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Understanding usage limits

How run and seat limits work, what happens when you hit them, and how to track your usage.

Every Forge organisation has two limits: seats (number of active members) and runs per month. Understanding how these work helps you plan your usage and avoid unexpected blocks mid-month.

Seat limit

The seat limit is the maximum number of active members your organisation can have at one time. It applies to active members only — pending invitations do not count toward the seat limit until they are accepted.

If you try to invite someone and you are at the seat limit, the invite will be blocked with a clear error. You will need to either remove an existing member or upgrade your plan before the invite can go through.

Run limit

The run limit is the maximum number of runs your organisation can create in a calendar month. The counter resets to zero on the 1st of every month at midnight UTC.

The limit applies to all members of the organisation combined — it is a shared pool, not per-user. If the Marketing team and the Engineering team both use the same Forge organisation, their runs count together toward the monthly limit.

Trial10 runs / month
Starter100 runs / month
Pro500 runs / month
EnterpriseUnlimited

What happens when you hit a limit

When your run limit is reached, the new run form shows a clear error: Run limit reached — your plan allows N runs per month. Upgrade to continue. No partial runs are created — the submission is rejected before any AI processing starts.

Runs triggered via inbound webhooks or the public API are subject to the same limit. If a webhook fires when the limit is already reached, it returns a 429 Too Many Requests response.

Tracking your usage

Go to Settings → Billing & Usage → Billing. The Usage section shows two progress bars: one for seats used vs. the seat limit, and one for runs used this month vs. the monthly limit. The bars turn amber at 70% and red at 90% to give you early warning before you hit the limit.

Tip:If you regularly hit the run limit early in the month, consider upgrading to the next plan rather than waiting for the reset. The run limit resets on the 1st regardless of when you hit it — unused capacity does not carry over.

Runs that count toward the limit

Every submitted run counts, including runs that fail, runs that are cancelled, and runs triggered automatically by webhooks or run chains. Re-runs of completed runs also count as new runs.

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