Kombo · Rate Limits

Kombo Rate Limits

Kombo markets unlimited API calls and data volume on every plan. The public docs do not enumerate per-second / per-minute throttling thresholds for Kombo's own API; rate limits are typically inherited from the underlying connected HRIS / ATS / LMS systems and surfaced via job/sync status rather than per-call 429s.

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

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_minute and varies.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled, upstreamThrottled, and serviceUnavailable.

Tagged areas include Rate Limiting, HRIS, Unified API, and HR Tech.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingHRISUnified APIHR Tech

Limits

Kombo platform API tenant
requests_per_minute
unlimited per Kombo pricing; subject to underlying integration throttling
Underlying-system sync frequency integration
varies
sync cadence varies by plan and source system; Scale and Enterprise unlock higher frequency

Policies

Sync orchestration
Kombo manages polling and webhook processing against upstream HRIS systems; consumers should treat Kombo as eventually consistent and react to webhook deltas rather than poll.
Backoff
On 429/5xx from Kombo, retry with exponential backoff and jitter; honor Retry-After.
Upstream-aware throttling
When the source HR system (Workday, SAP, BambooHR, etc.) returns a rate-limit signal, Kombo surfaces it via sync errors; resolve by increasing the source system quota rather than retrying against Kombo.

Sources