Limits and quotas
What's allowed on each plan, and how long your decks stick around.
2anki.net is free for the conversion features. The limits below keep the hosted service fast for everyone. If you self-host, you can change them — see self-hosting.
Cards per month
| Plan | Cards per month |
|---|---|
| Anonymous (no account) | 21 per conversion |
| Free account | 100 per month |
| Subscription / Lifetime | Unlimited |
The free monthly limit counts cards across every conversion path — file uploads, .zip, Notion, all of them — not just Notion. The counter resets at the start of each calendar month.
Without an account, each conversion is capped at 21 cards. When a single file makes more, we keep it for 24 hours: create a free account to download the deck, up to 100 cards per month.
File size
| Plan | Max upload size |
|---|---|
| Free | 100 MB per request |
| Subscription / Lifetime | ~10 GB per request |
Free covers anonymous and signed-in users without a paid plan.
PDF pages
| Plan | Max pages per PDF |
|---|---|
| Free | 100 |
| Subscription / Lifetime | No fixed cap |
PDFs over the free limit return: PDF exceeds maximum page limit of 100 for free and anonymous users.
AI-generated flashcards
The Use Claude AI card option is a Subscription / Lifetime feature. Free accounts see the toggle but the conversion falls back to the standard parser.
Chat
The Chat study assistant is part of every paid plan — Subscription, Day Pass, and Lifetime. On a free account, past conversations stay readable and decks you already made stay downloadable; sending messages requires a plan.
| Free | Paid plans | |
|---|---|---|
| Messages | — (past chats stay readable) | Uses AI credits |
| Message length | — | 100 000 characters |
Mind maps
| Plan | Saved maps | Nodes per map |
|---|---|---|
| Free account | 3 | 50 |
| Subscription | 25 | 250 |
| Lifetime / Auto Sync | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Deleting a map frees a slot right away — there's no monthly window. See Mind maps.
Photo to deck
Free accounts can turn 5 photos into decks per month. Subscription and Lifetime draw on AI credits instead of the free monthly count. See Photo to deck.
PDF print export
Free accounts get 1 PDF export per month. Subscription and Lifetime are unlimited. See Print or export to PDF.
Image occlusion
Free accounts can build up to 3 images per deck. Subscription and Lifetime allow up to 20 uploaded images at a time. See Image occlusion.
Storage
What "storage" means depends on which path you used.
File upload (no Claude AI)
Your file lives on disk only long enough to build the deck. The .apkg is sent straight back as the response — we don't keep a copy. The temporary working files are wiped after two hours. One exception: when an upload without an account goes over the 21-card cap, we keep the file for 24 hours so the deck can be built after you sign up. The nightly cleanup deletes it within a day after that.
Plan: any (anonymous, Free account, Subscription, Lifetime — same window for all).
Notion convert and Claude AI uploads
These paths build your deck in the background and store the .apkg in our bucket so you can re-download it from My Decks and so sync has something to update.
| Plan | How long your decks stay in the bucket |
|---|---|
| Free account | Removed in the next daily cleanup (within 24 hours). |
| Subscription | Kept for as long as your subscription is active. |
| Lifetime (Patreon) | Kept indefinitely. |
If your subscription lapses, your stored decks are removed in the next daily cleanup — re-convert and they come back. You can also delete a deck yourself from My Decks at any time.
Free vs paid
Free covers the conversion paths most people need: drag in a file, get a deck back. The paid plans add AI-generated flashcards, larger uploads, longer storage, and Notion sync.
| Capability | Free | Subscription | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cards per month | 100 (21 anonymous) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Anonymous file upload | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Account features (history, favorites, templates) | sign-in required | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-generated flashcards (Claude) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chat (study assistant) | — | AI credits | AI credits |
| Long-term deck storage | 24 h | active sub | indefinite |
| Auto Sync (Notion → Anki) | — | by request | ✓ |
Auto Sync isn't on the pricing page. On any subscription, email support@2anki.net and we'll switch it on for your account. See the pricing page for the current plan list. Privacy details — what we read, what we don't — are on the privacy policy.
If something looks wrong, contact us.