Quota System & Usage Limitations
How do quotas work?
Usage limitations on Mammouth are defined per session. Quotas are fully renewed after 3 hours.
Different subscription plans (Starter, Standard, and Expert) have different usage allocations.
What consumes quotas?
Your consumption within a session depends on several factors:
| Factor | Description |
|---|---|
| Message length | The longer your messages, the more they consume. The length of responses also counts. |
| Document size | Files and images added to the conversation impact your consumption |
| Conversation length | The longer a conversation gets, the more costly each exchange becomes (accumulated context is sent with each message) |
| Tool usage | Tools like web search or document generation consume additional quota |
| Model chosen | More powerful models consume more quota |
| Mammouth instructions | Mammouth instructions are included in each request and impact consumption |
The model threshold principle
Mammouth is designed so that you are not interrupted in your work. When you reach a model's quota, Mammouth automatically switches to a lighter model for the rest of your exchanges.
Concrete example:
You use Claude Opus and reach the threshold → Claude Sonnet takes over
You continue and reach the Claude Sonnet threshold → Claude Haiku takes over
This way, you can always continue working, even during heavy use.
Choosing the right plan
Mammouth offers several plans adapted to different usage levels:
| Plan | Quota | For whom? |
|---|---|---|
| 🌱 Starter | Reference | Daily consumer usage — 80% of individual users prefer this plan |
| ⚡ Standard | 3× the Starter | Intensive users who want more flexibility without worrying about session limits — 50% of companies prefer this plan |
| 🚀 Expert | 10× the Starter | Professionals and power users with significant and regular needs |
💡 The quantity/price ratio improves significantly with higher plans: the Expert plan offers 10 times more quota for only 6 times the Starter price.
Document-related limitations
Input size and volume
- Maximum document content per request: 4,000,000 characters (combined across all documents being ingested)
Supported files
- A wide range of file formats is supported (documents, spreadsheets, presentations, code, images, audio, video, and more)
See the detail list here.
File limits per conversations
- Maximum 20 files
- Maximum total size: 100 MB (all files combined)
- Maximum size per PDF: 100 MB
- Maximum size per image: 30 MB
- Maximum size per other non-PDF file (documents, video, audio): 20 MB
Special cases
- PDFs containing only images (e.g., scanned PDFs, requiring OCR):
- limited to 50 pages
- limited to 20MB
💡 For large files, compress or split them before uploading. For PDFs above 100MB, upload the
docxortxtfile instead.
Tips to optimize your consumption
🎯 Be precise and concise
Formulate clear and detailed instructions from the first message. Avoid vague requests that require back-and-forth clarification — each additional message consumes quotas.
💾 Use custom Mammouths for persistent context
If you need a document or instruction to be used across multiple conversations or throughout a long conversation, save it in a custom Mammouth. This avoids sending the same information repeatedly.
👉 Learn more about custom Mammouths
✏️ Review before sending
Take a moment to check the clarity and completeness of your message before sending it. A well-formulated prompt from the start reduces the number of messages needed and preserves your quota.
💡 If you regularly reach your limits, consider exploring Mammouth's higher plans for extended quotas.