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Coingecko Rate Limits

CoinGecko enforces both a per-minute rate limit and a monthly call-credit quota that vary by subscription plan. Demo (public) is approximately 30 calls/minute and varies with traffic. Pro plans define explicit per-minute ceilings and monthly credits. Every API request, success or failure, counts against the quota.

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

It captures 9 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_minute, requests_per_month, and varies.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

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

9 Limits Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingCryptocurrencyMarket Data

Limits

Demo plan key
requests_per_minute · minute
30
Approximate; varies with overall traffic.
Demo monthly credits key
requests_per_month · month
10000
Basic plan key
requests_per_minute · minute
250
Basic monthly credits key
requests_per_month · month
100000
Analyst plan key
requests_per_minute · minute
500
Analyst monthly credits key
requests_per_month · month
500000
Lite plan key
requests_per_minute · minute
500
Lite monthly credits key
requests_per_month · month
2000000
Enterprise key
varies
custom (contact sales)

Policies

All requests count
All API requests count toward the per-minute and monthly limits, including responses with non-2xx status codes.
Backoff
On 429, reduce request rate or upgrade tier for higher ceilings.
Demo vs Pro hosts
Demo plans use api.coingecko.com; Pro plans use pro-api.coingecko.com with x-cg-pro-api-key header.

Sources