Lemon Squeezy · Rate Limits

Lemonsqueezy Rate Limits

The Lemon Squeezy API enforces a fixed rate limit of 60 requests per minute per API key. Requests that exceed the limit return HTTP 429 Too Many Requests. The public License API (activate, validate, deactivate) is a separate API with its own requirements.

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

It captures 1 rate-limit definition, measuring requests.

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

Tagged areas include Payments, Merchant of Record, Subscriptions, Digital Products, and SaaS.

1 Limits Throttle: 429
PaymentsMerchant of RecordSubscriptionsDigital ProductsSaaSRate LimitingQuotasThrottling

Limits

Requests Per Minute api_key
requests
60
Fixed 60 requests per minute per API key on the main JSON:API.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and retry after receiving a 429 response.
Separate License API
The public License API (activate, validate, deactivate) is a distinct API with its own access requirements.

Sources