A token budget is the daily LLM token ceiling per tier — 50,000 for free, 200,000 for starter, 1,000,000 for pro — tracked in Redis with a 24-hour expiry to cap runaway spend.
Last verified: April 2026
What is Token Budget?
A token budget is the daily LLM token ceiling per tier — 50,000 for free, 200,000 for starter, 1,000,000 for pro — tracked in Redis with a 24-hour expiry to cap runaway spend.
The token budget is independent of the rate limit. A user can be well inside their request quota and still hit the token cap through a few long conversations. When the cap trips, the LLM gateway either routes to the Ollama fallback on starter or returns a friendly ceiling message to the user.
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Common questions about Token Budget in the AGNT platform.
A token budget is the daily LLM token ceiling per tier — 50,000 for free, 200,000 for starter, 1,000,000 for pro — tracked in Redis with a 24-hour expiry to cap runaway spend.
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Source: agnt-backend/app/core/llm_gateway.py
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