specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Amplitude
providerId: amplitude
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Analytics
description: Amplitude HTTP V2 ingestion and Dashboard REST API rate limits.
sources:
  - https://amplitude.com/pricing
  - https://www.docs.developers.amplitude.com/analytics/apis/http-v2-api/
headers: {}
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: HTTP V2 ingest (per device_id)
    scope: device
    metric: events_per_second
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: second
  - name: HTTP V2 ingest (per user_id)
    scope: user
    metric: events_per_second
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: second
  - name: Batch ingest
    scope: project
    metric: events_per_request
    limit: 2000
    timeFrame: request
  - name: Dashboard REST
    scope: project
    metric: queries_per_hour
    limit: 360
    timeFrame: hour
  - name: Cohort download
    scope: project
    metric: concurrent
    limit: 1