# What's the meaning of soft limit in webtask pricing page?

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-soft-limit-in-webtask-pricing-page/6775>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** rate-limit, webtask\
**Created:** [May 27, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-soft-limit-in-webtask-pricing-page/6775 "2017-05-27T13:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![muhajirframe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@muhajirframe](https://community.auth0.com/u/muhajirframe)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-soft-limit-in-webtask-pricing-page/6775/1 "2017-05-27T13:34:23Z")

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Hey, i read that on webtask pricing page ‘Up to 1 request/second (soft limit)’, what’s the maeaning of ‘soft limit’ here?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![prashantT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/prashantt/32/6002_2.png) [@prashantT](https://community.auth0.com/u/prashantT)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-soft-limit-in-webtask-pricing-page/6775/2 "2017-05-29T04:54:35Z")

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The `soft limit` means that it is not enforced, however may be in the future. It would be prudent to not exceed this limit to prevent any loss of service should we enforce this in the future.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-soft-limit-in-webtask-pricing-page/6775/3 "2018-03-02T05:54:10Z")

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