Quotas & rate limits

CARTO applies two different kinds of limit to your organization. It's worth understanding the distinction before diving into the details:

• Quotas define how much of CARTO your license includes — how many editors and viewers you can have, how much you can use the platform, how many LDS credits you get, and so on. Quotas are part of your subscription and can be adjusted with your Account Manager.

• Rate limits are technical ceilings that protect the platform — for example, the maximum number of API requests per minute. They are the same for everyone, are enforced automatically, and are not part of your commercial negotiation. They don't reduce how much you can use CARTO; they only prevent abusive usage patterns.

Understanding your organization quotas

What your license includes and how each quota is measured and consumed.

Usage analytics

See consumption over time and by API, user, client, map, and workflow.

Managing quotas

How Admins set per-user and per-group limits, and how alerts work.

Rate limits

The technical ceilings that protect the platform, including API rate limits.