CARTO Platform Limits

Understand the different limits used within the platform to ensure you enjoy healthy service.

Who is this for?

• Any CARTO BUILDER user
• Developers creating applications with CARTO ENGINE

Overview

Builder and developers interact with the CARTO platform through APIs. In order to guarantee the performance of those APIs for every user of the CARTO platform and prevent abuse, some general limitations and restrictions are set on how they work.

Different limits are enforced depending on your account plan. Note: All usage limits are based per user. For Enterprise account plans, the usage limits apply to each user in the organization.

SQL API Limits

Run SQL statements to programmatically manage data records inside of CARTO. Check SQL API rate and timeout limits documentation for more details.

Maps API Limits

Generate Anonymous and Named Maps based on data hosted in your CARTO Account. Each user and organization is subject to a monthly map loads limit – consumed with each Maps API endpoint request for tile URLs.

Import API Limits

Upload and manage Standard Tables or Sync Tables in your CARTO Account.

Enterprise User Management API Limits

Data Services API Limits

The Data Services API offers location data services for geocoding and analysis. Functions are called through the SQL API, so they are affected by SQL API rate and timeout limits. Quota limitations vary by account plan and can be calculated through SQL functions.