Our plans come with these database size limits:

In case you have reached the limit (or the database is close to reaching it), you will see a warning and an exact size of your database directly in hPanel:

Such database's write permissions become suspended.

Usually, it is natural for a database to grow along with your website, whether that would be new content, users, extensions, or even comments.

Some rare cases include technical issues that can occur, for example, a specific plugin that fills up your database with unnecessary information like views/errors logs or cache.

Before proceeding - make sure to make a backup of your old database.

Once that’s done, you can try these things:

The biggest table will give you a basic idea of what content is stored there, typically, the biggest database tables can have log keywords. It means that logs are being stored on your database instead of File Manager, so checking your logs settings or contacting your website developer is recommended.

In case you’ve done all these steps and your database is still big, it can mean that your website has simply outgrown your database. This can happen for large eCommerce websites or similar projects. In such cases - upgrading your plan is recommended. Another option is going for VPS, it has no database size limits.