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Proofpoint Rate Limits

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

It captures 14 rate-limit definitions.

Limit state is signalled in the documented and note response headers.

Tagged areas include Security, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Threat Intelligence, and Data Loss Prevention.

14 Limits documentednote
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-13 — help.proofpoint.com/Threat_Insight_Dashboard/API_Document....
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SecurityCybersecurityEmail SecurityThreat IntelligenceData Loss PreventionSecurity Awareness TrainingInsider ThreatSIEMComplianceEmail

Limits

proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/siem/clicks/permitted
· per rolling 24 hours
1800/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/siem/all, /v2/siem/issues, /v2/siem/clicks/blocked, /v2/siem/messages/delivered, /v2/siem/messages/blocked
· per rolling 24 hours
1800/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/campaign/ids
· per rolling 24 hours
50/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/campaign/
· per rolling 24 hours
Explicitly unthrottled: "no throttle limits and does not count toward the request quota of the above endpoint".
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/forensics?threatId=
· per rolling 24 hours
50/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/forensics?campaignId=
· per rolling 24 hours
1800/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/people/vap
· per rolling 24 hours
50/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/people/top-clickers
· per rolling 24 hours
50/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/url/decode
· per rolling 24 hours
1800/rolling 24 hours
proofpoint-tap per-service-credential
/v2/threat/summary/
Documented as unlimited: "The Threats API currently has no throttle limits."
proofpoint-threat-protection-reports per-api-key
all
· per 1 minute
10/1 minute
Burst limit. Ten requests per minute per API key across the whole Reports API.
proofpoint-threat-protection-reports per-report-section
per report section
· per 1 day
20/1 day
Sections are independent: exhausting Executive Summary does not block Effectiveness. Twenty calls per day per section is a very low ceiling for any automated consumer.
proofpoint-et-intelligence per-api-key
all
· per 1 minute
200/1 minute
proofpoint-essentials-siem per-service-credential
/v2/siem/*
· per rolling 24 hours
1800/rolling 24 hours
Same two-pool structure as TAP, with clicks/permitted isolated from the rest.

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All rate limits 
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