Plans and billing
Last updated: 16 October 2026
Tobava AI and Tobava Search are free to use. Two optional monthly plans, AI Light and AI Plus, add more usage, more AI models and an ad-free experience. This page explains exactly what each option includes and how billing works. The current prices are always on the plans page.
Free use
| Without an account | Free account | |
|---|---|---|
| Chat messages per day | 3 (a preview; 1 in the EU, UK and Switzerland) | 10 |
| Full web searches in chat per day | 1 | 3 |
| Saved chats | No, kept in your browser only | Your 30 most recent |
| Attach images and documents | No | No |
| Ads | Sponsored cards in chat and display ads may appear | |
Free allowances reset every day at midnight UTC. When your full web searches run out, Tobava AI keeps looking things up with Tobava Search instead. On AI Light and AI Plus, the paid models search the live web whenever a question needs it, within your plan's usage allowance. When your messages run out, a panel tells you when free chat resets. Searching with Tobava Search does not use chat messages.
Paid plans
Both paid plans are billed monthly in US dollars, and both include these extras:
- Zero ads: no sponsored cards, no display ads, and plain links instead of affiliate links in search
- Your chats are never used to train AI models: messages only go to AI providers whose terms rule out training on them
- Personal details removed before your message reaches the AI provider (see Privacy and safety)
- Attach images, PDFs and Word documents
- Every chat saved, not just your latest 30
AI Light: US$7.99 a month
More room than free chat, with fast models from three AI makers.
- Fast models from GPT, Gemini and Claude
- More messages and web searches than Free
- Voice conversations with a natural voice
- Plus the shared extras above
AI Plus: US$19.99 a month
The top models from GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok, with Tobava picking the right one for you.
- Everything in AI Light
- Four top models in one place: GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok
- Tobava Auto: Tobava reads each question and sends it to the model best suited to it
- Or switch between models yourself at any time
- About twice the usage of Light
How paid usage limits work
Paid plans do not have a fixed message count. They have daily and weekly allowances for the premium AI models, which refresh through the week and depend on the model you use and the length of the conversation. Longer conversations and stronger models use more of the allowance.
- See how much you have used under Settings → Usage, shown as a percentage of today's and this week's allowance, with the time each one resets.
- Tobava warns you as you get close to an allowance.
- If you reach it, Tobava AI keeps working with Tobava's standard models until the allowance resets.
Automated, bulk or resold use of a paid plan is not permitted under the Terms.
How to upgrade
- Create a free account, or sign in if you already have one. A paid plan is attached to your Tobava account.
- Open Plans and pricing from the menu, or choose Upgrade in your account menu.
- Choose Get AI Light or Get AI Plus. You are taken to a secure checkout page to pay.
- After paying you return to Tobava. Switching your plan on can take a minute. Then open Tobava AI and choose a model from the model menu next to the chat box.
Payments are processed by our secure payment processor. Tobava never receives or stores your full card number. Tobava's Terms also note that customers in Australia are charged in Australian dollars, including GST.
Managing, changing or cancelling your plan
On the website, open Settings → Account and choose Manage plan and payment (also in your account menu). This opens the secure billing page, where you can update your card, change plan or cancel. If you choose a plan on the plans page while already subscribed, Tobava opens the same billing page instead of charging you twice.
- Upgrading from AI Light to AI Plus takes effect immediately, and you are charged the difference for the rest of the current month.
- Moving to a cheaper plan takes effect at the start of your next billing month.
- Cancelling: your plan stays active until the end of the month you have already paid for, and then does not renew. Your account returns to the free plan, and your saved chats are kept under the free plan's limits (the 30 most recent).
Renewals, receipts and failed payments
- Plans renew automatically every month on the same date, and you get an emailed receipt for each payment.
- If a payment fails, it is retried and you are told. If it still cannot be collected, the subscription may be cancelled and your account returned to the free plan.
- If plan prices go up, you will be emailed at least 30 days before the increase affects you, and you can cancel before then.
Refunds
Except where the law requires, payments are non-refundable and there are no partial refunds for unused time. This does not limit your rights under the Australian Consumer Law or other consumer protection laws that cannot be excluded, including a refund when a service has a major failure. If something looks wrong with a charge, email [email protected].
Ads on the free plan
Guests and free accounts may see one card marked Sponsored under a chat answer, display ads on some pages, and affiliate links to some shops in search results. Ads are kept separate from answers and never change what Tobava AI says or how results are ranked. Temporary chats never show sponsored cards, and they are not requested for visitors in the EU, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland. See the Ads and Affiliate Disclosure.
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