diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/usageQuota.spec.js b/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/usageQuota.spec.js
index d828f2ca60..7a64b1a039 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/usageQuota.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/middleware/tests/usageQuota.spec.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ jest.mock("../../environment", () => ({
   isDev: () => true,
   _set: () => {},
 }))
+jest.mock("@budibase/auth/tenancy", () => ({
+  getTenantId: () => "testing123"
+}))
 
 const usageQuotaMiddleware = require("../usageQuota")
 const usageQuota = require("../../utilities/usageQuota")
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/usageQuota.js b/packages/server/src/middleware/usageQuota.js
index 3a244ef5bc..de54c93200 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/middleware/usageQuota.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/middleware/usageQuota.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const CouchDB = require("../db")
 const usageQuota = require("../utilities/usageQuota")
 const env = require("../environment")
+const { getTenantId } = require("@budibase/auth/tenancy")
+
+// tenants without limits
+const EXCLUDED_TENANTS = ["bb", "default", "bbtest", "bbstaging"]
 
 // currently only counting new writes and deletes
 const METHOD_MAP = {
@@ -28,8 +32,10 @@ function getProperty(url) {
 }
 
 module.exports = async (ctx, next) => {
+  const tenantId = getTenantId()
+
   // if in development or a self hosted cloud usage quotas should not be executed
-  if (env.isDev() || env.SELF_HOSTED) {
+  if (env.isDev() || env.SELF_HOSTED || EXCLUDED_TENANTS.includes(tenantId)) {
     return next()
   }