Adafruit IO · Rate Limits

Adafruit Io Rate Limits

Adafruit IO enforces a per-account "data points per minute" rate limit that applies across both the HTTP REST API and the MQTT broker. The rate is the same regardless of transport; concurrent HTTP and MQTT clients share the same per-minute budget. Free accounts get 30 data points per minute; Plus accounts get 60. When throttled, the broker publishes a notification to the `{username}/throttle` MQTT topic, and the REST API returns HTTP 429.

Adafruit Io Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Adafruit IO on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring data-points, records, and qos.

Tagged areas include IoT, Internet of Things, MQTT, Maker, and Hobbyist.

4 Limits
IoTInternet of ThingsMQTTMakerHobbyistCircuitPythonArduinoESP32FeatherDashboardsTime Series

Limits

account
data-points
30
account
data-points
60
request
records
1000
protocol
qos

Sources