diff --git a/components/usage/go.mod b/components/usage/go.mod
index 648af860e81898..444d4d6458588f 100644
--- a/components/usage/go.mod
+++ b/components/usage/go.mod
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v72 v72.114.0
 	gorm.io/datatypes v1.0.6
 	gorm.io/driver/mysql v1.3.3
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.23.5
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.32.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v72 v72.114.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9 // indirect
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/db/dbtest/workspace.go b/components/usage/pkg/db/dbtest/workspace.go
index 9c10251921bd47..cb6b998dbce271 100644
--- a/components/usage/pkg/db/dbtest/workspace.go
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/db/dbtest/workspace.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 func NewWorkspace(t *testing.T, workspace db.Workspace) db.Workspace {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	id := generateWorkspaceID()
+	id := GenerateWorkspaceID()
 	if workspace.ID != "" {
 		id = workspace.ID
 	}
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func NewWorkspace(t *testing.T, workspace db.Workspace) db.Workspace {
 	}
 }
 
-func generateWorkspaceID() string {
+func GenerateWorkspaceID() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("gitpodio-gitpod-%s", randSeq(11))
 }
 
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace.go b/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace.go
index 1cc4fd8b91dff3..827fb2d2a0847c 100644
--- a/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace.go
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"gorm.io/datatypes"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
+	"math"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -59,15 +60,33 @@ const (
 	WorkspaceType_Regular  WorkspaceType = "regular"
 )
 
+const maxListBatchSize = 65535 // 2^16 - 1
+
 func ListWorkspacesByID(ctx context.Context, conn *gorm.DB, ids []string) ([]Workspace, error) {
 	if len(ids) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	var workspaces []Workspace
-	tx := conn.WithContext(ctx).Where(ids).Find(&workspaces)
-	if tx.Error != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list workspaces by id: %w", tx.Error)
+
+	items := len(ids)
+	batches := int(math.Ceil(float64(items) / maxListBatchSize))
+	for i := 0; i < batches; i++ {
+		lower := i * maxListBatchSize
+		upper := (i + 1) * maxListBatchSize
+
+		if upper > items {
+			upper = items
+		}
+
+		batchIDs := ids[lower:upper]
+		var results []Workspace
+		tx := conn.WithContext(ctx).Where(batchIDs).Find(&results)
+		if tx.Error != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list workspaces by id: %w", tx.Error)
+		}
+
+		workspaces = append(workspaces, results...)
 	}
 
 	return workspaces, nil
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace_test.go b/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace_test.go
index dad4ba27dd638c..de0fc40f9edfaa 100644
--- a/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace_test.go
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/db/workspace_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ func TestListWorkspacesByID(t *testing.T) {
 			QueryIDs: []string{workspaces[0].ID, workspaces[1].ID},
 			Expected: 2,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:     "over 2^16 - 1 IDs requires batching",
+			QueryIDs: append([]string{workspaces[0].ID, workspaces[1].ID}, generateWorkspaceIDs(65535)...),
+			Expected: 2,
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(scenario.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			results, err := db.ListWorkspacesByID(context.Background(), conn, scenario.QueryIDs)
@@ -135,3 +140,12 @@ func TestListWorkspacesByID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func generateWorkspaceIDs(count int) []string {
+	var ids []string
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		ids = append(ids, dbtest.GenerateWorkspaceID())
+	}
+
+	return ids
+}