Hey all, following the what is counted as a user seat in Directus post, here is what is counted as a collection in Directus! I’m still sharing the definitions directly from the key definitions which are in the docs licensing overview page:
A collection counts toward your limit if it is a user collection registered in Directus, meaning it has Directus metadata and appears in the Data Studio. (See Collections for the difference between user and system collections.)
Counted:
- User collections, whether created through the Data Studio, the API, or created in your database and then registered in Directus.
- Translation collections, such as
articles_translations. - Junction tables created for many-to-many and many-to-any relationships.
Not counted:
- System collections, which are prefixed with
directus_. - Folders, which group collections in the Data Model settings and are not tables.
- Database-only tables, which exist in your database but have no associated Directus metadata because they are not registered in Directus.
Translation collections and junction tables receive no special treatment: they are standard user-created tables, so each one counts as a collection. Account for them when you estimate your total.
We hope this helps and if you have any questions or feedback, let us know! Thanks all, Beth