Your organisation’s plan caps how many sites, tests, organisations, and features you can use. Roles do not bypass these caps — an Admin on Free still cannot create sites.
For Free-specific gates, see Free plan vs paid.
Where to see usage
- Sign in at
/admin. - Check the topbar usage meters (Sites / Orgs / Tests); click for period details and a short forecast of scheduled tests through period-end.
- Check the dashboard plan usage widgets (sites, tests this month, and related counters).
- Open My Account for subscription and plan context.
Topbar Plan & usage panel — Sites / Organisations / Tests meters, quota period, renewal date, and scheduled-test forecast.
Dashboard PLAN & USAGE — tests, organisations, sites, and team counters for the current plan.
My Account — profile, team memberships, and the active subscription card with plan caps.
Results → Site API Usage shows PageSpeed quota consumption across sites when you need detail.
Limits that matter day to day
Exact numbers depend on tier (Free, Personal, Starter, Professional, Agency, Enterprise). Treat the following as the axes Watcher enforces:
| Axis | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Sites | How many site records you can create |
| Tests per month | Successful PageSpeed runs (manual + scheduled); each enabled strategy counts |
| Organisations | How many workspaces you can create on the account |
| Team members | Invite capacity (Free is effectively solo) |
| Retention | How long historical results remain available — days and stored artefacts in Data Watcher stores and retention |
| Schedule frequencies | Monthly / weekly / daily / hourly options by tier |
| Alert channels | Email baseline; Slack / webhook on higher tiers |
| Feature flags | Examples: PDF reports (Starter+), white-label reports (Professional+), API access, AI insights, leads |
Per-tier matrix (including whether Starter includes API or webhooks): Plan features by tier.
Published pricing pages summarise commercial tiers. If dashboard counters disagree with a sales quote, contact support with your organisation name.
What happens near a limit
- Sites / orgs / seats: Create actions hide or fail when the cap is reached — upgrade or remove unused records.
- Monthly tests: Manual and scheduled runs stop succeeding when the successful-test budget for the current billing period is exhausted. The period renews on the subscription anniversary (day of
starts_at, e.g. started on the 10th → quota resets on the 10th each month). Wait for renewal or upgrade. Accounts without a subscription start date fall back to the calendar month. - Quota emails: Watcher emails the subscription holder when successful tests reach 80% of the period budget (with a scheduled-test forecast through period-end), and again at 100% when new successful runs pause until renewal or upgrade. Use the topbar meters to check usage before a large bulk run.
- Channels / features: UI may omit Slack, webhook, white-label, or API until the plan includes them. PDF download for organisation reports needs pdf_reports (Starter and above); branding needs white-label reports separately.
Role vs plan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can a Viewer exceed quotas? | No — quotas are organisational |
| Can an Admin on Free invite? | No — Free blocks invites |
| Does Manager bypass test caps? | No |
Upgrade and billing
For plan changes, renewal dates, Fix billing, and Admin vs Viewer billing access, see Subscription and renewal.