QuickNode · Rate Limits

Quicknode Rate Limits

QuickNode enforces per-endpoint requests-per-second rate limits scaled by plan tier and a monthly request credits cap.

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

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second and requests.

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

Tagged areas include Web3, Blockchain, RPC, Streams, and IPFS.

5 Limits Throttle: 429
Web3BlockchainRPCStreamsIPFSMulti-chainRate Limiting

Limits

Free Throughput endpoint
requests_per_second
15
Free plan rate cap.
Build Throughput endpoint
requests_per_second
50
Build plan.
Scale Throughput endpoint
requests_per_second
200
Scale plan.
Business Throughput endpoint
requests_per_second
800
Business plan.
Monthly Requests account
requests
see plan
Monthly request credits.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Exponential backoff on 429; honor Retry-After.
Endpoint Sharding
Spread load across endpoints to lift effective throughput.

Sources