{"slug":"account-limits","title":"Account Limits","description":"Understand resource limits and how to request increases for your projects.","section":"Account & Billing","url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/account-limits","markdown_url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/account-limits.md","breadcrumbs":[{"title":"Account & Billing","slug":null},{"title":"Account Limits","slug":"account-limits"}],"headings":[{"level":1,"title":"Account Limits","id":"account-limits"},{"level":2,"title":"What are Account Limits?","id":"what-are-account-limits"},{"level":2,"title":"Default Limits","id":"default-limits"},{"level":2,"title":"Viewing Your Limits","id":"viewing-your-limits"},{"level":3,"title":"Usage Display","id":"usage-display"},{"level":2,"title":"What Happens When You Hit a Limit?","id":"what-happens-when-you-hit-a-limit"},{"level":2,"title":"Requesting Limit Increases","id":"requesting-limit-increases"},{"level":3,"title":"How to Request","id":"how-to-request"},{"level":3,"title":"Justification Tips","id":"justification-tips"},{"level":3,"title":"Review Process","id":"review-process"},{"level":3,"title":"Approval Factors","id":"approval-factors"},{"level":3,"title":"Common Approval Scenarios","id":"common-approval-scenarios"},{"level":2,"title":"Managing Within Limits","id":"managing-within-limits"},{"level":3,"title":"VPS Instances","id":"vps-instances"},{"level":3,"title":"Database Instances","id":"database-instances"},{"level":3,"title":"Cache Instances","id":"cache-instances"},{"level":3,"title":"Firewalls","id":"firewalls"},{"level":3,"title":"Snapshots","id":"snapshots"},{"level":2,"title":"Limit Increase Pricing","id":"limit-increase-pricing"},{"level":2,"title":"Project-Specific Limits","id":"project-specific-limits"},{"level":2,"title":"Higher Tiers","id":"higher-tiers"},{"level":2,"title":"Temporary Limit Increases","id":"temporary-limit-increases"},{"level":3,"title":"Scenarios","id":"scenarios"},{"level":3,"title":"Request Process","id":"request-process"},{"level":3,"title":"Post-Event","id":"post-event"},{"level":2,"title":"Frequently Asked Questions","id":"frequently-asked-questions"},{"level":3,"title":"Why do limits exist?","id":"why-do-limits-exist"},{"level":3,"title":"Can I get instant limit increases?","id":"can-i-get-instant-limit-increases"},{"level":3,"title":"What if I need resources urgently?","id":"what-if-i-need-resources-urgently"},{"level":3,"title":"Do limits reset?","id":"do-limits-reset"},{"level":3,"title":"Can I decrease my limits?","id":"can-i-decrease-my-limits"},{"level":3,"title":"Do limits apply to snapshots?","id":"do-limits-apply-to-snapshots"},{"level":3,"title":"Are there bandwidth limits?","id":"are-there-bandwidth-limits"},{"level":3,"title":"Are there API rate limits?","id":"are-there-api-rate-limits"},{"level":2,"title":"Best Practices","id":"best-practices"},{"level":3,"title":"Plan Ahead","id":"plan-ahead"},{"level":3,"title":"Be Realistic","id":"be-realistic"},{"level":3,"title":"Clean Up Regularly","id":"clean-up-regularly"},{"level":3,"title":"Use Multiple Projects","id":"use-multiple-projects"},{"level":3,"title":"Document Growth","id":"document-growth"},{"level":2,"title":"Monitoring Your Limits","id":"monitoring-your-limits"},{"level":2,"title":"Next Steps","id":"next-steps"}],"format":"markdown","word_count":1270,"content":"# Account Limits\n\nUnderstand resource limits and how to request increases for your projects.\n\n## What are Account Limits?\n\nAccount limits are restrictions on the number of resources you can create per project. They help:\n\n- Prevent abuse and spam\n- Ensure platform stability\n- Manage resource allocation\n- Control costs\n\nLimits are **per project**, not per account.\n\n## Default Limits\n\nEvery new project on the **Starter** (default) tier starts with these limits. Higher account tiers raise these limits.\n\n| Resource Type | Default Limit |\n|--------------|---------------|\n| VPS Instances | 3 |\n| Database Instances | 5 |\n| Cache Instances | 5 |\n| Firewalls | 10 |\n| SSH Keys | 25 |\n| Snapshots | 50 per instance |\n| Team Members | 10 |\n| Projects per User | 5 |\n\n## Viewing Your Limits\n\nCheck current limits and usage:\n\n1. Navigate to **Account Limits** in the main menu\n2. View all limits for the current project\n3. See current usage vs. limit for each resource\n4. Visual progress bars show utilization\n\n### Usage Display\n\nFor each resource type, you'll see:\n- **Current Usage**: How many you're using now\n- **Limit**: Maximum allowed\n- **Percentage**: Usage as a percentage\n- **Status**: Color-coded indicator\n  - 🟢 Green: Under 70% usage\n  - 🟡 Yellow: 70-90% usage\n  - 🔴 Red: 90-100% usage\n\n## What Happens When You Hit a Limit?\n\nWhen you reach a limit:\n\n1. **Creation Blocked**: You cannot create more of that resource\n2. **Error Message**: Clear message explaining the limit\n3. **Request Option**: Link to request an increase\n4. **Existing Resources**: Continue working normally\n\n**Example**: If you have 3 VPS instances (the Starter limit) and try to create a 4th, you'll see:\n\n```\nYou've reached the limit of 3 VPS instances for this project.\nPlease request a limit increase or delete unused instances.\n```\n\n## Requesting Limit Increases\n\nNeed more resources? Request an increase:\n\n### How to Request\n\n1. Go to **Account Limits**\n2. Find the resource type you need to increase\n3. Click **Request Increase**\n4. Fill out the form:\n   - **Resource Type**: Pre-filled\n   - **Current Limit**: Shown for reference\n   - **Requested Limit**: Enter your desired limit\n   - **Justification**: Explain why you need the increase\n5. Click **Submit Request**\n\n### Justification Tips\n\nBe specific and provide context:\n\n**Good Examples**:\n- \"Expanding production deployment from 5 to 15 microservices\"\n- \"Onboarding 3 new major clients, need 20 database instances\"\n- \"Scaling read operations, need 8 database replicas\"\n\n**Poor Examples**:\n- \"Need more\"\n- \"Testing\"\n- \"Just in case\"\n\n### Review Process\n\n1. **Submission**: Request submitted immediately\n2. **Review**: Our team reviews within 24-48 hours\n3. **Decision**: Approved or denied with feedback\n4. **Notification**: Email notification of decision\n5. **Applied**: If approved, new limit applied immediately\n\n### Approval Factors\n\nWe consider:\n\n- **Account Age**: Established accounts get priority\n- **Payment History**: Good standing helps\n- **Current Usage**: Are you using existing resources?\n- **Justification**: Clear business need\n- **Request Size**: Reasonable increases approved faster\n- **Resource Type**: Some resources easier to increase\n\n### Common Approval Scenarios\n\n**Usually Approved**:\n- 2-3x current limit\n- Clear business justification\n- Good account standing\n- Reasonable resource request\n\n**May Require Discussion**:\n- 5x+ current limit\n- Very new accounts\n- Payment issues\n- Vague justification\n\n**Typically Denied**:\n- Speculative \"just in case\" requests\n- No clear justification\n- Recent account with no usage\n- Outstanding payment issues\n\n## Managing Within Limits\n\nCan't wait for approval? Optimize your usage:\n\n### VPS Instances\n\n**Consolidate**:\n- Use containers instead of separate VPS\n- Run multiple services per VPS\n- Use orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)\n\n**Clean Up**:\n- Delete unused development/test instances\n- Remove old staging environments\n- Archive old projects\n\n### Database Instances\n\n**Optimize**:\n- Use one database with multiple schemas\n- Share databases across applications\n- Use read replicas instead of separate instances\n\n**Clean Up**:\n- Remove unused test databases\n- Archive old project databases\n- Consolidate similar databases\n\n### Cache Instances\n\n**Consolidate**:\n- Use Redis databases (0-15 per instance)\n- Share cache instance across applications\n- Use key prefixes for separation\n\n**Clean Up**:\n- Remove development cache instances\n- Delete unused staging caches\n\n### Firewalls\n\n**Reuse**:\n- One firewall can attach to multiple instances\n- Create shared firewalls for common use cases\n- Use templates for similar configurations\n\n**Clean Up**:\n- Delete unused firewalls\n- Consolidate similar firewalls\n\n### Snapshots\n\n**Manage**:\n- Delete old snapshots regularly\n- Keep only necessary recovery points\n- Use automated cleanup policies\n\n## Limit Increase Pricing\n\n**Limit increases are free**. There's no charge for raising your limits.\n\nYou only pay for the resources you actually use, not for the limit itself.\n\n**Example**: \n- Default limit: 10 databases\n- Increased to: 50 databases\n- You create: 12 databases\n- You pay for: 12 databases only\n\n## Project-Specific Limits\n\nLimits are per project, so:\n\n- Each project has independent limits\n- Creating a new project gives you a fresh set of limits\n- Use multiple projects to separate resources\n\n**Example**:\n- **Production Project**: 10/10 VPS used\n- **Development Project**: 2/10 VPS used\n- **Total Across Projects**: 12 VPS possible\n\n## Higher Tiers\n\nBeyond the Starter defaults, accounts can be moved to the **Professional** or **Enterprise** tier, which raise your resource limits significantly. For reference, the Enterprise tier allows up to:\n\n- 50 VPS instances\n- 100 database instances\n- 100 cache instances\n- 20 replicas per database\n\nIf you need limits at this scale, request an increase from the **Account Limits** page or contact support through the dashboard to discuss the right tier for your account.\n\n## Temporary Limit Increases\n\nNeed a short-term increase?\n\n### Scenarios\n- Load testing\n- Product launch\n- Seasonal traffic spike\n- Migration from another provider\n\n### Request Process\n1. Submit increase request as normal\n2. In justification, mention it's temporary\n3. Specify the duration needed\n4. We can approve temporary increases faster\n\n### Post-Event\n- Reduce resources after event\n- Limits may be adjusted back down\n- Contact support to discuss\n\n## Frequently Asked Questions\n\n### Why do limits exist?\n\nLimits prevent:\n- Accidental runaway resource creation\n- Cost overruns\n- Platform abuse\n- Resource exhaustion\n\nThey ensure platform reliability for all users.\n\n### Can I get instant limit increases?\n\nFor security and stability, all increases require review.\n\n### What if I need resources urgently?\n\n1. Optimize current usage first\n2. Submit request with \"urgent\" in justification\n3. Contact support via dashboard\n\n### Do limits reset?\n\nNo. Once increased, limits stay at the higher level unless:\n- You request a decrease\n- Temporary increase expires\n- Account issues require adjustment\n\n### Can I decrease my limits?\n\nYes, contact support. However, there's no benefit since limits are free.\n\n### Do limits apply to snapshots?\n\nYes, 50 snapshots per instance (VPS, database, or cache). Total across all instances in a project can be much higher.\n\n### Are there bandwidth limits?\n\nNo bandwidth limits — egress traffic is pooled per team, with 20 TB included per VPS instance, 1 TB per storage bucket, and 1 TB per serverless container. Overage is billed at EUR 1.00/TB.\n\n### Are there API rate limits?\n\nYes. Limits scale with your account tier — starting at 2,000 requests per hour and rising to 100,000 per hour on higher tiers.\n\nSee [API Rate Limits](https://docs.danubedata.ro/api-rate-limits) for details.\n\n## Best Practices\n\n### Plan Ahead\n- Request increases before you need them\n- Allow 24-48 hours for review\n- Don't wait until you're blocked\n\n### Be Realistic\n- Request what you need, not arbitrary numbers\n- Easier to get multiple small increases than one huge increase\n- Show gradual growth\n\n### Clean Up Regularly\n- Delete unused resources weekly\n- Review usage monthly\n- Keep within 70% of limits when possible\n\n### Use Multiple Projects\n- Separate production and development\n- Independent limits per project\n- Better organization\n\n### Document Growth\n- Track resource usage over time\n- Forecast future needs\n- Use data to justify increases\n\n## Monitoring Your Limits\n\nThe **Account Limits** page shows live usage against each limit with color-coded progress bars, so you can see when you're approaching a cap and request an increase before you're blocked.\n\n## Next Steps\n\n- [View Your Current Limits](/account-limits)\n- [Project Management](https://docs.danubedata.ro/account-projects)\n- [Billing Overview](https://docs.danubedata.ro/billing-overview)\n- [Contact Support](https://console.danubedata.ro/support)\n\nNeed higher limits? [Request an increase now](/account-limits).\n\n","prev":{"title":"Invoices","slug":"billing-invoices","url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/billing-invoices","markdown_url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/billing-invoices.md","json_url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/billing-invoices.json"},"next":{"title":"Overview","slug":"cli-overview","url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/cli-overview","markdown_url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/cli-overview.md","json_url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/cli-overview.json"},"index_url":"https://docs.danubedata.ro/index.json"}