diff --git a/app/controllers/query_controller.js b/app/controllers/query_controller.js
index c287d2ed..302cebf5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/query_controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/query_controller.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ QueryController.prototype.handleQuery = function (req, res) {
     var skipfields;
     var dp = params.dp; // decimal point digits (defaults to 6)
     var gn = "the_geom"; // TODO: read from configuration file
+    var userLimits;
 
     if ( req.profiler ) {
         req.profiler.start('sqlapi.query');
@@ -122,12 +123,13 @@ QueryController.prototype.handleQuery = function (req, res) {
             function getUserDBInfo() {
                 self.userDatabaseService.getConnectionParams(new AuthApi(req, params), cdbUsername, this);
             },
-            function queryExplain(err, dbParams, authDbParams) {
+            function queryExplain(err, dbParams, authDbParams, userTimeoutLimits) {
                 assert.ifError(err);
 
                 var next = this;
 
                 dbopts = dbParams;
+                userLimits = userTimeoutLimits;
 
                 if ( req.profiler ) {
                     req.profiler.done('setDBAuth');
@@ -217,7 +219,8 @@ QueryController.prototype.handleQuery = function (req, res) {
                   filename: filename,
                   bufferedRows: global.settings.bufferedRows,
                   callback: params.callback,
-                  abortChecker: checkAborted
+                  abortChecker: checkAborted,
+                  timeout: userLimits.timeout
                 };
 
                 if ( req.profiler ) {
diff --git a/app/models/formats/ogr.js b/app/models/formats/ogr.js
index 38cdb948..42f1b4f0 100644
--- a/app/models/formats/ogr.js
+++ b/app/models/formats/ogr.js
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ OgrFormat.prototype.toOGR = function(options, out_format, out_filename, callback
   var dbpass = dbopts.pass;
   var dbname = dbopts.dbname;
 
+  var timeout = options.timeout;
+
   var that = this;
 
   var columns = [];
@@ -167,9 +169,20 @@ OgrFormat.prototype.toOGR = function(options, out_format, out_filename, callback
 
       ogrargs.push('-nln', out_layername);
 
+      // TODO: research if exec
       var child = spawn(ogr2ogr, ogrargs);
 
+      var timeouted = false;
+      var ogrTimeout;
+      if (timeout > 0) {
+        ogrTimeout = setTimeout(function () {
+          timeouted = true;
+          child.kill();
+        }, timeout);
+      }
+
       child.on('error', function (err) {
+        clearTimeout(ogrTimeout);
         next(err);
       });
 
@@ -180,6 +193,12 @@ OgrFormat.prototype.toOGR = function(options, out_format, out_filename, callback
       });
 
       child.on('exit', function(code) {
+        clearTimeout(ogrTimeout);
+
+        if (timeouted) {
+          return next(new Error('You are over platform\'s limits. Please contact us to know more details'));
+        }
+
         if (code !== 0) {
           var errMessage = 'ogr2ogr command return code ' + code;
           if (stderrData.length > 0) {
diff --git a/app/services/user_database_service.js b/app/services/user_database_service.js
index 60ebee67..f713a71c 100644
--- a/app/services/user_database_service.js
+++ b/app/services/user_database_service.js
@@ -54,7 +54,26 @@ UserDatabaseService.prototype.getConnectionParams = function (authApi, cdbUserna
                 apiKey: dbParams.apikey
             }, next);
         },
-        function setDBAuth(err, isAuthenticated) {
+        function getUserLimits (err, isAuthenticated) {
+            var next = this;
+
+            if (err) {
+                return next(err);
+            }
+
+            self.metadataBackend.getUserTimeoutRenderLimits(cdbUsername, function (err, timeoutRenderLimit) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return next(err);
+                }
+
+                var userLimits = {
+                    timeout: isAuthenticated ? timeoutRenderLimit.render : timeoutRenderLimit.renderPublic
+                };
+
+                next(null, isAuthenticated, userLimits);
+            });
+        },
+        function setDBAuth(err, isAuthenticated, userLimits) {
             if (err) {
                 throw err;
             }
@@ -76,14 +95,14 @@ UserDatabaseService.prototype.getConnectionParams = function (authApi, cdbUserna
 
             var authDbOpts = _.defaults({user: user, pass: pass}, dbopts);
 
-            return this(null, dbopts, authDbOpts);
+            return this(null, dbopts, authDbOpts, userLimits);
         },
-        function errorHandle(err, dbopts, authDbOpts) {
+        function errorHandle(err, dbopts, authDbOpts, userLimits) {
             if (err) {
                 return callback(err);
             }
 
-            callback(null, dbopts, authDbOpts);
+            callback(null, dbopts, authDbOpts, userLimits);
         }
     );