Cloud Slicer quotas, limits, and usage

Cloud Slicer limits control how many slices you can make, how many slices can run at once, and how many custom profiles an account can keep. This article explains each limit, how the slice allowance refills, and what does and doesn't count.

Slice allowance

Free and Filament Manager plan users can make 15 cloud slices in any 30 days. Basic, Pro, Print Farm, School, Enterprise and the Cloud Slicer plan have unlimited cloud slicing.

The allowance belongs to each user, not to the account as a whole.

How the allowance refills: a rolling 30-day window

The allowance does not reset on the 1st of the month or on your billing date. It is a rolling 30-day window: each slice counts for 30 days from the moment you made it, and then frees up again.

For example, if you made 10 slices on 3 March and 5 on 10 March, you get 10 back on 2 April and 5 more on 9 April.

To see when your next slice frees up:

1. Click the usage counter in the bottom bar of the slicer (for example 3 / 15 left).
2. Look at the Rolling 30-day window chart, which shows the days you sliced on.
3. When you've used them all, the popover shows Next cloud slice available in and the time left.

Check: the counter goes up again on the day your oldest slice turns 30 days old.

What counts as a slice

• Each slice you start counts as one, while it runs and after it finishes successfully.
• A slice that fails or is cancelled does not count. Its place is given back.
• Smart rotate (auto-rotate) and the arrange preview don't count.

If SimplyPrint has given you bonus credits, the popover shows Includes N bonus credits. Bonus credits are used before your regular allowance, and they are also given back when a slice fails.

Slices running at the same time

Separate from the allowance, you can run one slice at a time from the panel. If you start another, the slicer shows Max concurrent tasks exceeded. Wait for the running slice to finish. See Cloud Slicer error messages and what they mean.

Custom profile limits

Custom machine, filament, and print profiles all count toward the account's custom profile limit, across every slicer engine.

If the account reaches its custom profile limit, Cloud Slicer blocks profile creation and import until profiles are removed or the plan is upgraded.

To find what's using up the limit:

1. Go to Settings > Slicing > Profiles.
2. For each slicer engine you've used, switch the profile type between machine, filament and print profiles.
3. Delete the profiles you no longer need, one at a time.

Check: you can save or import a profile again.

Why: filament profiles are easy to forget. One account hit its limit of 100 with 96 filament profiles and 4 machine profiles, and no print profiles at all.

Usage display in the slicer

The bottom bar of the slicer shows how many slices you have left, for example 12 / 15 left, or Unlimited usage. Click it to open Cloud slicing usage, with a bar of what you've used, the rolling 30-day chart, and an Upgrade for more button if you are allowed to change the plan.

Role and organization quotas

Some accounts also use role or organization quota policies. These are separate from the plan's slice allowance.

For example, an account may limit or request approval for printing activity. The slicer can show a separate quota popover when a slice-related quota is active. A failed slice does not use up a role quota either.

Upgrade prompts

When a user is close to or at the limit, the Cloud Slicer can show an upgrade action if the user has permission to manage upgrades.

If the user does not have billing permission, an admin may need to change the plan or quota setup.

Feature availability by plan

See the SimplyPrint pricing page for the full plan comparison: https://simplyprint.io/pricing

Related articles

• Cloud Slicer limits & queue
• Cloud Slicer error messages and what they mean
• How to slice, preview, download, and send sliced files
• Cloud Slicer permissions and role controls
• The Cloud Slicer feature: slice prints directly in SimplyPrint

Updated on: 27/10/2026