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: Box
providerId: box
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
  - Content Cloud
description: Box API enforces per-account rate limits and concurrent upload limits.
sources:
  - https://www.box.com/pricing
  - https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/rate-limits/
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: API calls (Business)
    scope: account
    metric: calls_per_month
    limit: 50000
    timeFrame: month
  - name: API calls (Enterprise)
    scope: account
    metric: calls_per_month
    limit: 100000
    timeFrame: month
  - name: API calls (Enterprise Advanced)
    scope: account
    metric: calls_per_month
    limit: 200000
    timeFrame: month
  - name: Per-user API calls
    scope: user
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: Concurrent uploads
    scope: account
    metric: concurrent
    limit: 100