# Fair-use allowances and Enterprise traffic



OptinStack standard plans include monthly fair-use allowances for consent events and runtime requests. These allowances help keep infrastructure sustainable while allowing every project to keep its live Consent banner running.

| Plan       | Monthly consent events | Monthly runtime requests |
| ---------- | ---------------------: | -----------------------: |
| Pro        |              1,000,000 |               10,000,000 |
| Business   |              2,000,000 |               25,000,000 |
| Enterprise |                 Custom |                   Custom |

## What counts toward usage [#what-counts-toward-usage]

A consent event is created when a visitor submits or updates consent choices. Runtime requests are requests made by the installed OptinStack runtime while loading configuration, syncing consent, or serving the live banner experience.

Usage is measured monthly per project. If your site has seasonal spikes, marketing campaigns, or sudden press traffic, your usage may temporarily rise above normal.

## What happens near or over allowance [#what-happens-near-or-over-allowance]

When usage approaches or exceeds a plan allowance, OptinStack may show in-product usage status and send email notices to the project owner. These notices are meant to help you plan ahead.

OptinStack does not automatically disable the live Consent banner, tracker blocking, consent collection, analytics access, or Consent Forwarding just because a project goes over its monthly fair-use allowance.

If high usage is sustained, we may recommend upgrading or moving to an Enterprise agreement with custom traffic allowances.

## Enterprise options [#enterprise-options]

Enterprise plans can include:

* Higher monthly consent-event and runtime-request allowances.
* Custom commercial terms for very high-traffic properties.
* Extended consent retention under a written agreement.
* Support review for unusually high retained-storage or analytics volume.

## Retention and forwarding [#retention-and-forwarding]

Fair-use allowances are separate from consent record retention. Standard-plan consent records are retained by OptinStack for [12 months](/consent-retention).

If you need a long-term archive, configure [Consent Forwarding](/consent-forwarding) so every consent event is also sent to an endpoint you control.