CoinMarketCap · Rate Limits

Coinmarketcap Rate Limits

CoinMarketCap enforces both per-minute rate limits and monthly credit allowances. Free Basic plan starts at ~30 requests/minute and 15,000 credits/month; paid tiers progress through 60, 120, 300, 600, and 1,600+ requests per minute. A 429 response is returned when the per-minute cap is exceeded; a 1015 status when the monthly credit allowance is exhausted.

Coinmarketcap Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for CoinMarketCap on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 8 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_minute and credits_per_month.

An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled and exhausted.

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

8 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-08.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Limits

Basic (Free) api_key
requests_per_minute
30
Hobbyist api_key
requests_per_minute
60
Startup api_key
requests_per_minute
120
Standard api_key
requests_per_minute
300
Professional api_key
requests_per_minute
600
Enterprise api_key
requests_per_minute
1600
1,600+ rpm; custom limits available.
Monthly credits (Basic) account
credits_per_month
15000
Monthly credits (Professional) account
credits_per_month
5000000

Policies

Credit-based metering
Each endpoint consumes a documented number of credits per call (often based on parameters such as number of symbols requested). Track the X-CMC_PRO_API_KEY header on outbound calls and the credit-count headers on inbound responses.
Backoff Strategy
On 429 honor Retry-After; on 1015 stop until next billing cycle or upgrade.

Sources

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