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: Cloudinary
providerId: cloudinary
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
  - Media
description: Cloudinary Admin API rate limits per cloud (account).
sources:
  - https://cloudinary.com/pricing
  - https://cloudinary.com/documentation/admin_api
headers:
  limit: X-FeatureRateLimit-Limit
  remaining: X-FeatureRateLimit-Remaining
  reset: X-FeatureRateLimit-Reset
responseCodes:
  throttled: 420
  throttled429: 429
limits:
  - name: Admin API (Free)
    scope: cloud
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 500
    timeFrame: hour
  - name: Admin API (Paid)
    scope: cloud
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 2000
    timeFrame: hour
  - name: Upload API
    scope: cloud
    metric: uploads_per_minute
    limit: scales with credits
  - name: Bulk delete
    scope: request
    metric: resources
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: request