Feature

Rate Limiting

Documented request quotas and throttling behavior.

76 providers 518 APIs 68 declared variants

The API publishes request quotas, throttling rules, and rate-limit headers so clients can back off predictably. Undocumented limits are one of the most common causes of production incidents.

76 API providers on the APIs.io network offer rate limiting. The highest-rated are Messagebird, Shopify, Didomi, Close, Klaviyo.

Providers

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 16 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
MessagebirdMessageBird, which trades as Bird, is a Dutch cloud communications company whose platform carries email, SM...12 APIs92.1ShopifyShopify is a complete commerce platform that lets you start, grow, and manage a business, selling online, i...3 APIs88.0DidomiDidomi is a Paris-based consent and preference management platform (CMP/PMP) that helps publishers, adverti...1 API79.9CloseClose is an inside-sales CRM with calling, email, SMS, and WhatsApp built in. The Close API exposes leads, ...2 APIs79.8KlaviyoKlaviyo is a marketing automation and customer data platform built for ecommerce. Build custom integrations...1 API79.1LaunchDarklyLaunchDarkly is a feature management and runtime control platform. Development teams use it to wrap release...3 APIs77.9AnthropicAnthropic is an AI safety company and the creator of the Claude family of large language models (Opus, Sonn...6 APIs77.8GitHubThe GitHub REST API allows developers to programmatically interact with GitHub resources including reposito...38 APIs77.2Canvas LMSCanvas is the open, AGPLv3-licensed learning management system created and maintained by Instructure, Inc. ...1 API73.9AvailityAvaility is a healthcare information network and clearinghouse providing REST APIs for real-time HIPAA EDI ...4 APIs73.3KnockKnock is notifications infrastructure as a service — a product and customer messaging platform you use to p...13 APIs71.6SendcloudSendcloud is Europe's leading shipping platform for e-commerce, headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Th...20 APIs71.3HealthieHealthie is a cloud, API-first EHR and practice management platform purpose-built for digital health startu...1 API68.2WSO2WSO2 API Manager is an open-source API management platform supporting REST, SOAP, and GraphQL with flexible...7 APIs67.9DatadogDatadog is a monitoring and analytics platform that helps organizations gain insight into their infrastruct...6 APIs66.5DeelDeel is a global workforce platform combining payroll, Employer of Record (EOR), independent contractor man...99 APIs66.5
Strong 20 Solid coverage with minor gaps
SlackSlack is a cloud-based team collaboration platform that provides chat, file sharing, and integrations with ...32 APIs65.6FitbitFitbit is a wearable health and fitness platform — devices (trackers, smartwatches, smart scales) plus a co...11 APIs65.4BuildkiteBuildkite is a hybrid CI/CD platform that combines a hosted control plane (pipelines.buildkite.com) with se...2 APIs65.2Apollo.ioApollo.io is a sales intelligence and go-to-market platform combining a database of 240M+ contacts and 30M+...5 APIs63.7MlsgridThe MLS Grid is a normalized, RESO-compliant data distribution platform that gives brokers, MLSs, and appli...1 API63.1AnkrAnkr is a Web3 infrastructure provider whose multichain RPC, Advanced API, liquid staking, contract automat...4 APIs62.8OktaOkta is the workforce identity incumbent — its Identity Cloud platform (also called the Okta Workforce Iden...1 API62.8Solo.ioSolo.io is a cloud-native application-networking company founded in 2017 that builds enterprise and open-so...5 APIs62.4WalmartWalmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department st...27 APIs60.8RocketReachRocketReach is a Seattle-based B2B contact data and sales intelligence provider that maintains a database o...5 APIs59.8AssembledAssembled is a San Francisco-headquartered support operations platform that unifies workforce management (W...4 APIs59.2WHOOPWHOOP is a fitness and recovery wearable platform providing a REST API for accessing sleep, recovery, strai...2 APIs58.9TykTyk is an open-source API gateway and management platform supporting REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and Async APIs wi...4 APIs57.4TensorDockTensorDock operates a global GPU cloud marketplace that connects independent hardware hosts with customers ...1 API56.7JobberJobber is field service management software for home and commercial service businesses, serving 100,000+ bu...1 API56.5Track-PODTrack-POD is a cloud-based delivery management platform that combines route planning and optimization with ...1 API56.1HatchetHatchet is an open-source distributed task queue and workflow orchestration engine for background jobs, AI ...1 API55.8FusioFusio is Apache-2.0, self-hosted API management from apioo (Christoph Kappestein, Germany). An operator ins...4 APIs54.8Amazon DataSyncAWS DataSync is an online data transfer service that simplifies, automates, and accelerates moving data bet...1 API54.7ThoughtlyThoughtly is an AI voice and chat agent platform that helps revenue and support teams contact every lead ac...1 API54.7
Developing 24 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Cloudflare AI GatewayCloudflare AI Gateway is a managed LLM proxy that sits in front of 23+ AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Goo...1 API54.2GreenhouseGreenhouse Software is an enterprise applicant tracking system (ATS) and end-to-end hiring platform spannin...6 APIs53.9WherebyWhereby is an embeddable video API plus standalone meetings product that lets developers add browser-based,...1 API52.8LunarLunar is an enterprise-grade API management and AI control plane platform that provides a unified gateway f...3 APIs52.3Holiday APIHoliday API is a commercial reference-data service that delivers verified public holidays, observances, cou...1 API50.5HostawayHostaway is an AI-powered vacation rental management platform that consolidates property management, channe...16 APIs50.5API SnapAPI Snap is a developer utility platform that consolidates 13+ commonly needed REST APIs into a single, uni...1 API49.9VTEXVTEX is a global enterprise digital commerce platform that provides end-to-end solutions for businesses to ...44 APIs49.3FrontFront is a customer operations platform unifying shared inboxes, chat, SMS, social, and CRM workflows. Fron...2 APIs49.2StackOneStackOne is an AI-powered embedded integration platform as a service (iPaaS) designed to simplify and accel...1 API46.9Help ScoutHelp Scout is an email-first help desk platform with shared inboxes, live chat, knowledge bases, and a cust...25 APIs46.7TrackingMoreTrackingMore is a multi-carrier shipment tracking platform offering a unified REST API that integrates with...1 API45.9Australia PostAustralia Post is Australia's primary postal operator, offering a developer platform with REST APIs for e-c...2 APIs45.8DiscordDiscord is a voice, video and text communication service used by hundreds of millions of people to hang out...3 APIs45.3Apache DubboApache Dubbo is a high-performance, Java-based open-source RPC framework that provides service discovery, t...1 API44.0NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the United States scientific and regulatory a...1 API44.0UnkeyUnkey is the developer platform for modern APIs, providing globally distributed API key management, rate li...1 API44.0FreshworksFreshworks is a software company that develops cloud-based business software including customer support, IT...6 APIs43.3PolarPolar Electro Oy (operating as Polar Global) is a Finnish sports and fitness technology company founded in ...2 APIs42.5SupabaseSupabase is an open-source Firebase alternative that provides a suite of backend services built on top of P...5 APIs42.5TypesenseTypesense is a fast, typo-tolerant, open-source search engine designed for developer productivity. It provi...2 APIs42.1MapboxMapbox is a leading mapping and location data platform that provides tools and services to help developers ...12 APIs41.8Punk APIPunk API is a free, no-auth REST API exposing BrewDog's "DIY Dog" open-source beer recipe collection — 325 ...1 API40.4Kong AI GatewayKong AI Gateway is the AI-native capability layer built on top of Kong Gateway and managed through Kong Kon...21 APIs40.2
Thin 13 Limited public surface area
KreaKrea is a real-time AI creative suite that lets designers, filmmakers, brand teams, and everyday creators g...1 API39.2AI GatewayAn API Evangelist landscape index of AI gateways — the LLM routers, prompt firewalls, model fallback proxie...1 API38.7Apache JamesApache James (Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server) is a portable and enterprise-ready mail server built enti...1 API38.6RavelinRavelin is a London-based fraud detection and prevention platform offering AI-native, real-time decisioning...2 APIs38.5AmbassadorAmbassador is a Kubernetes-native API Gateway built on Envoy Proxy, providing routing, load balancing, auth...1 API36.7Ron Swanson QuotesA community-built, open source HTTP API that returns Ron Swanson quotes from the NBC television series Park...1 API36.1JSONPlaceholderJSONPlaceholder is a free, no-auth fake REST API for prototyping, tutorials, and testing. It exposes six re...1 API34.2LAPISLAPIS (Lightweight API Specification for Intelligent Systems) is a compact, LLM-native API description form...1 API33.9APIParkAPIPark is an open-source, cloud-native AI gateway and API developer portal that helps developers and enter...1 API33.8KnitKnit is a unified API platform for B2B products, AI agents, and MCP clients, providing integrations infrast...1 API33.7GlamaGlama is an all-in-one AI workspace combining an MCP server marketplace and registry, a managed MCP gateway...7 APIs30.3Volvo CarsVolvo Cars is a Swedish premium automotive OEM (headquartered in Gothenburg, owned by Geely) that operates ...4 APIs29.7BlynkBlynk is a low-code / no-code IoT software platform that helps companies prototype, deploy, and remotely ma...3 APIs28.0
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Unrated 1 Not yet scored

What Providers Actually Declared

This feature is a canonical term. These are the free-text strings providers wrote in their own apis.yml that map onto it.

100 requests per minute API rate limit; subscriber 429s retried once with Retry-After100 requests per minute per organization on the v2 API202 per-operation rate limits published, token-bucket, allotted per seller; headers x-current-token-count + X-Next-Replenishment-TimeAdvanced ThrottlingAuth signup rate limits: 30/hr Free, 150/hr ProBandwidth ThrottlingBuilt-in rate limiting and retry logicCatalog/Search/Order Management with own rate limitsConfigurable per-key rate limitsDefault 150 requests-per-hour-per-user quota; 429 + Retry-After on overageDefault rate limit of 300 requests per minute (5 req/s) with bursts up to 20Default rate limits 600 req/min on most endpointsDocumented rate limits (2 RPS, 7,200/hour, 40,000/24h, 4 GB/hour) with HTTP 429 on violationDocumented rate limits — 15 req/10s per IP and 20 req/10s per accountDynamic rate limiting on AccessLink based on registered user count (15-minute and 24-hour windows)Enterprise plan: custom pricing and custom rate limitsFirst-Class Rate LimitsLeaky-Bucket Query Cost ThrottlingNCEI CDO v2 — token-based legacy climate API with 5 req/sec, 10k req/day rate limitsNo Rate LimitsNo Rate Limits DocumentedNo Velocity ThrottlingNo rate limits under 1B tokens/day; higher quotas negotiable within 48 hoursOnboarding GraphQL API with query-complexity rate limitingPer-Consumer Rate LimitingPer-Customer Rate LimitingPer-endpoint REST API rate limits with X-RateLimit-* headersPer-endpoint-group rate limits; org limits 3x individual key limitsPer-method tiered rate limits (Tier 1-4)Per-route bucket-based rate limits with X-RateLimit-Bucket headersPer-route rate limits + global 200 req/10sPer-token, per-endpoint rate limits (60-1,250 req/min defaults)Per-user API rate limits with org-wide capsPer-user-per-host throttling with X-Request-Cost and X-Rate-Limit-Remaining response headersPlan-tiered rate limits with job-backlog queueing instead of hard rejectionPoint-based rate limiting (100/min Build, 1000/min Enterprise)Predictable Rate Limit HeadersPublic Plan free with anonymous IP-scoped throttling — production should use PremiumQuery complexity scoring (max 2000) and 25-level depth limit instead of fixed RPS rate limitsQuota Management

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