generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://friendli.ai/docs/guides/model-apis/rate-limits.md
model: usage-tiers
scheme: >-
  Friendli Model APIs enforce rate limits by usage tier. Tiers (1-5) are based on lifetime
  spending and advance automatically; Tier 5 requires contacting support for custom limits.
dimensions:
  - RPM (requests per minute) — varies between paid and free models
  - output token length (max tokens generated per response)
tiers:
  - tier: 1
  - tier: 2
  - tier: 3
  - tier: 4
  - tier: 5
    note: Custom limits via support.
enterprise:
  note: Enterprise plan offers higher API rate limits and reserved capacity.
  docs: https://friendli.ai/docs/guides/suite/enterprise-plan.md
note: >-
  Per-tier numeric RPM/token thresholds are served dynamically in the docs and are not published as
  static values; captured qualitatively here without fabricating numbers. On 429 the account has
  exceeded its tier limit.