# Chat Component : Waste of Rows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [December 18, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/chat-component-waste-of-rows/68796 "2023-12-18T08:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martinus\_Goh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/martinus_goh/32/53576_2.png) [@Martinus\_Goh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Martinus_Goh)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/chat-component-waste-of-rows/68796/1 "2023-12-18T08:37:43Z")
Hi, i would like to ask doesnt the chat component used up a table and consumed rows ? wouldnt it be such a waste if users keeps on chatting there and used up lots of rows usage. ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/chat-component-waste-of-rows/68796/2 "2023-12-18T17:01:38Z")
It does. It’s one of the reasons I don’t use the comments and chats components that often. Especially chat. I only do so if I know there won’t be much activity. And then might one wonder “Then what’s the point in having the comments/chat component in the first place?” Well exactly, that’s why I avoid using it. With the current pricing structure and counting of rows (edit: and updates), the row/update limits will be eaten up quickly: comments and chats are more valuable when more people and more comments/chats are added. You could purge comments and chats on a regular basis, but to me that defeats the purpose of having comments and chats in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Martinus\_Goh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/martinus_goh/32/53576_2.png) [@Martinus\_Goh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Martinus_Goh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/chat-component-waste-of-rows/68796/3 "2023-12-19T01:47:04Z")
Sure Hope it could just store as a JSON in one row, so it would be JUST editing. wont used up so much row. ---
**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/chat-component-waste-of-rows/68796/4 "2023-12-19T02:07:42Z")
Apart from consuming the limit on the number of rows, it also consumes the limit on the number of updates etc. 🫢