name: Akeyless API Rate Limits
description: >-
  Akeyless enforces usage-based limits tied to plan tier rather than traditional
  per-minute or per-second rate limits for most API endpoints. The Free tier
  caps encryption/KMS transactions at 1,000 per day. Enterprise tier limits are
  negotiated custom volumes tracked monthly with annual overage invoicing.
  Self-hosted gateway deployments may apply additional resource-based
  constraints determined by the underlying infrastructure.
url: https://docs.akeyless.io/
specificationVersion: '0.1'
rateLimits:
  - name: Free Tier Daily Encryption Transactions
    description: >-
      The Free plan allows up to 1,000 discrete encryption/decryption or key
      operations (KMS transactions) per day across the Encryption and KMS
      module. This resets daily.
    limit: 1000
    unit: transactions
    period: daily
    scope: account
    plan: Free
  - name: Free Tier Static Secrets
    description: >-
      The Free plan allows a maximum of 500 static secrets stored in the vault
      at any time.
    limit: 500
    unit: secrets
    period: none
    scope: account
    plan: Free
  - name: Free Tier Monthly Active Clients
    description: >-
      The Free plan supports up to 5 distinct clients (human users, applications,
      or servers) initiating remote sessions per month. Clients are tracked
      monthly across the Secrets Management module.
    limit: 5
    unit: clients
    period: monthly
    scope: account
    plan: Free
  - name: Enterprise Tier Monthly Clients
    description: >-
      Enterprise clients are tracked monthly; overages beyond the contracted
      volume are invoiced annually at negotiated overage rates.
    limit: custom
    unit: clients
    period: monthly
    scope: account
    plan: Enterprise
  - name: Enterprise Tier Monthly KMS Transactions
    description: >-
      Enterprise KMS transactions are tracked monthly; overages beyond the
      contracted volume are invoiced annually.
    limit: custom
    unit: transactions
    period: monthly
    scope: account
    plan: Enterprise
  - name: Certificate Quota
    description: >-
      Managed certificates are tracked annually. Peak usage during the
      contract year determines billing for Enterprise plans. Free tier allows
      5 managed certificates.
    limit: 5
    unit: certificates
    period: annual
    scope: account
    plan: Free
notes:
  - Akeyless does not publish per-second or per-minute API rate limit thresholds publicly.
  - Self-hosted gateway deployments may enforce additional infrastructure-level limits.
  - Contact Akeyless sales for Enterprise overage rates and contractual SLAs.
  - Rate limit documentation reference -- https://docs.akeyless.io/