DefiLlama · Rate Limits

Defillama Rate Limits

DefiLlama operates the Public API on a fair-use basis without published per-key limits; empirically allows around 300 requests per minute per IP. The Pro API documents a higher rate limit (typically 1,000 requests per minute) tied to the API key. Throttled requests return HTTP 429.

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

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_minute.

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

Tagged areas include DeFi, Crypto, and Rate Limiting.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
DeFiCryptoRate Limiting

Limits

Public API (fair use) ip
requests_per_minute
300
Soft fair-use limit; not contractually guaranteed.
Pro API api_key
requests_per_minute
1000
Documented Pro rate limit.

Policies

Caching
Cache TVL responses where possible; DefiLlama updates many endpoints on a 1-hour cycle.
Backoff Strategy
On 429 honor Retry-After and apply exponential backoff with jitter.

Sources

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