diff --git a/musician/settings.py b/musician/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5581061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/musician/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# allowed resources limit hardcoded because cannot be retrieved from the API.
+ALLOWED_RESOURCES = {
+    'INDIVIDUAL':
+    {
+        # 'disk': 1024,
+        # 'traffic': 2048,
+        'mailbox': 2,
+    },
+    'ASSOCIATION': {
+        # 'disk': 5 * 1024,
+        # 'traffic': 20 * 1024,
+        'mailbox': 10,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/musician/templates/musician/dashboard.html b/musician/templates/musician/dashboard.html
index abee939..53c694e 100644
--- a/musician/templates/musician/dashboard.html
+++ b/musician/templates/musician/dashboard.html
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@
           <h4>{% trans "Mail" %}</h4>
           <p class="card-text"><i class="fas fa-envelope fa-3x"></i></p>
           <p class="card-text text-dark">
-            {{ domain.mails|length }} {% trans "mail addresses created" %}<br/>
-            <span class="text-warning">1 mail address left</span>
+            {{ domain.mails|length }} {% trans "mail addresses created" %}
+            {% if domain.address_left.alert %}
+            <br/>
+            <span class="text-{{ domain.address_left.alert }}">{{ domain.address_left.count }} mail address left</span>
+            {% endif %}
           </p>
           <a class="stretched-link" href="{% url 'musician:mails' %}?domain={{ domain.id }}"></a>
       </div>
diff --git a/musician/views.py b/musician/views.py
index 5b39f50..4b46dcc 100644
--- a/musician/views.py
+++ b/musician/views.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from .mixins import (CustomContextMixin, ExtendedPaginationMixin,
                      UserTokenRequiredMixin)
 from .models import (DatabaseService, MailinglistService, MailService,
                      PaymentSource, SaasService, UserAccount)
+from .settings import ALLOWED_RESOURCES
 
 
 class DashboardView(CustomContextMixin, UserTokenRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
@@ -57,6 +58,22 @@ class DashboardView(CustomContextMixin, UserTokenRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
         # TODO(@slamora) update when backend supports notifications
         notifications = []
 
+        # show resource usage based on plan definition
+        # TODO(@slamora): validate concept of limits with Pangea
+        profile_type = context['profile'].type
+        for domain in domains:
+            address_left = ALLOWED_RESOURCES[profile_type]['mailbox'] - len(domain.mails)
+            alert = None
+            if address_left == 1:
+                alert = 'warning'
+            elif address_left < 1:
+                alert = 'danger'
+
+            domain.address_left = {
+                'count': address_left,
+                'alert': alert,
+            }
+
         context.update({
             'domains': domains,
             'resource_usage': resource_usage,