# About membership and subscription?

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I want to buy a $9 membership, but…?

Is there a usage limit, or is it the same as the token system?

Because I read the features and didn’t see anything that mentioned that.

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Information might be scattered and hard to gather…  
If you’re unsure, ask Hugging Face: [website@huggingface.co](mailto:website@huggingface.co)

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## Free vs PRO ($9/month) on Hugging Face

### The quick summary

- **Free** : great for downloading/using open models + light usage of hosted features.
- **PRO** : **more quota + higher limits** , and (importantly) **some services keep working after the included credits**.

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## Side-by-side (most practical differences)

| What you care about | **Free** | **PRO** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Inference Providers (API credits/month)** | **$0.10** | **$2.00** ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/pricing "Pricing and Billing")) |
| **After credits run out (Inference Providers)** | **Stops** (no pay-as-you-go) | **Continues** (pay-as-you-go) ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/pricing "Pricing and Billing")) |
| **ZeroGPU on Spaces (daily GPU time + priority)** | **3.5 min/day** , medium priority | **25 min/day** , highest priority ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces")) |
| **Hub storage (private)** | **100GB** | **1TB included** (+ pay-as-you-go above) ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/storage-limits "Storage limits")) |
| **Hub storage (public)** | Best-effort (often up to ~5TB for impactful work) | **Up to 10TB included** ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/storage-limits "Storage limits")) |
| **Hub rate limits (typical API/download limits)** | API: **1,000 / 5 min** | API: **2,500 / 5 min** ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/rate-limits "Hub Rate limits")) |

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## What “usage limit” means (in plain terms)

### 1) If you’re calling models via **Inference Providers (API)**

This is a **monthly $-credit system** (not “unlimited tokens”):

- Free: **$0.10/month** , then you can’t keep going via HF billing.
- PRO: **$2.00/month** , then **pay-as-you-go**. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/pricing "Pricing and Billing"))

### 2) If you’re using **Spaces ZeroGPU**

This is a **daily GPU-minutes quota** :

- Free: **3.5 minutes/day**
- PRO: **25 minutes/day**
- Reset: **24 hours after your first GPU usage** ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces"))

**About “8× vs 5× vs 7×”** : the subscribe page currently says **“8× daily usage quota”** ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/subscribe/pro "Hugging Face – The AI community building the future.")), while the ZeroGPU docs also mention **“x7 more”** and show the concrete numbers (3.5 → 25 minutes/day ≈ 7.1×). ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces"))  
If you want the reliable answer: **use the minutes/day**.

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## PRO includes (non-quota features)

Examples from HF’s PRO page include **Dev Mode** , **private dataset viewer** , and **early feature access**. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/subscribe/pro "Hugging Face – The AI community building the future."))

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## Key takeaway

If your main goal is **hosted inference/API** , PRO is mostly about:

- **a bit more included credit**
- **and pay-as-you-go so you don’t hit a hard stop** ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/pricing "Pricing and Billing"))

If your main goal is **Spaces (ZeroGPU)**, PRO is mostly about:

- **25 minutes/day** + **highest priority**. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces"))