> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.planasonix.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Usage and limits

> Monitor your usage and understand plan limits.

The **usage** view shows how much of your subscription you consume: pipeline runs, row volume, compute minutes, API calls, and streaming throughput. You use it to catch growth early and to justify upgrades before hard limits block production work.

## What you can monitor

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Runs and throughput">
    Count of successful and failed runs, rows processed, bytes moved, and reverse ETL operations per billing period.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Compute">
    Worker hours or credits consumed by transforms, quality checks, and notebooks—often broken down by environment tag.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="API and webhooks">
    REST request counts and outbound webhook deliveries; spikes may indicate a runaway poller or misconfigured retry loop.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Plan limits

Limits may include:

* **Concurrent runs** per workspace or per connection
* **Daily API** quota for certain SaaS connectors
* **Maximum** active schedules or streaming jobs
* **Seat** count for human users and sometimes service accounts

When you approach a limit, the UI surfaces warnings; some limits **soft-cap** (queue) and others **hard-stop** with an error.

<Info>
  Limits reset on calendar billing cycles or rolling windows—check the tooltip next to each meter in the usage screen.
</Info>

## Optimization without surprise downgrades

* Pause **dev** schedules outside business hours
* Consolidate **micro-pipelines** that each pay fixed startup overhead
* Use **incremental** sync patterns instead of full table scans where possible

Pair usage review with [Cost insights](/observability/cost-insights) for warehouse and cloud spend outside Planasonix’s own meters.

## Export and chargeback

Export usage CSV for **chargeback** models: allocate cost to `cost_center` or `team` tags you set on pipelines. Finance reconciles Planasonix invoices against these exports.

## Related topics

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Plans and pricing" icon="tags" href="/settings/plans-and-pricing">
    What each tier includes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Compute" icon="microchip" href="/settings/compute">
    Tune worker profiles to match actual usage.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>