> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://bulkgrid.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rate Limits and Quotas

> Understand current usage-sensitive behavior in Bulkgrid and where the product enforces or tracks limits.

Bulkgrid has two related but different operational concepts:

* request-level limits such as `429 Rate limited`
* product usage limits such as pages, conversions, sources, and concurrency

## What is clearly implemented today

The product currently tracks or enforces usage around areas such as:

* sources
* concurrent runs
* crawled pages
* converted files
* indexed pages per month
* storage
* API calls

The API can also return `429` responses.

## Practical client guidance

* keep polling intervals conservative
* implement backoff and jitter on `429`
* avoid bursty user-driven traffic directly against the API
* push long-running work through your backend or job layer

## Where to look next

* [Usage Metrics](/production/usage-metrics)
* [Plan Gating and Limits](/production/plan-gating-and-limits)
* [Reliability and Retries](/production/reliability-and-retries)