The GBP Audit quota exhaustion error appears when your account has used all of the Google Business Profile audits included in your current plan for the billing period. This article explains what the error means, how to check your remaining allowance, and the fastest ways to get audits running again.
🤔 What the Quota Exhaustion Error Means
Each Search Atlas plan includes a fixed number of GBP Audit runs per billing cycle, tracked as your allowed GBP audits. When you try to start a new audit after using your full allowance, the audit stops and the platform displays a quota exhaustion message instead of a report.
- Quota message: you have used every audit in your current allowance.
- Technical error message: the audit failed for another reason, such as an invalid profile or a data issue. These are separate states with distinct messages, so read the on-screen text carefully before acting.
GBP Audits draw from their own dedicated quota. They do not consume Heatmap credits or Local SEO Points, so topping up those balances will not resolve this error.
🔍 How to Check Your Remaining Quota
- Click your avatar in the top-right corner of the platform.
- Select Billing.
- Open the Plans & Top-ups tab.
- Review the quota model details to see your plan's included GBP Audit allowance and current usage.
The quota panel shows how many audits remain in your current billing cycle, so you can plan your runs before reaching the limit.
🔄 When Your Quota Resets
Your GBP Audit allowance resets at the start of each billing cycle. If your error is caused purely by quota exhaustion and you do not need audits urgently, the simplest fix is to wait for the reset and re-run the audit afterwards. Your saved profiles and previously generated reports are not affected — nothing is deleted when you hit the limit.
💳 How to Top Up or Increase Your Allowance
If you need additional audits before your reset date, all options are handled from the Billing area:
- Click your avatar in the top-right corner of the platform.
- Select Billing.
- Open the Plans & Top-ups tab.
From there, choose the option that fits your situation:
- Buy a top-up: purchase additional GBP Audit runs that become available immediately.
- Upgrade your plan: higher-tier plans include a larger monthly allowance of allowed GBP audits.
- Redeem a promo code: if you have a promotional code, apply it from the Plans & Top-ups tab to add extra quota.
If you do not have a payment method on file yet, use the Add Payment Method action on the same tab before purchasing a top-up or upgrading your plan.
✅ Best Practices to Avoid Exhausting Quota
- Check your remaining audits under Billing → Plans & Top-ups before launching batch audits.
- Run audits only for profiles you actively manage, and remove unused ones from your queue.
- Space audits across your billing cycle instead of running them all at once.
- Remember that audits which fail with a technical (non-quota) error message can be re-run and do not count toward your successful audit allowance.
💬 Still Seeing the Error After a Top-Up?
If you have confirmed available quota or completed a top-up and the quota error still appears, refresh the page and re-run the audit once. If the error persists, our team can review your account's quota usage directly. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.