diff --git a/src/constants/maxDatasetsForUser.ts b/src/constants/maxDatasetsForUser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d2354b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/constants/maxDatasetsForUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const maxDatasetsForUser = 5;
+
+export default maxDatasetsForUser;
diff --git a/src/constants/operationsResultsMessages.ts b/src/constants/operationsResultsMessages.ts
index c24c661..0f72c6e 100644
--- a/src/constants/operationsResultsMessages.ts
+++ b/src/constants/operationsResultsMessages.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ const operationsResultsMessages = {
   successfulDatasetCreation: (datasetName: string) =>
     `"${datasetName}" dataset created successfuly`,
   successfulDatasetUpdate: "The dataset was updated successfully",
-  failedDatasetCreation: (datasetName: string) =>
-    `"${datasetName}" dataset creation failed`,
   noDatasets: "There are no datasets yet",
   noDataset: (datasetId: string) =>
     `There is no dataset with "${datasetId}" id`,
   successfulDatasetDeletion: "The dataset was deleted successfully",
+  maxDatasetsReached: "You have reached the maximum number of datasets",
   noInstructionsForDataset: (datasetId: string) =>
     `No instructions found for a dataset with this id: ${datasetId}`,
   successfulInstructionsCountIncrement:
diff --git a/src/services/datasets/createDataset_service.ts b/src/services/datasets/createDataset_service.ts
index 0f6212e..d375cdb 100644
--- a/src/services/datasets/createDataset_service.ts
+++ b/src/services/datasets/createDataset_service.ts
@@ -1,48 +1,59 @@
-import createTransactionSession from "../../utilities/createTransactionSession";
 import DatasetsModel from "../../models/DatasetsModel";
 import { DatasetDocument, type DatasetInput } from "../../types/datasets";
 import type { ServiceOperationResultType } from "../../types/response";
 import ServiceOperationResult from "../../utilities/ServiceOperationResult";
 import activitiesService from "../activities";
 import operationsResultsMessages from "../../constants/operationsResultsMessages";
+import maxDatasetsForUser from "../../constants/maxDatasetsForUser";
 
 export default async function createDataset_service(
   userId: string,
   dataset: DatasetInput
 ): Promise<ServiceOperationResultType> {
-  const session = await createTransactionSession();
-
   const newDataset = new DatasetDocument(dataset);
 
-  const datasetAdded = await DatasetsModel.updateOne(
-    { _id: userId },
-    { $push: { datasets: newDataset } },
-    { upsert: true, session }
-  )
-    .then(() => true)
-    .catch(() => false);
+  const userDatasets = await DatasetsModel.findById(
+    userId,
+    {},
+    { upsert: true }
+  );
 
-  if (datasetAdded) {
-    await session.commitTransaction();
-    activitiesService.registerDatasetActivity(
-      userId,
-      {
-        _id: newDataset._id,
-        name: newDataset.name,
-        description: newDataset.description,
-      },
-      newDataset.createdAt,
-      "New Resource"
-    );
+  if (!userDatasets) {
+    await DatasetsModel.create({
+      _id: userId,
+      datasets: [newDataset],
+    });
+    return successfulDatasetCreation(userId, newDataset);
+  }
 
-    return ServiceOperationResult.success(
-      newDataset,
-      operationsResultsMessages.successfulDatasetCreation(newDataset.name)
+  if (userDatasets.datasets.length < maxDatasetsForUser) {
+    userDatasets.datasets.push(newDataset);
+    await userDatasets.save();
+    return successfulDatasetCreation(userId, newDataset);
+  } else {
+    return ServiceOperationResult.failure(
+      operationsResultsMessages.maxDatasetsReached
     );
   }
+}
+
+function successfulDatasetCreation(
+  userId: string,
+  newDataset: DatasetDocument
+) {
+  activitiesService.registerDatasetActivity(
+    userId,
+    {
+      _id: newDataset._id,
+      name: newDataset.name,
+      description: newDataset.description,
+    },
+    newDataset.createdAt,
+    "New Resource"
+  );
 
-  await session.abortTransaction();
-  return ServiceOperationResult.failure(
-    operationsResultsMessages.failedDatasetCreation(newDataset.name)
+  return ServiceOperationResult.success(
+    newDataset,
+    operationsResultsMessages.successfulDatasetCreation(newDataset.name)
   );
 }