# How do I count how many slots we need, is every page a slot?

Asked by Bernadette Cross on 2025-02-21. Tags: pricing, slots, plans.

I am mapping our website in a doc before we pick a plan and I have hit a
definitional question. Our site has about 40 pages. Does that mean I need 40
slots? The free plan includes 3 and Growth includes 20, so if a slot equals a
page then even Growth would not cover us.

What actually consumes the slot quota? Is it pages, sections, experiences,
variants? I would rather understand the unit properly before I size the plan
wrong

## 2 answers

### Answer from Priyanka Desai (2025-02-21)

Pages are not slots. The pricing FAQ defines it well: components are the
reusable building blocks (like a hero section) while slots are the specific
placeholders (like a home hero) where those components are rendered. A slot is
a context-specific placeholder in your application, not a page.

So the counting question is: how many distinct places on the site do you want
to personalize or test? A home hero, a pricing FAQ list, a checkout banner,
that is 3 slots, even if your site has 40 pages. And one slot can serve many
experiences and variants over time without consuming more quota. Quotas are 3
slots on free and 20 on Growth, which covers most rollouts if you start with
the highest-traffic placements.

For your doc, list the placements you plan to touch in the first six months,
not the site map. That number is usually much smaller than the page count.

### Answer from lukas_m (2025-02-22)

Adding two details that helped us size correctly:

Each slot binds to exactly one component, so when you map placements, note
which component type each one renders. If two placements render the same hero
component in different contexts, they are still two slots (a home hero and a
landing hero, say), but the component itself is defined once and reused.

Once you are live, the dashboard shows status dots per slot: grey means no
requests yet, green means active, red means no requests for 7+ days. That is
handy when auditing quota use later, because slots someone set up and abandoned
show up red and can be reclaimed.