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Knowledge Base Quotas and Limits

Usage quotas, file format limits, and frequency limits for the knowledge base.

Usage Quotas

CategoryDescriptionLimit
Number of knowledge basesThe maximum number of knowledge bases per Alibaba Cloud account (primary account).Using RDS data source: 100; other data sources: unlimited
Knowledge base storage capacity (platform storage)The dedicated free vector storage space per knowledge base.Flagship: 9,999 GB; Standard: 100 GB
Number of categoriesThe maximum number of categories (parent + child) per business space.500 / 1,200
Number of filesThe maximum number of files that can be uploaded per business space.100,000
Files per knowledge baseThe maximum number of files per knowledge base.Unstructured (document search): no hard limit; Structured (data query): 1 file (a single Excel or CSV)
Number of data tablesThe maximum number of data tables per business space.1,000
ADB-PG vector storage per tableThe maximum row count and row size when using ADB-PG as the vector store.Max rows per table: 10,000,000; Max row size: 100 KB

File Upload

Supported Formats

Document search knowledge bases
FormatLimit
pdf, docx, doc, wps, pptx, pptMax 150 MB; max 1,000 pages
txt, markdown, htmlMax 10 MB
xlsx, xlsMax 10 MB, max 100,000 rows
png, jpg / jpeg, bmp, gifMax 20 MB; image short side > 15 px, long side < 8,192 px, aspect ratio < 50
Data query knowledge bases
FormatLimit
xlsx, xlsMax 10 MB; max 100,000 rows

Frequency Limits

APILimit
API calls (per knowledge base)Default 100 QPS
API calls (per account)Default 15,000 QPM
Requests exceeding the limits return HTTP 429 with error code Throttling.RateQuota.