Access Tiers
Tiers
Accounts with API access are assigned to an access Tier. Quotas are stated as the number of credits included with a Tier before overage charges begin. Rate limits are stated in the maximum number of requests per minute. Overage rates are stated as the cost per 1,000 credits over quota.
| Name | Quota | Rate Limit | Overage Rate |
|---|
Overview
Quotas provide a baseline expectation of the number of credits available for consumption in a month. For quota evaluation purposes, a month begins at midnight on the first day of any given month at midnight UTC+0 time. Quotas are not a hard limit and are used to modify rate limits based on the amount of usage in relation to the quota.
For account credit consumption in relation to an account quota, the following policies are in place.
| Quota Consumption | Contact Type | Overage Charges Apply | Rate Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | No | Unchanged | |
| 100% | Yes | Unchanged | |
| 120% | Yes | Unchanged | |
| 150% | Yes | Restricted | |
| 200% | Email + Phone | Yes | Further Restricted |
| 300% | Email + Phone | Yes | 10 |
Rate limits are the number of requests allowed for sixty seconds. All requests are evaluated for rate limiting regardless of their credit cost or success. If the rate limit is exceeded, an HTTP status code of 429 will be returned with a retry interval in seconds in a Retry-After header representing how long to wait until resuming requests.
To check the rate limit, quota, and usage for an account, visit the MyAccount page or use the accountcontrol/getusage API for more detail.