name: Birdeye API Rate Limits
description: Birdeye enforces per-API-key rate limits to ensure optimal performance and fair usage across
  all accounts. Limits vary by account plan and are not universally published; specific thresholds must
  be confirmed with Birdeye support or found in account documentation.
url: https://support.birdeye.com/en/articles/12654181-birdeye-s-developer-portal
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
rateLimits:
- name: Standard Daily Limit
  scope: per-api-key
  window: daily
  limit: 10000
  unit: requests
  description: Default daily cap applied per API key on standard accounts. This is a reference threshold;
    actual limits depend on the account plan.
  notes: Not universal — some accounts may have higher or lower limits based on contract terms.
- name: Enterprise Custom Limit
  scope: per-api-key
  window: negotiated
  limit: custom
  unit: requests
  description: Enterprise and Premium plan API keys receive custom rate limit allocations negotiated at
    contract time. Contact Birdeye account management to adjust.
headers:
- name: X-RateLimit-Limit
  description: Maximum number of requests permitted in the current window (if returned).
- name: X-RateLimit-Remaining
  description: Number of requests remaining in the current window (if returned).
errorCodes:
- code: 429
  message: Too Many Requests
  description: Returned when the API key has exceeded its configured rate limit. Implement exponential
    backoff before retrying.
bestPractices:
- Batch API calls where possible to reduce total request count.
- Cache frequently-requested data (e.g., business details, review aggregates) on the client side.
- Monitor real-time usage through the Birdeye dashboard.
- Plan for account upgrades or limit increases if integration volume grows beyond the default threshold.
- Consult your account documentation or contact Birdeye support to confirm the exact limits for your plan.
contactForLimits: https://support.birdeye.com/
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://docs.birdeye.com/api/authentication
limit_count: 2
published_numeric_limit: false
method_note: Birdeye publishes NO numeric rate limit. Its own authentication page says "There is a limit
  to calling APIs with each API key [connect with the support team to get the current limit]." HTTP 429
  and business code 89 "Rate limit exceeded" (also 1541 "Rate Limit of API has been exceeded") are documented
  as the exhaustion signals. The entries below are account-level reference thresholds, not provider-published
  numbers.
response_headers:
  published: false
  note: No RateLimit-* or X-RateLimit-* header contract is documented anywhere in the Birdeye developer
    docs or the published OpenAPI. The X-RateLimit-* entries previously recorded here are conditional
    ("if returned") and unconfirmed — an agent cannot rely on a runtime remaining-quota signal from this
    API.
exhaustion:
  http_status: 429
  body_codes:
  - 89
  - 1541
  retry_after_header: false
  guidance: Exponential backoff; the docs give no Retry-After.
docs: https://docs.birdeye.com/api/http-status-codes