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title: "What are audit limits per plan"
category: billing
slug: what-are-audit-limits-per-plan
canonical_url: https://lemaudit.com/help/billing/what-are-audit-limits-per-plan
last_reviewed: 2026-05-04
source: LemAudit Help Center
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# What are audit limits per plan?

Starter gives you 50 audits/month, Growth 200, Agency unlimited. The counter resets on your billing date. Bulk scans, widget submissions, and manual audits all draw from the same bucket — 1 audit fired = 1 unit.

## What counts as 1 audit

Anything that runs the [audit pipeline](/help/audits/how-do-seo-audits-work) end-to-end counts as 1 unit, including failed runs that returned a real error (timeouts, blocked sites). Re-audits of the same lead count separately each time. The [outreach draft](/help/outreach/how-do-ai-outreach-emails-work) regeneration is free; only the audit step itself is metered.

Think of it like printing pages. The size of the page does not matter, but every press of "print" counts.

## How LemAudit tracks the counter

Each successful or failed audit writes a row into audit_usage tagged with your account_id and the current billing period. The Dashboard shows the live counter (used / cap) and turns red at 90%. When the counter hits the cap, the run-audit edge function returns a quota_exceeded error instead of running the scan. The [widget](/help/getting-started/how-do-i-install-the-audit-widget-on-my-website) shows a soft "at capacity" message to visitors. Leads still get captured; they just do not get an instant audit. Manual audits and [bulk scans](/help/advanced/how-does-the-bulk-scanner-work) get the standard quota_exceeded error in the UI with a one-click upgrade link to the [plans page](/help/billing/what-plans-are-available).

The counter resets at midnight UTC on your renewal date.

## Worked example

A solo agency on Starter ran 38 manual audits and a 14-domain bulk scan in week 3: 52 total. They hit the cap and got the upgrade link in the bulk scanner. They clicked into Growth. Stripe pro-rated. Their counter reset to 0 on the new plan with 200 available. The bulk scan finished the remaining 12 domains within 4 minutes.

## When this isn't right

Volume needs over 1,000/month sit better on a custom enterprise tier — contact support. If you only audit a handful of clients per month and want zero limit, the Agency plan "unlimited" is fair-use capped. The cap sits at roughly 5,000 to prevent scrape abuse. Need 10,000+? Talk to us.

*Category: Plans & Billing*

## Related
- [What plans are available](https://lemaudit.com/help/billing/what-plans-are-available)
- [How does the Bulk Scanner work](https://lemaudit.com/help/advanced/how-does-the-bulk-scanner-work)
- [How do I get my first lead](https://lemaudit.com/help/getting-started/how-do-i-get-my-first-lead)

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