Vonage · Rate Limits

Vonage Rate Limits

Vonage Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for Vonage on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-10-08.

It captures 12 rate-limit definitions, including SMS API default throughput — All API keys are set with 30 API requests per second throughput restriction by default.; Voice API calls per second — The maximum throughput is 3 calls per second (CPS).; Verify API requests per second — Throughput is set at account level and by default is 30 Verify API requests per 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, Messaging, Telecommunications, Video Conferencing, and Voice.

12 Limits X-RateLimit-LimitX-RateLimit-RemainingX-RateLimit-ResetRetry-After
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-10-08 — api.support.vonage.com/hc/en-us/articles/203993598-What-i....
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CommunicationsMessagingTelecommunicationsVideo ConferencingVoiceSMSVerificationReal-Time

Limits

SMS API default throughput per API key
All API keys are set with 30 API requests per second throughput restriction by default.
POST /sms/{format}
· per 1 second
Voice API calls per second per account, shared across all Voice products
The maximum throughput is 3 calls per second (CPS).
POST /v1/calls
· per 1 second
Verify API requests per second per account
Throughput is set at account level and by default is 30 Verify API requests per second.
· per 1 second
Numbers API requests per second per account
Vonage lets you send your API request to manage your Numbers at a rate of 3 API requests per second (180 API requests per minute).
· per 1 second
Numbers API /account/numbers per account
For the /account/numbers endpoint it is 1 per second.
GET /account/numbers
· per 1 second
Redact API requests per second per account
Vonage lets you send your API request to manage your Numbers at a rate of 170 API requests per second
POST /v1/redact/transaction
· per 1 second
Reports API synchronous requests per account
Synchronous Request : 10 requests per second.
· per 1 second
Reports API asynchronous requests per account
Asynchronous Requests : 5 requests per second.
· per 1 second
Messages API Sandbox messages per second per API key (sandbox)
Our Messages API sandbox has a limit of 1 message per second and 100 messages per month for all channels.
· per 1 second
Messages API Sandbox messages per month per API key (sandbox)
Our Messages API sandbox has a limit of 1 message per second and 100 messages per month for all channels.
· per 1 month
MMS US short code throughput per sender number
US Short code 40 MMS per second
· per 1 second
MMS US toll-free throughput per sender number
Toll-Free Numbers 40 MMS per second
· per 1 second

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