Check your usage

For agents

Guide: Check your usage

This page: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/account/check-your-usage

Topic: Account, plans and credits

Time: about 2 minutes

Who can do it: Owner

Author: https://anantgupta.xyz (Anant Gupta, founder of CommentWatchDog)

Start in the app: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/settings/account

Result when done: You know how much of the month is used and where it went.

Context: The Account tab has two tiles under Usage this period: Comments, for what moderation checked, and AI credits, for what the AI wrote. Insights explains the first: which pages, which days, and how much came from one-time cleanups rather than daily moderation. Where it went, on the AI credits tile, explains the second.

Before you start

1. The meter resets at the start of each billing period.

2. Insights splits live moderation from post cleanup.

3. Usage alerts are an email switch you can turn on.

Steps

Step 1 of 3: Read your usage.

Where: Settings, Account, under Usage this period. The Comments tile reads used against the allowance, and the line at the top right of the block says when it resets. The second tile, AI credits, reads the same way, and Where it went on that tile opens the list of what used them.

Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/settings/account (Open Account)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/account.en.webp (Usage this period: the Comments tile.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/account-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/account.en.webp (The AI credits tile, with Where it went.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/account-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)

You should see: One number for the whole workspace, and the date it resets.

Step 2 of 3: Find out where it went.

Where: Insights, with the range set to this period. Comments handled is the volume, with its live and cleanup parts under the number; the switch beside Daily activity shows the chart for either one.

Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/inbox/insights (Open Insights)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/insights-30d.en.webp (Where it went, in Insights.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/insights-30d-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)

You should see: Which days and which source consumed the allowance.

Step 3 of 3: Turn on the warning.

Where: Settings, Notifications, Usage alerts. It emails you as you approach the limit.

Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/settings/notifications (Open Notifications)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/notifications.en.webp (Usage alerts.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/notifications-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)

You should see: A heads-up before anything pauses.

If something is off

Problem: The meter looks wrong

Fix: It counts comments processed in this billing period, not comments in your inbox.

Problem: One page uses everything

Fix: Open that page from the sidebar, then its Insights tab. A busy ad is the usual cause.

Problem: I want to slow it down

Fix: Pause a page you are not watching closely, or narrow moderation scope to ads only.

Common questions

Question: When does the usage meter reset?

Answer: At the start of each billing period. The Comments tile on Settings, Account reads used against the allowance, and the line beside Usage this period says when it resets.

Question: Will CommentWatchDog warn me before I run out of comments?

Answer: Yes, when Usage alerts is on: Settings, Notifications, Usage alerts emails you as you approach the limit. At 90 percent you get a heads-up; at 100 percent processing pauses until you upgrade or the period rolls.

Question: Can I see how much of my usage came from post cleanups?

Answer: Yes. Open Insights with the range set to this period: Comments handled is the volume, with its live and cleanup parts under the number, and the switch beside Daily activity shows the chart for either one, so you see which days and which source used the allowance.

Question: Do I have to be the owner to check usage?

Answer: Yes, for the meter. Only the owner sees Settings, Account, where the Comments tile shows one number for the whole workspace and the date it resets. Anyone on the team can open Insights for the volume behind it.

Related guides

What a credit is and how it is spent: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/account/what-a-credit-is-and-how-it-is-spent

Upgrade or downgrade: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/account/upgrade-or-downgrade

The four counts, and the live and cleanup split: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/insights/the-four-counts-and-the-live-and-cleanup-split

Plain text of this guide: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/account/check-your-usage.md

All guides for assistants: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/llms.txt