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Grafana Cloud usage limits
Grafana Cloud continuously provides your account limits in the following metrics:
grafanacloud_instance_metrics_limitsgrafanacloud_logs_instance_limitsgrafanacloud_traces_instance_limits
To find these limits in your Grafana Cloud instance:
- Click Explore (compass icon).
- Select
grafanacloud-usagefrom the dropdown menu. - In the Metrics browser query field, enter the metric, for example
grafanacloud_instance_metrics_limits. - Click Run query.
The label limit_name provides the specific limit. See below for a complete reference.
Metric usage limits
| Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
|---|---|---|
| ingestion_rate | The maximum number of ingested samples per second for a series. | 10,000 |
| ingestion_burst_size | The maximum allowed ingestion burst size (in number of samples). | 200,000 |
| max_global_series_per_metric | The total maximum series for each metric across the entire instance. | 20,000 |
| max_global_series_per_user | The total maximum series for each user in an instance. | 150,000 |
| max_global_exemplars_per_user | The total maximum exemplars for each user in an instance. | 0 (disabled) |
| ruler_max_rule_groups_per_tenant | The maximum number of rule groups for an instance. | 35 |
| ruler_max_rules_per_rule_group | The maximum number of rules per rule group for an instance. | 20 |
Logs usage limits
| Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
|---|---|---|
| ingestion_rate_mb | Per-user ingestion rate in MB. | 4 |
| max_global_streams_per_user | The maximum number of active streams per user, across ingesters. | 5,000 |
| max_query_lookback | Querier limit on how far back data can be queried. | 0 (disabled) |
| max_query_series | The maximum unique series that can be returned by a metric query. | 500 |
| retention_period | Compactor retention for storage, in hours. | 744 |
Traces usage limits
| Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
|---|---|---|
| max_global_traces_per_user | The maximum number of active traces per user, per ingester. | 0 (disabled) |
| max_bytes_per_trace | The maximum size of a trace in bytes. | 5,000,000 |
| max_search_bytes_per_trace | The maximum size of search data per trace in bytes. | 5,000 |
| ingestion_rate_limit_bytes | Per-user ingestion rate limit in bytes. | 1,000,000 |
| ingestion_burst_size_bytes | Per ingestion burst size in bytes. | 1,000,000 |
| block_retention | The duration to keep blocks/traces in seconds. | 1,209,600 |
