# Are there any data limits for external collections? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the community\ **Tags:** cms, code\ **Created:** [November 19, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/are-there-any-data-limits-for-external-collections/53937 "2023-11-19T10:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@Lucas\_dev](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Lucas_dev)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/are-there-any-data-limits-for-external-collections/53937/1 "2023-11-19T10:30:17Z")
@noahlovell or @pamela do the limits on the number of items in collections also apply when connecting external databases such as google cloud? For example, if I have 1 internal collection in the CMS with 10,000 elements, does that mean I can’t add any more elements to my external google cloud platform collection because I’m at the maximum quota, or are external collections not affected by this quota? ---
**Author:** ![noahlovell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/noahlovell/32/118920_2.png) [@noahlovell](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/noahlovell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/are-there-any-data-limits-for-external-collections/53937/2 "2023-11-20T21:19:10Z")
This is a good question. I don’t have the answer, but have just asked 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![noahlovell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/noahlovell/32/118920_2.png) [@noahlovell](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/noahlovell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/are-there-any-data-limits-for-external-collections/53937/3 "2023-11-20T21:25:16Z")
Just got an answer already 🙌 The limits apply only on non-external databases. So if you have an external database connected, you can add as many items as you need 💪