Evidence · Rate Limits

Evidence Dev Rate Limits

Evidence is a framework/CLI that compiles SQL + Markdown into a static data app and executes queries locally through a DuckDB-WASM (Universal SQL) engine, so the open-source core has no network rate limits - throughput is bound by your machine and by the limits of whatever upstream data warehouses you connect to. Evidence Cloud, as a managed product, governs usage through per-user seats, bundled monthly AI-credit allowances (with metered overage), and operational quotas such as scheduled-sync frequency and query/caching limits rather than published requests-per-minute API rate limits. Specific quota values are not reconciled here.

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

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring queries, users, ai_credits, and sync_frequency.

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

Tagged areas include Business Intelligence, BI as Code, SQL, Markdown, and Data Apps.

4 Limits Throttle: not applicable (framework/CLI; no REST API surface)
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Limits

Open-Source Framework / CLI local
queries
bound by local machine and upstream data source limits
No network rate limit; Universal SQL runs in-process via DuckDB-WASM.
Evidence Cloud Seats account
users
see provider pricing
Team is unlimited users; Pro and Enterprise priced per user.
AI Credits account
ai_credits
1,000/user/month (Team), 3,000/user/month (Pro), custom (Enterprise)
Overage billed at $0.01/credit; functions as a usage quota, not a request rate.
Scheduled Data Syncs account
sync_frequency
see provider documentation
Managed sync cadence (minutes to daily) varies by plan/configuration.

Policies

Self-Hosted Throughput
Open-source deployments scale with host resources and upstream warehouse limits; honor your data source's own rate limits.
Credit-Based Usage
AI features draw down monthly credit allowances; plan for metered overage above the included pool.

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