Intercom · Rate Limits

Intercom Rate Limits

Intercom Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for Intercom on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-09-20.

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions, including Private app default rate limit — 10,000 API calls per minute per app; Private workspace rate limit — 25,000 API calls per minute per workspace; Public app default rate limit — 10,000 API calls per minute for each app.

Limit state is signalled in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset response headers, and an exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Customer Service, Messaging, Conversational AI, and Help Desk.

5 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429 X-RateLimit-LimitX-RateLimit-RemainingX-RateLimit-Reset
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-20 — developers.intercom.com/docs/references/rest-api/errors/r....
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Artificial IntelligenceCustomer ServiceMessagingConversational AIHelp DeskChatbots

Limits

Private app default rate limit accountPrivate
10,000 API calls per minute per app
· per minute
10000
Private workspace rate limit accountPrivate
25,000 API calls per minute per workspace
· per minute
25000
Public app default rate limit accountPublic
10,000 API calls per minute for each app
· per minute
10000
Public workspace rate limit accountPublic
25,000 API calls per minute per workspace
· per minute
25000
10 second window distribution accountburst
we evenly distribute this into 10 second windows

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