This article applies only to legacy plans such as Pro, Advanced, Max, the older Plus plans, and the legacy Free plan. These plans are no longer offered to new subscribers. If you're on one, you keep your plan, its limits and its features for as long as your subscription stays active.
Not on a legacy plan? Everything about the current plans (Pin Scheduling & Creation, Pinterest SEO, Pinterest Engagement and the Bundle) is in Tailwind plans and pricing.
How do I know if I'm on a legacy plan?
The quickest check works for everyone on the account: open Settings in Tailwind and look at the Settings menu.
You're on a legacy plan if your Settings menu lists Instagram accounts and Facebook pages, or your dashboard sidebar shows a Monthly posts counter. Legacy plans with unlimited posting don't show the counter.
You're on the current plans if your Settings menu has no Instagram accounts or Facebook pages entries.
If you're the account owner, you can also check Settings → Subscription & billing. The current plans show a Subscriptions section with a card for each Pinterest account and an Add module link, or a notice that your plan is billed through Shopify. A legacy plan shows a single Subscription section with a Plan name. Team members who aren't the account owner can't open this page.
Not sure? Send us a message or email [email protected] and we'll check for you.
What to know if you're on a legacy plan
Nothing changes automatically. You keep your plan, its limits and its features for as long as your subscription stays active.
You can still move between legacy plans. Paying legacy subscribers can switch between Pro, Advanced and Max from the Upgrade page.
If you cancel or downgrade to Free, you can reactivate any time before your plan's end date. Once the plan has ended it can't be restarted.
Upgrading again later: you'll usually choose from the current plans. If Instagram or Facebook is connected to your account, or no Pinterest account is connected, your Upgrade page still shows legacy plans.
Legacy and current plans can't be combined, and once you switch to the current plans you can't return to a legacy plan.
What does my legacy plan include?
Legacy plans differ in their monthly post allowance, credits, number of accounts and number of users, and the exact amounts depend on when you subscribed. On a legacy plan, scheduling uses your monthly post allowance rather than credits, and the Monthly posts counter in your dashboard shows how many you have left.
Pro and Advanced include a fixed monthly post allowance, shown on the Monthly posts counter.
Max includes unlimited posting across up to three Pinterest and three Instagram profiles for one price.
Legacy Plus plans include unlimited Pins or Posts and are paid per social account.
Pins scheduled through an AI assistant or the Tailwind API count toward the same monthly post allowance. A request that would go over it is refused with an HTTP 402 response and the reason legacy_post_limit_exceeded.
To see exactly what your plan includes, open Settings → Subscription & billing, or ask us at [email protected].
Tailwind credits on a legacy plan
Your monthly Tailwind credits are set by your plan and are used by features like Ghostwriter, SmartPin and Turbo. Scheduling a Pin uses your monthly post allowance, not credits.
Your credits are one shared pool across all the Pinterest accounts on your Tailwind login. They are not divided up per account.
If you run out, you can buy more: click Buy credits above the Tailwind credits counter in your dashboard sidebar. Purchased credits roll over to future months; your monthly credits don't.
You can turn automatic refills on or off with the Auto-refill Tailwind credits toggle in Settings → Subscription & billing. When it's on, Tailwind buys 100 credits for $10 when a Turbo boost needs more credits than you have left. There is no monthly limit on the number of automatic refills.
Nothing else triggers an automatic refill on a legacy plan, including SmartPin and Ghostwriter, so your balance can still run down to zero with the toggle switched on. If most of your credits go to SmartPin, keep an eye on your balance and top up manually when it runs low.
For how credits work in general, see What are Tailwind Credits?
Legacy Free plan limits
The legacy Free plan includes:
5 posts per month, combined across all connected Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook profiles.
5 Tailwind credits per month (formerly AI credits), used by Ghostwriter, SmartPin and Turbo.
What happens if I'm at my limit?
New post scheduling and new content generation are unavailable until your monthly reset or until you upgrade.
Note: Buying extra Tailwind credits won't increase your monthly post limit. Credits and posts are separate, and credits only cover features like SmartPin and Ghostwriter. If you're blocked from scheduling because you've reached your post limit, only your next monthly reset or an upgrade will unblock you.
When do my limits reset?
On your monthly reset date and time. The exact reset time depends on your plan type and billing history, and can differ from your original signup time if your account has ever upgraded or renewed. For example, on the legacy Free plan, if you signed up on the 15th of the month at 10:00 AM CST, your limits reset at that same time every month. If a month doesn't have that calendar day (for example, a Jan 31 start), the reset happens on the last day of the shorter month (Feb 28). Resets happen on the same date and time regardless of weekends or holidays, and the date can't be changed.
Note: To see your exact reset date, hover over the Monthly posts or Tailwind credits counter in your dashboard's left sidebar.
Do unused posts or Tailwind credits roll over?
Unused monthly posts and monthly credits do not roll over to the next month. Credits you purchased do.
Understanding your Monthly posts counter
The Monthly posts bar in your dashboard sidebar shows how many posts you have used in the current billing period, including posts that have already published and posts scheduled to publish during this period. Available is how many you can still schedule or publish before your reset. Posts scheduled to publish after your next reset count toward the next period instead.
Changing or upgrading a legacy plan
If you're paying for Pro, Advanced or Max, you can still switch between them, or downgrade to Free:
Click Upgrade in your dashboard, or go to your Account Settings, open the Accounts section and click Change Plan.
Choose See All Plans (to switch legacy plans) or Downgrade.
Select the plan you want and your billing frequency, then review the Confirmation Page, which shows how many days remain and what will change on your account.
Confirm your payment details and click Activate Plan. If you're downgrading, click Downgrade my plan to stop future billing.
Upgrades take effect immediately.
Want to switch from annual to monthly billing? There's no self-serve way to change your billing cycle on an active subscription. Contact [email protected] and we'll switch you to monthly billing.
Adding more profiles on a legacy plan
Each legacy plan includes a set number of profiles, and Advanced and Max include more than Pro.
Pro or Advanced: to add more, you can move to a larger legacy plan from the Upgrade page, or contact [email protected] to discuss switching to the current plans.
Max: Max is the largest legacy plan, so there is no larger plan to move to. Contact support at [email protected] to purchase an additional profile for your current Max plan. This is handled by our support team rather than self-serve.
Connecting Instagram or Facebook on a legacy plan
Instagram and Facebook can only be connected on legacy plans. In Settings, open Instagram accounts and click Add Instagram account, or open Facebook pages and click Connect Facebook page. If you don't see these sections in Settings, they aren't available on your account. For Facebook, see How do I connect my Facebook page to my Tailwind account?
Cancelling a legacy plan
When you cancel a legacy plan, you keep access until the end of the period you've already paid for, on monthly and annual plans alike, and you won't be charged again. No refunds are provided for unused subscription time, so cancel before your renewal date to avoid a charge. Once the plan ends, your account moves to the Free plan. Two exceptions end access right away: cancelling during a free trial, and cancelling while your account is past due.
You can start from Settings → Subscription & billing, where a legacy plan shows a Downgrade subscription option, or follow these steps:
Go to your Account Settings.
Select any of the profiles on your account, then click the Change Plan button at the top right of the Account box and choose Downgrade.
On the Downgrade page, select the Free plan, then click Cancel my plan. Give a reason for cancelling and select Continue, then Cancel my plan to finish.
The Confirmation page shows how many days you have left until the cancellation is final and what will change on your account.
A plan for each profile? If you have a separate legacy plan for each individual profile, click the profile name to cancel the plan for that profile. To cancel everything, downgrade each profile individually.
If you see "Update Billing Info" instead of "Downgrade": we were unable to process your most recent payment and your account has a past-due balance. Contact our support team and we can cancel the account for you. When a past-due subscription is cancelled, the cancellation takes effect immediately, no further payment attempts are made, and the unpaid balance from the past-due period is not collected.
Legacy Unlimited PowerUp Bundle: downgrading isn't available as a self-serve option. Send us a message in the app or at [email protected] with a short reason for downgrading, and we'll process it for you. You'll keep access until the end of your current billing period.
Moving to the current plans
Contact us at [email protected] and we'll help you switch. Before you do, note that:
The current plans are for Pinterest. Scheduling to Instagram and Facebook is available only on legacy plans.
The current plans are priced per Pinterest account and use Tailwind credits instead of a monthly post allowance.
Once you switch, you can't return to a legacy plan.
Compare the current plans in Tailwind plans and pricing.
Paying for a legacy plan
Legacy plans renew automatically and are charged to the payment method on your account. You can pay by credit or debit card or with PayPal. To change your payment method, see How do I update my credit card information? For the payment methods we accept, see What payment methods does Tailwind accept?