How plan and usage limits work in Postoria

Postoria plans include different limits. The plan of a workspace’s owner determines the limits for that workspace.

Some limits are monthly, such as monthly published post limits. Other limits are plan-based capacity limits, such as the number of social accounts or workspaces included in the owner’s plan.

This article explains where to check your limits, when monthly limits reset, how published posts are counted, and what happens when a limit is reached.

Where to check your personal plan and usage

The Plan page shows your personal plan and usage for the workspaces you own.

If you belong to another person’s team, their workspaces use their plan and limits. Your own Plan page may still show Free or another plan. Activity in workspaces owned by someone else is not included in your personal usage summary.

Types of plan limits

Postoria may use different types of limits depending on the plan and feature.

Monthly usage limits

Monthly limits reset on a schedule. For example, the Free plan includes a monthly published post limit.

Monthly limits reset on the first day of every calendar month, regardless of when you signed up, when you created your workspace, or when you started using Postoria.

For example, monthly limits reset on:

• June 1
• July 1
• August 1

Plan capacity limits

Plan capacity limits do not reset monthly. They define how much is included in the workspace owner’s plan.

Examples include:

• The number of social accounts a workspace owner can connect
• The number of workspaces you can create
• Plan-based feature access

If a capacity limit is reached, the workspace owner may need to remove existing items or upgrade their plan before adding more.

Current plan limit examples

The limits for workspaces you own depend on your personal plan. In a team workspace, the owner’s plan applies.

Common plan limit examples include:

Use the Plan page to check the limits and usage of workspaces you own. For a team workspace, the owner’s plan applies.

How monthly post limits work

Monthly post limits are based on successfully published posts during a calendar month.

Only successfully published posts count toward monthly publishing limits. Drafts, scheduled posts, and queued posts do not count before they are published.

At the start of each calendar month, the monthly allowance resets according to the workspace owner’s plan.

How posts are counted when publishing to multiple accounts

Monthly publishing limits are counted per successful publish destination.

If you publish the same content to multiple social accounts or destinations at the same time, each successful publish counts separately toward your monthly post limit.

For example, if you publish one post to 6 selected destinations, it counts as 6 published posts.

This means a single scheduled or queued item can use more than 1 post from the workspace owner’s monthly allowance if it publishes to multiple accounts or destinations.

Which posts count toward monthly publishing limits

Only published posts count toward monthly publishing limits.

These posts count:

• Posts published immediately
• Scheduled posts after they are successfully published
• Queued posts after they are successfully published
• Recycled posts after each successful publish
• Each successful publish to each selected social account or destination

These posts do not count before they are published:

• Drafts
• Scheduled posts waiting to publish
• Queued posts waiting in a queue
• Imported posts that have not been published yet

Do deleted posts still count?

Yes. Once a post has been published, it counts toward the monthly limit for that month.

If you delete the post later, it still remains counted because the publish already happened.

Do failed posts count?

No. A post counts only after it is successfully published.

If a post fails to publish, it does not count toward the monthly post limit.

What happens when you reach a limit

What happens depends on the type of limit.

If a monthly publishing limit is reached, new publish attempts may fail until the limit resets at the start of the next calendar month. This can apply to posts that would publish immediately, scheduled posts, queued posts, and recycled posts.

If a post fails because a monthly publishing limit has been reached, Postoria sends an email notification unless you have opted out of failed post email notifications in your settings.

You can manage failed post email notifications on the Settings page.

If a plan capacity limit is reached, such as a social account or workspace limit, Postoria may prevent new additions until the workspace owner removes existing items or upgrades their plan.

Is there a warning before the monthly post limit is reached?

Postoria currently does not send a warning when you are approaching the monthly post limit.

To avoid missed scheduled or queued posts, workspace owners should check usage on the Plan page before publishing many posts near the end of the month.

Does the monthly post limit affect uploads, drafts, or scheduling?

Monthly publishing limits affect publishing only.

They do not stop you from creating drafts, uploading media, preparing scheduled posts, or adding posts to queues.

However, when those posts later try to publish, they must still fit within the workspace owner’s remaining monthly post allowance.

Summary

Here are the most important points:

• Your plan determines the limits for workspaces you own. A team workspace uses its owner’s plan.
• Some limits reset monthly, while other limits are plan-based capacity limits.
• Monthly limits reset on the first day of every calendar month.
• Monthly publishing limits are counted per successful publish destination.
• If you publish one post to multiple social accounts or destinations, each successful publish counts separately.
• Only published posts count toward monthly publishing limits.
• Drafts, scheduled posts, and queued posts do not count until they are published.
• Deleted posts still count if they were already published.
• Failed posts do not count.
• Postoria does not send a warning when you are approaching the monthly post limit.
• When a publishing limit is reached, new publish attempts may fail.
• If a post fails, Postoria sends an email notification unless you have opted out in settings.
• You can check your personal plan and usage on the Plan page.