Coin Metrics · Rate Limits

Coin Metrics Rate Limits

Published Coin Metrics API v4 rate limits. Four rate-limit plans (Community, Trial, Default/PRO, Download/PRO) with sliding-window request limits, a cap of 10 parallel REST requests, and 200 parallel WebSocket connections for paid keys. 429 on violation with X-RateLimit-* headers per draft-polli-ratelimit-headers-03 plus an X-RateLimit-Plan header (default | trial | download | community).

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

It captures 6 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_window, concurrent_requests, and concurrent_connections.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Rate Limiting, Crypto, and Market Data.

6 Limits Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingCryptoMarket Data

Limits

Community REST requests ip_address
requests_per_window · 6 seconds sliding window
10
About 1.6 requests/second; reduced download speed; 10 parallel requests max.
Trial REST requests api_key
requests_per_window · 6 seconds sliding window
10
Max download speed; 10 parallel requests; 200 parallel WebSocket connections.
Default (PRO) REST requests api_key
requests_per_window · 20 seconds sliding window
6000
About 300 requests/second; standard download speed; 10 parallel requests; 200 parallel WebSocket connections.
Download (PRO) REST requests api_key
requests_per_window · 20 seconds sliding window
6000
Same request limit as Default but max download speed for bulk historical pulls; switch plans via Coin Metrics.
Parallel REST requests api_key
concurrent_requests · concurrent
10
Applies to both paid and community tiers; excess requests are queued.
Parallel WebSocket connections api_key
concurrent_connections · concurrent
200
Paid (Trial/PRO) keys only; Community has no WebSocket access.

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