OpenSanctions · Rate Limits

Opensanctions Rate Limits

Opensanctions Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for OpenSanctions on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 3 rate-limit definitions.

Tagged areas include Sanctions Screening, AML, Politically Exposed Persons, Compliance, and Financial Crime.

3 Limits
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-08-27 — www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/faq/.
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Sanctions ScreeningAMLPolitically Exposed PersonsComplianceFinancial CrimeKYCEntity ResolutionOpen DataRisk DataDue DiligencePublic APIsAgent-Native

Limits

per-key
· per calendar-month
A default per-key monthly request ceiling applies to both trial and paid keys; the numeric value is set per key and is not published./calendar-month
per-account
· per month
2,000,000 queries/month
Volumes "likely to exceed 2 million queries per month" require contacting OpenSanctions so they can verify the traffic is legitimate. Not an enforced rate limit — a stated escalation threshold.
per-account
· per hour
200,000 requests/hour
Same escalation clause: "more than 200,000 requests per hour" should be cleared with OpenSanctions in advance.

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Tools for rate limits

4 MCP tools reach this
  • find_rate_limitsBrowse and filter every rate limit in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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This rate limit 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/rate-limits/opensanctions-rate-limits"
All rate limits 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/rate-limits?limit=25"

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