Plan limits and rate limits

Every FiniteHost plan has its own guaranteed share of the server: CPU, memory, disk and more. These limits are enforced by the Linux kernel for your account alone, so a busy neighbour cannot slow your sites down, and your sites cannot slow down anyone else's. This page explains each limit in plain words.

Before you start#

Open Resource usage in the panel (under Overview) to see your current figures. The Dashboard's Usage card shows the same numbers as rings.

Resource usage page with disk, CDN, database and count meters — Resource usage shows each limit and how much of it you use.

Limits per web plan#

	Spark	Starter	Pro	Business	Scale
CPU	0.25 vCPU	0.5 vCPU	1 vCPU	2 vCPU	4 vCPU
Memory	256 MB	512 MB	1 GB	2 GB	4 GB
Processes	64	128	256	512	1,024
Disk (SSD)	3 GB	10 GB	25 GB	50 GB	100 GB
CDN traffic / period	20 GB	50 GB	150 GB	300 GB	1,000 GB
Websites	1	3	10	25	50
Mailboxes	1	5	15	50	100
Databases	1	3	10	25	50
Total database size	250 MB	1 GB	3 GB	8 GB	20 GB
Connections per database	10	15	25	40	60
Longest query	30 s	30 s	60 s	60 s	120 s
Python apps	–	–	1	3	10
Mail sent per mailbox per day	100	300	1,000	3,000	5,000

What each limit does#

CPU#

Your account can use up to its share of processor time. When it needs more, it is slowed down, never stopped. If your sites spend more than 30% of an hour held back by the CPU limit, we email you a suggestion to upgrade (at most one such email a day).

Memory#

Your sites and apps share your plan's memory. Close to the limit (90%), the system starts reclaiming memory; at the limit, the process that needs more is stopped and started again by the next request. If this happens 5 or more times in an hour, we email you.

Processes#

The number of programs that can run at the same time in your account. Normal sites stay far below it.

Disk#

Your files sit on their own storage with a hard size limit. We email you at 80% and at 100%. When it is full, new files cannot be written (uploads and WordPress updates fail) until you delete files or upgrade. Nothing is deleted for you.

CDN traffic#

Counted per billing period. Emails at 80% and 100%; above 120% your sites skip the CDN until the next period. See CDN and caching.

Databases#

Total size of all your databases, connections per database and query time. We email you at 80% of the size. Above 100% the databases become read-only: reading and deleting still work, adding or changing data does not. They become writable again when usage drops below 95%. Details and recovery steps: Database limits.

Counts: websites, mailboxes, databases, Python apps#

Checked when you create something. When all are in use, the panel shows how many your plan includes and an Upgrade link.

Mail sent per day#

Each mailbox can send up to its plan's daily number of messages. This protects your domain's reputation if a password leaks.

Visitor rate limits#

To keep your sites up during bot attacks, each visitor IP address is limited on every site:

What	Limit	Over the limit
PHP page requests	20 per second, with a burst of 60	429 Too Many Requests
Open connections at once	40	429 Too Many Requests
`wp-login.php` and `xmlrpc.php`	6 per minute, with a burst of 4	429 Too Many Requests
Slow clients	15 s to send headers, 30 s between parts of a body	connection closed

Static files (images, CSS) are not counted in the PHP limit. Real visitors almost never reach these numbers; a 429 normally means a bot. The limits use the visitor's real address even when they come through the CDN.

What to do when you reach a limit#

Read the email. It names the limit, the percentage used and what to do.
Check Resource usage. Open Resource usage to see which part is full.
Free space or work. Delete old files and backups you uploaded, clean up database tables, or deactivate heavy plugins.
Upgrade if you have outgrown the plan. Under Billing & plans, pick a larger plan. You pay for the new plan, with a credit for the unused days of your current one. See Upgrade your plan.