> ## Documentation Index
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# Metered features
Metered features are usage-based features that track and optionally limit how much of a specific resource or service a customer consumes within a defined period.
## Usage limits
Metered features can be defined with a limit or without one (unlimited).
### Limit enforcement
To configure limit enforcement for metered features:
1. Set a usage limit for the feature.
2. Choose whether Stigg should **enforce** the limit or allow usage beyond it:
* If the limit is **enforced**, Stigg will deny further access once the customer reaches the limit.
* This configuration is known as a **hard limit** and is the default for all Stigg entitlements.
* If the limit is **not enforced**, Stigg will continue granting access even after the limit is exceeded.
* This configuration is known as a **soft limit**.
3. Review the table below for a summary of the two configurations:
| | Hard limits | Soft limits |
| -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Customers can exceed the defined limit | ❌ | ✅ |
| Useful for | 1. Enforcing access in free plans.2. Driving conversions, upsells and expansions. | 1. In enterprise plans, to prevent disruptions to customers' business - excessive usage is commonly leveraged for discussions with sales, CS and account executives about expansion and increased commitment. 2. When implementing an automatic smart upgrade flow to a higher tier based on customer usage instead of charging for overage - upgrades help increase recurring revenue, where overage charges are less predictable.3. During the initial integration with Stigg - companies that already have soft limits defined today and want to gradually rollout the integration with Stigg, can do so while activating enforcement at a later stage without any additional code changes. |
### Usage reset
Stigg can automatically reset measured usage at predefined intervals: **yearly**, **monthly**, **weekly**, **daily**, or **hourly**.
This is useful for usage-based features such as tracking the number of API calls per month.
