Telnyx · Rate Limits

Telnyx Rate Limits

Telnyx Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for Telnyx on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-09-20.

It captures 7 rate-limit definitions, including Account SMS throughput — 50 messages/second; Account MMS throughput — 15 messages/second; Account RCS throughput — 1 message/second.

Limit state is signalled in the x-ratelimit-limit, x-ratelimit-remaining, x-ratelimit-reset, and retry-after response headers.

Tagged areas include Communications, CPaaS, Voice, SMS, and IoT.

7 Limits x-ratelimit-limitx-ratelimit-remainingx-ratelimit-resetretry-after
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-20 — developers.telnyx.com/docs/messaging/messages/rate-limiting.
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Limits

Account SMS throughput account
50 messages/second
SMS
· per second
50
Account MMS throughput account
15 messages/second
MMS
· per second
15
Account RCS throughput account
1 message/second
RCS
· per second
1
Long Code sender rate endpoint
0.1 MPS
Long Code (per Number)
· per second
0.1
Toll-Free sender rate endpoint
20 MPS
Toll-Free (per Number)
· per second
20
Short Code sender rate endpoint
1,000 MPS
Short Code (per Number)
· per second
1000
Alphanumeric sender rate endpoint
0.1 MPS
Alphanumeric (per Sender ID)
· per second
0.1

Sources

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