# Usage Limit Almost Used Up in 6 Hours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [May 19, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/usage-limit-almost-used-up-in-6-hours/1509 "2022-05-19T17:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jesse](https://community.make.com/u/Jesse)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/usage-limit-almost-used-up-in-6-hours/1509/1 "2022-05-19T17:49:26Z")
Hi. I recently upgraded from the free version of Make to the “solopreneur” because I am a solopreneur and I needed more than 2 active scenarios. ![solopreneur](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/1/11cb7e18129f146b344d56d441b2fb0b8e7829c2.png) Today, I got a warning in email saying that I am approaching my operations limit based on activity that happened in a period of only 6 hours. ![limit almost reached in 6 hours](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/b/b367cc34d4d6eeb62cba67894e6e942130b1d850.png) I did not use any scenarios for a real client. I only ran scenarios to test them out. That was probably 30 to 200 times (and probably less than 60). I only have 17 scenarios. How is this possible? I know I set the timers to check my CRM for changes every 1 minute. Does it count as an operation as every instance that the first module of a scenario checks my CRM for an update? ---
**Author:** ![loic.wiseflow](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/loic.wiseflow/32/132_2.png) [@loic.wiseflow](https://community.make.com/u/loic.wiseflow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/usage-limit-almost-used-up-in-6-hours/1509/2 "2022-05-19T18:37:35Z")
Hi Jesse, Yes, every time your watch module runs a check it uses one operation. So a scenario checking for new/updated records every minute will use 1440 operations/day for that check only. On your scenario list you can see the number of operations used since the beginning of the billing cycle: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/e/e7893d20a7e5efa7a4be6330c871a334e81eebba.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jesse](https://community.make.com/u/Jesse)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/usage-limit-almost-used-up-in-6-hours/1509/3 "2022-05-19T18:58:58Z")
Ok. Thanks. Well, this is completely unusable for a solopreneur if the default “15 minutes” is left on (unless someone pays multiple times more than the plan “for solopreneurs”). I’ll change the triggers to check every 2 to 3 hours. Would using webhooks instead of repeatedly checking via API, be a lot more usage efficient? ---
**Author:** ![loic.wiseflow](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/loic.wiseflow/32/132_2.png) [@loic.wiseflow](https://community.make.com/u/loic.wiseflow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/usage-limit-almost-used-up-in-6-hours/1509/4 "2022-05-19T19:15:48Z")
Yes using a webhook if possible would be much cheaper to run. If your automation does not need to be instant a watch module running every 2-3 hours is perfectly fine or even once a day. It all depends on what your automations do, so it is hard to give you advice without an overview. ---
**Author:** ![Jesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jesse](https://community.make.com/u/Jesse)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/usage-limit-almost-used-up-in-6-hours/1509/5 "2022-05-19T20:43:27Z")
Thanks for the info! ---
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