Manage Scan Quotas

This guide explains how scan quotas work in Slim.io and how to monitor your organization’s usage.

Time required: 5 minutes

Prerequisites:

Access to the Customer Dashboard

Scan quotas are configured during onboarding based on your organization’s subscription tier. Contact your account manager or sales@slim.io to adjust quota limits.

Understanding Quota Limits

Your organization’s scan capacity is governed by your subscription tier:

Quota	Description	Example
Max Scans / Month	Total scan jobs your organization can initiate per billing period	100
Max Files / Scan	Maximum files processed per individual scan job	500,000
Max Concurrent Workers	Parallel scan workers allowed simultaneously	10
Max Storage (GB)	Findings storage allocation	50
Retention (Days)	How long scan results are retained	365

Monitoring Usage

In the Customer Dashboard, navigate to Settings > Usage to view:

Scans used this month vs. monthly limit
Files scanned this month
Storage consumed vs. allocation
Days until quota reset

Alert Thresholds

Slim.io generates alerts as your usage approaches quota limits:

Warning (80%) — An in-dashboard warning appears when you reach 80% of any quota.
Critical (95%) — Email and Slack alerts are triggered at 95% consumption.
At Limit (100%) — Depending on your tier configuration:
- Block — New scans are rejected until the next billing period
- Overage — Scans continue with overage charges applied


Example:
  Max Scans / Month: 100
  Warning at: 80 scans (80%)
  Critical at: 95 scans (95%)
  At 100: Block new scans

Configuring Alert Channels

Set up notifications for quota alerts:

Navigate to Settings > Notifications.
Add notification channels for quota warnings:
- Email — Team email addresses
- Slack — Webhook URL for your ops channel
- Webhook — Custom HTTP endpoint for integration with ticketing systems
Select which alert levels trigger each channel (warning, critical, or both).

Per-Workspace Quotas

For organizations with multiple workspaces, quotas can be allocated at the workspace level:

The organization’s total quota is distributed across workspaces
Each workspace’s scan usage counts against its allocated quota
Quota warnings are generated per workspace when approaching limits
Org administrators can reallocate quota between workspaces


Organization Quota: 1,000 scans/month
  → Production Workspace: 500 scans/month
  → Staging Workspace: 300 scans/month
  → Development Workspace: 200 scans/month

Requesting Quota Changes

To increase your scan quotas or change your subscription tier:

Contact your account manager or email sales@slim.io.
Quota increases are applied immediately upon approval.
Decreases take effect at the start of the next billing period.

Next Steps

Scanning overview — Understand scan types and the detection pipeline
Workspaces — Configure multi-workspace quota allocation