EasyPost · Rate Limits

Easypost Rate Limits

EasyPost applies per-account rate limits and returns HTTP 429 with Retry-After when exceeded. Default sustained throughput is in the tens of requests per second per account; bursting beyond your account profile triggers throttling. Higher limits are available on request and via enterprise contracts.

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

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests-per-second and burst.

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

Tagged areas include Shipping, Logistics, Multi-Carrier, Tracking, and Labels.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
ShippingLogisticsMulti-CarrierTrackingLabelsInsuranceRate LimitingQuotasThrottling

Limits

Per account (sustained) account
requests-per-second
tens of RPS (account-defined)
Throttled with 429; use bulk endpoints when available.
Burst account
burst
account-defined
Sustained burst beyond profile triggers 429.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Honor 429/Retry-After with exponential backoff and jitter.
Batch Operations
Use Batch endpoints for high-volume label creation to reduce per-call overhead.

Sources