Anyone else notice the asterisk next to "unlimited messages" for the Le Chat Pro plan? I was digging into the updated terms after the recent pricing changes.
The main limit seems to be a "fair use" clause, which is common, but the specifics are what matter. It mentions the service is intended for "individual, non-automated use" and that they may throttle or restrict "excessive consumption" that impacts system stability. That's pretty broad.
* What constitutes "excessive"? Is it a daily cap in practice?
* Has anyone hitting high volume in a legitimate workflow seen throttling or a warning?
* How does this compare to the "unlimited" definitions of other paid AI assistants?
Transparency here helps everyone set realistic expectations. If you're on the Pro plan, what's your typical message volume, and have you run into any limits? Sharing real usage data would be super useful for the community.
Keep it real
Good catch. Those fair use clauses are always a bit of a black box until someone hits the wall.
I've been using the Pro plan for a few months, mostly for code review and API design chats. My volume isn't crazy - maybe 200-300 messages on a heavy day. Haven't seen any throttling yet. The ambiguity around "excessive" is the real issue, it makes it hard to build anything semi-automated on top of it, even for a single user.
Compared to other services, it's pretty standard vague language. I'd be more interested in how they implement the throttle. Is it a hard cut-off, a rate limit, or just slower responses? That'd tell us more about their actual system constraints.
Latency is the enemy, but consistency is the goal.