflow. Step credits and AI tokens replenish monthly; storage is standing capacity. ## Plan Comparison at a Glance | Resource or limit | Free | Paid self-service | | :---------------------------------- | :---------------- | :-------------------------- | | **Step credits** | 5,000 / month | 10,000 to 2,500,000 / month | | **Glow AI tokens** | 1,000,000 / month | 2.5M to 2.5B / month | | **Retained file storage** | 1 GB | 1 GB to 10 TB | | **Run for each item: batch size** | Up to 50 items | Up to 1,000 items | | **Run for each item: concurrency** | 1 item at a time | Up to 5 items in parallel | | **Run for each item: item retries** | Not available | Configurable | The Free amounts apply to workspaces with a Free allowance. Creating another workspace does not grant another Free allowance. See the eligibility rules below. > **Use the checkout quote for the subscription price.** A paid subscription > includes a selected allocation for all three resources. A price shown for one > resource is only that component's price, not the total subscription price. > Review the itemized quote and applicable tax before purchasing. ## The Free Plan Use the Free allowances to build and test workflows, then monitor consumption in **Billing & Usage → Usage**. - **Step credits:** Cover chargeable workflow work at the applicable Step rate. Not every Step costs one credit, and failed work can be chargeable. - **Glow AI tokens:** Cover Glow-managed AI usage, including Workflow Assistant. Hosted AI generation does not also incur ordinary Step credits, though other work in the workflow can. - **File storage:** Covers retained workspace files. A monthly allowance reset does not delete those files. See [Step Credits, Tokens & Storage](/manage/billing/credits-and-allowances) for metering rules. ### Creating and joining workspaces Free includes one owned workspace. Joining someone else's workspace does not use your eligibility to create your first workspace, including when you join as an Admin. Membership does not grant a separate allowance within that workspace. | What you want to do | What to expect | | :------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Create your first workspace | Eligible accounts receive the Free allowances shown above. | | Create another workspace while you already own one | An owned workspace must have a current paid prepaid subscription. Being an invited Admin of someone else's paid workspace does not qualify. | | Use the additional workspace | It does not receive another Free allowance or share the existing workspace's subscription. Purchase capacity for it separately. | | Replace a deleted workspace | If you no longer own an existing workspace, you can create a replacement. Deletion does not reset your Free eligibility; choose a prepaid subscription for the replacement. | | Leave a workspace you created | Leaving does not make it a deleted workspace or free your creation slot. | If creation is blocked, use **Upgrade workspace** when offered. If you no longer have access to an owned workspace, ask one of its Admins to restore your access so you can upgrade it. ### Monthly resets and exhausted balances For workspaces with a Free allowance, Step credits and Glow AI tokens replenish on the workspace's monthly reset date. Unused consumable allowances do not roll over. A monthly reset does not give an unfunded additional or replacement workspace a new Free allowance. When a resource is exhausted, new work requiring it is blocked. Restoring capacity lets eligible work run again, but does not guarantee replay of missed events or completion of a stopped run. Follow [Usage Controls & Recovery](/manage/billing/usage-controls-and-recovery). ## When to Scale to a Paid Plan Choose resource amounts under **Billing & Usage → Usage** or **Pricing**. The selection covers all three resources, even when only one resource prompted the upgrade. ### Higher execution volume Increase Step credits when measured usage approaches the monthly allowance. Estimate from chargeable work and retries rather than the number of Steps on the canvas. ### Parallel batch processing Paid workspaces can process up to 1,000 items with [Run for each item](/build/action-steps/loops/run-for-each-item), with up to five items in parallel and configurable item retries. Concurrency is a limit, not a speed guarantee: provider rate limits and each item's work affect completion time. These are not general limits for every kind of loop. ### Larger AI workloads Increase Glow AI tokens for hosted prompts, transformations, agent runs, and Workflow Assistant usage. Review the change quote for the amount due now and effective timing. An increase does not guarantee uninterrupted execution if another allowance or safeguard is reached. ### Storage expansion Increase retained storage when the workspace needs more file capacity. Storage does not reset monthly. If usage exceeds capacity, free space or increase capacity before uploading more files. ## Enterprise & Custom Requirements If you need resource amounts beyond the self-service choices, select **Talk to us** in the Billing panel or contact your account team. Confirm available allocations and commercial terms before planning a deployment around them. An MSP management grant does not consolidate prepaid billing. Each prepaid client workspace uses its own purchased balances. ## What's Next? - **[Purchasing & Changing Amounts](/manage/billing/subscription-plans)**: Adjust resource amounts and review a quote. - **[Step Credits, Tokens & Storage](/manage/billing/credits-and-allowances)**: Understand consumption and estimate usage. - **[System Limits & Quotas](/reference/system-limits)**: Check technical execution limits.