AI minutes are the single meter behind Soontra's AI work. Instead of separate counters for chat, transcription, generation, and agent tasks, everything draws from one monthly pool.
What are AI minutes
Every plan includes a monthly allowance of AI minutes:
- Starter — 600 AI minutes per month
- Creator — 4,800 AI minutes per month
- Enterprise — 20,000 AI minutes per month
- Free — 0 (the 7-day trial includes 120)
Minutes are spent on the AI work Soontra does for you — Astrono conversations, indexing, agent runs, generation, and exports. If a piece of heavy AI work doesn't finish, you aren't charged for it.
Indexing costs by file type
Indexing a file when you upload it (or later) costs:
- Video — 1 AI minute per video minute
- Audio — 0.25 AI minutes per audio minute
- Image — 0.25 AI minutes flat
- Document — 0.05 AI minutes per page
- Spreadsheet — about 0.05 AI minutes
So a 10-minute video costs 10 AI minutes to index, and a 40-minute podcast costs 10. See how AI indexing works for what those minutes buy you.
What Astrono costs
- Chat and Research mode — conversations draw from your plan's AI minutes. Everyday questions and brainstorming are on the light end of the meter.
- Agent mode — each plan-execution costs about 12 AI minutes, because Astrono plans a task, carries out the steps across your workspace, and verifies its own work.
The split is covered in detail in Research mode vs Agent mode.
Generation and export costs
- Image generation — 1.5 AI minutes per image
- Video generation — 15 AI minutes per video
- Video export — 0.5 AI minutes per output minute
Check usage and buy more
Open Settings → Usage to see your AI minutes and storage broken down for the current cycle.
If you run low, you can top up at $5 per 60 AI minutes on any paid plan — no plan change required. If you're consistently running out, moving up a tier is usually the better deal; compare allowances in plans and pricing.