How tokens are spent

Tokens are what Sentir spends. Your plan gives you tokens every month and you can buy more. One token reads up to 1,000 posts and comments, across all platforms.

A search

When it starts, the search holds its token cap. The cap is your account’s (10 by default, change it under Account) or the one you type in the form for that search.
While it runs, it reads up to that cap. What the cap doesn’t allow stays unread.
When it ends, it charges only what it read: 1 token per 1,000 posts and comments, rounded up, at least 1 token.
The rest of the hold goes back to your balance.

Example: you hold 10 tokens and the search reads 3,200 posts and comments. 4 tokens are charged and 6 come back.

A comparison

A comparison always costs the same: 5 tokens. The AI reads the two finished reports; it reads no new posts. Reopening a comparison that already exists costs nothing.

A head-to-head reads two subjects at once. Each side has its own cap, so the hold is twice the cap.

A daily tracking

Each day of a tracking is a search of the day before and pays for itself.

The first day runs when you create it. The others run at 6:00 in your time zone.
Each day holds the tracking’s cap, charges what it read and gives the rest back.
A day with no tokens is skipped. The tracking carries on by itself on the next day you have tokens.
Pausing a tracking spends nothing. Stopping it cancels the waiting day and gives its tokens back.

When tokens come back

What happened	What happens to the tokens
The search failed on our side	All come back
You cancel it before it starts	All come back
You cancel it while it is reading	What it read is charged (at least 1), the rest comes back
You delete it while it runs	It is cancelled first, with the rule above, then erased
You delete it after it finished	Nothing changes: what was charged stays charged

Limits

The cap per search goes from 1 to 1,000 tokens.
Tokens you don’t use carry over. They never expire.
The balance you see already leaves out the holds of running searches.