Poke Pricing and Rate Limits (2026)

Poke is an AI coding assistant with a free tier and a paid Pro plan. As of 2026, the Free plan gives you a limited number of daily requests, while the Pro plan raises those caps significantly. Rate limits reset on a 24-hour rolling window. If you hit a limit, you'll see an error in the editor and need to wait for the reset or upgrade your plan.

• Free tier: limited daily requests, access to base models only
• Pro plan: higher daily message cap, access to premium models
• Rate limits reset every 24 hours

What are Poke's plans and pricing?

Poke offers a Free plan with no credit card required, giving new users access to core features with a capped number of daily AI requests. The Pro plan is a paid monthly subscription that unlocks higher limits, faster response queues, and access to more capable underlying models. Pricing is competitive with other AI coding tools in the $10-20/month range typical for this category.

Plan	Price	Daily Requests	Model Access	Rate Limit Window
Free	$0/month	Limited (low cap)	Base models	24 hours
Pro	~$15–20/month	Higher cap	Premium models	24 hours

Check Poke's official pricing page for current rates, since prices in this category shift frequently.

How do Poke rate limits work?

Poke enforces rate limits per user account on a rolling 24-hour window. When you exhaust your daily request quota, the tool returns a rate limit error and queues or blocks further requests until the window resets. Free plan users hit this ceiling much sooner than Pro users, especially during active coding sessions with large context windows or frequent completions.

Rate limiting in AI coding tools typically operates at two levels:

• Per-minute or per-hour limits: short bursts are throttled to prevent abuse
• Daily limits: a hard cap on total requests within a 24-hour period

Poke's limits follow this two-tier structure. Heavy users on the Free plan tend to hit the daily cap before the hourly cap becomes a factor. This is similar to how Hermes handles rate limits and how Kiro structures its tiers.

What are Poke's free tier limits?

The free tier is designed for light evaluation use, not sustained daily development work. Expect a low daily request cap (typically in the range of 20-50 completions/chat turns for tools in this category), access to smaller or less capable model variants, and potential queue delays during peak hours. Free users are lower priority in the request queue than paying subscribers.

If you're doing active development work, the free tier will run out quickly, especially with tasks that require multiple back-and-forth exchanges or long-context completions.

When does Poke usage reset?

Poke's usage limits reset on a rolling 24-hour window tied to your account, not at a fixed UTC midnight. This means your reset time is roughly 24 hours after you first used up your quota. The exact reset timestamp is usually shown in the rate limit error message or your account dashboard. If you're unsure, check the error response: it typically includes a retry-after value or a human-readable reset time.

What to do when Poke rate limit is exceeded?

When Poke returns a rate limit error, you have three options: wait for the 24-hour window to reset, upgrade to the Pro plan for a higher cap, or switch to a different AI coding tool for the remainder of the day. For teams hitting limits regularly, upgrading is the most practical fix. For occasional overages, waiting is free.

• Wait: check the reset time in the error message and resume after the window clears
• Upgrade: move to Pro for a higher daily cap and priority queue access
• Switch tools temporarily: tools like Antigravity or Lovable have their own free tiers you can use as fallback

How does Poke compare to other AI coding tools on pricing?

Most AI coding tools in 2026 cluster around $15-20/month for their standard paid plan. Poke sits in that range. The main differentiators aren't price but rather how limits are structured and what happens when you exceed them.

Tool	Free Tier	Pro Price	Limit Type
Poke	Yes (capped)	~$15–20/mo	Daily requests
Cursor	Yes (2-week trial)	$20/mo	Monthly fast requests
Windsurf	Yes	$15/mo	Flow credits
Kiro	Yes	Varies	Agentic task caps

For a detailed head-to-head, see Poke vs Cursor.

Does Poke have a context window limit?

Yes. Like all AI coding tools, Poke has a context window limit determined by the underlying model it routes to. Larger contexts consume more of your rate limit quota per request, since they're more computationally expensive. On the Free plan, sending large files or long conversation histories will burn through your daily allowance faster. On Pro, the higher cap gives you more headroom for context-heavy workflows.

Keeping context lean (closing unused files, clearing conversation history periodically) helps stretch your daily quota further regardless of plan.

Key takeaways

1. Poke has a Free plan (limited daily requests) and a Pro plan (~$15-20/month) with higher caps
2. Rate limits reset on a rolling 24-hour window, not at fixed midnight UTC
3. Free tier is suitable for evaluation; Pro is needed for sustained daily use
4. Rate limit errors include a reset timestamp or retry-after value
5. Heavy context usage burns through your quota faster per request
6. Upgrading to Pro is the only way to raise your daily limit within the Poke ecosystem