Technical Limits (legacy April 2018)

We enforce technical limits to ensure the shared-service infrastructure functions without interruption. Only use Contentful software and services if you agree with the technical limits outlined below. The limits below apply to legacy plans (introduced before April 16, 2018), while customers on current plans are subject to limits listed on the technical limits page.

Technical limits for the On Demand tier

Organizations on the on demand tier are subject to the following technical limits:

MetricMaximum quotaUnit of measure
Content Management API (CMA) calls10Calls per second
Content types500Number per organization
Content type fields50Number of fields per content type
Environments100Number per space
Environment creation12Number per 5 minutes
Space creation10Number per hour
Organization creation10Number per user
API keys100Number per organization
Webhooks20Number per organization
Locales10Number per space
Request size1MB
Response size7MB
URI request length7600characters
Image size20MB per image
Asset or image filename length256Characters with extension
Asset size, which includes images that are larger than the image size limit (paid accounts)1000MB per asset
Asset size, which includes images that are larger than the image size limit (free accounts)50MB per asset
Long text field50,000Characters per field
Short text field255Characters per field
Short text, list field1,000Items per field
References, many field1,000Linked entries per field

Technical limits are cumulative and can be reset only when an organization’s users delete individual items.

If you require higher limits, consider upgrading to the committed service tier, which comes with higher default limits and the ability to purchase custom usage-quotas for your organization.

If your service usage exceeds the preceding limits, we reserve the right to take corrective action, including but not limited to the throttling of the service API, temporarily suspending or (when other options are unavailable) terminating your account.

Technical limits for the Committed tier

For cumulative metrics, organizations hosted on the committed infrastructure are subject to the following technical limits:

MetricMaximum quotaUnit of measure
Content Management API (CMA) calls15Calls per second
Content types1,000Number per organization
Content type fields50Number of fields per content type
Environments100Number per space
Environment creation12Number per 5 minutes
Space creation10Number per hour
Organization creation10Number per user
API keys200Number per organization
Webhooks100Number per organization
Locales100Number per space
Request size1MB
Response size7MB
URI request length7600characters
Custom roles50Number per organization
Image size20MB per image
Asset or image filename length256Characters with extension
Asset size, which includes images that are larger than the image size limit1000MB per asset
Long text field50,000Characters per field
Short text field255Characters per field
Short text, list field1,000Items per field
References, many field1,000Linked entries per field

If you require higher limits, contact the account manager or Contentful support to discuss available options.