All limits apply per account. Using the same account by hand in LinkedIn and through GrowthxAI doesn’t give it a second allowance: the network counts both together.
At a glance
Invitations
What GrowthxAI does:
- The daily ceiling is 80 invitations, and 150 a week (weeks start on Monday).
- New senders start at 4 a day and build up through warm-up.
- Free accounts never go above warm-up level 1 (9 invitations a day).
- If LinkedIn answers “cannot resend yet”, the sender has used up LinkedIn’s own invitation allowance. GrowthxAI stops invitations for that sender until next Monday and keeps the rest of its sequence running.
New and small accounts
Accounts with fewer than about 150 connections, and accounts that were created recently, often have invitations held back. LinkedIn may review them by hand before they appear to the recipient. LinkedIn also spots fake accounts easily, with or without automation, so only connect real accounts that belong to real people. GrowthxAI keeps accounts with fewer than 150 connections at warm-up level 0 for at least 28 days.Profile views
LinkedIn tolerates about 100 profile views per account per day. GrowthxAI’s ceiling is 100, and a sequence’s profile visits, lead enrichment and background enrichment all share it. Campaigns always get first use.Search imports
LinkedIn returns only part of a large search, however many results it says there are:
To get everything from a bigger search, split it with filters (location, seniority, company size, industry) and import each part. A job that hits the cap shows a capped badge. See Imports Troubleshooting and FAQ.
We also recommend keeping the total number of results imported per sender to about 1,000 a day on a standard account and 2,500 on Sales Navigator or Recruiter. GrowthxAI reads one page of results every 20–90 minutes within working hours, so large searches spread over several days on their own.
InMail
How many InMails a sender can send depends on its LinkedIn plan. Some plans include a few InMails a month; Recruiter contracts can include thousands. Free InMails to open profiles don’t use credits, but LinkedIn allows at most 800 a month per account. It lowers this for some accounts depending on the plan, account history and acceptance rate. LinkedIn can also refuse a free InMail when the account has no credits left, depending on whether it’s sent from Classic, Sales Navigator or Recruiter. What GrowthxAI does:- The ceiling is 50 InMails a day. We recommend 30–50 a day to make the monthly allowance last.
- InMail volume can grow by only about 50% a week, because LinkedIn has restricted accounts that jumped from a few InMails a day to many.
- When a sender runs out of credits, the lead takes the no credit branch of the step. See How to Send InMails.
Accepted invitations
Checking for accepted invitations every hour, or at the same time each day, looks automated. GrowthxAI checks at random times within working hours, a few times a day. Leads move on in their sequence without anyone refreshing.Everything else
For every other LinkedIn action (messages, likes, comments, endorsements, follows, post reads), GrowthxAI caps each one at 100 a day or less per sender, and spreads them out at random times within working hours. Nothing goes out in bursts or at fixed intervals. Your inbox syncs separately and has no limit.LinkedIn Recruiter accounts
LinkedIn Recruiter limits how many sessions an account can have open at once. When a Recruiter account is connected, LinkedIn may warn the owner not to share login details. Later, it may ask them to pick a session to end so they can keep using LinkedIn in their browser. If they end ours, the sender disconnects and has to be connected again. The account itself isn’t at risk, but it gets tedious. To avoid this, Recruiter features are off by default (Settings → Workspace → Behaviour). With them off, a Recruiter account connects as a normal LinkedIn account and the session prompt doesn’t appear. Turn them on only if you need to send Recruiter InMails. If you do, connect Recruiter senders with the Chrome extension.- Every Instagram sender has a 10-actions-an-hour limit and a daily total that rises from 15 to 100 as it warms up.
- At level 0 a sender can only view profiles, follow and like. Direct messages unlock at level 1.
- Actions are spread at random within working hours, one to four minutes apart at the least.
- Replies you send from the Inbox don’t count toward any limit.
”We suspect automated behavior on your account”
Instagram sometimes shows this warning. Accounts often carry on without further trouble, but GrowthxAI treats it as a signal rather than ignoring it:- The sender is paused for 48 hours and drops one warm-up level.
- The sender’s page shows Instagram’s exact wording.
- A manager can click Resume anyway if they’re comfortable carrying on sooner.
GrowthxAI also only starts a WhatsApp chat with someone who has a recorded consent (they messaged you first, opted in on a form, are an existing customer, and so on). See Settings → Safety.
How many new chats a WhatsApp sender can start
Messages in chats that already exist are capped at 100 a day at every level. A sender drops one level straight away if its reply rate falls below 25%, someone blocks it, or it’s logged out within 24 hours of sending.
Gmail and Google Workspace
Google also limits how many requests one mailbox can make at the same time. GrowthxAI spaces sends 30–120 seconds apart, so you won’t hit that limit.
Outlook and Microsoft 365
Limits are lower for newer accounts and accounts without a Microsoft 365 subscription. For cold email, follow the Gmail recommendations above instead of these limits.
Other email (IMAP)
Limits depend on the provider. Check with them, and follow the Gmail recommendations above until you know their numbers.What GrowthxAI does with mailboxes
- Mailboxes start at warm-up level 3, which is 80 emails a day, and can reach 120 at level 5. No mailbox can go above 150 a day.
- For a personal Gmail or a new mailbox, set a manual cap on the sender’s Budgets tab (for example 50 a day) and raise it over a few weeks.
- To send more, add more mailboxes (ideally on more than one domain) rather than pushing one harder. Rotate Sender spreads a sequence across them.
When a limit is reached
You can see what’s left for today on each sender’s Budgets tab.