How to Choose the Right Stow Plan for Your AI Workflow
The right Stow plan depends on how many services you're connecting and how many agents you're running. Here's how to think through it — and how to upgrade without downtime.
Stow plans are structured around two variables: how many services you connect and how many AI agents you manage. Understanding those limits and how they interact with your actual workflow is the key to picking the right plan — and knowing when to upgrade.
The Two Core Dimensions
Service Connections
Each connected service (Gmail, Slack, GitHub, etc.) counts against your connection limit. Connecting both Gmail and Slack = 2 connections. The limit applies to active connections — you can disconnect a service and connect a different one.
AI Agents
Each agent you create (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT) counts against your agent limit. If you use Claude at home and Cursor at work from a different network, those might need separate agent configurations with separate Security Baselines.
Matching Plans to Workflows
Personal productivity
Single user, Claude Desktop for email and docs, a few connected services (Gmail, Notion, Google Drive).
Plan fit: Entry plan. 1 agent, 3–5 service connections covers the common case.
Developer with AI coding setup
Cursor connected for development tools (GitHub, Vercel, Neon), Claude Desktop for communication services. Two agents, several connections.
Plan fit: Mid-tier plan. 2 agents, 6–8 service connections is typical for a full dev stack.
Power user / team lead
Multiple agents for different contexts (work Claude, dev Cursor, travel ChatGPT), full service stack across communication, productivity, and dev tools.
Plan fit: Higher tier. 3+ agents, 10+ connections, possibly multiple security baselines to manage.
How to Track Your Current Usage
- Navigate to Account Settings in the Stow dashboard
- The Subscription section shows your current plan, active connections count, and agent count
- The Connected Services page shows all active connections with their status
- The AI Agents page shows all configured agents
If you're approaching a limit, you'll see a usage indicator in Account Settings before you hit it — not after.
Upgrading Without Downtime
Plan upgrades take effect immediately. When you upgrade:
- Your new connection and agent limits are available instantly
- No existing connections are dropped or interrupted
- Your activity logs, permissions, and Security Baselines are preserved
- The billing change is prorated to the day — you're charged only for the upgraded period you actually use
If you're mid-month and need to add a service immediately, upgrade and the new limit applies without waiting for your billing cycle to reset.
When to Upgrade vs. When to Optimize
Before upgrading to get more connections, check whether you actually need all your current connections active. Some signals that optimization is the right move instead:
- A connected service has zero Activity Log entries in the past 30 days — you're not using it
- You connected a service "just to try it" and never configured permissions
- Two agents have nearly identical use cases and could share one agent configuration
Disconnecting an unused service frees up a connection slot at no cost. Merging agent configurations reduces your agent count. Optimize first, then upgrade if you still need more capacity.
Annual vs. Monthly Billing
Annual plans offer a meaningful discount over month-to-month billing. If you've been using Stow for more than a few months and your workflow is stable — your services are connected, your agents are configured, your permissions are set — annual billing is usually the right call.
If you're still experimenting with which services to connect or how many agents you need, stay monthly until your setup stabilizes.
Stow Security Team
April 19, 2026