name: Geofabrik Rate Limits
description: Geofabrik's public download server has no documented hard rate limits but expects responsible, fair-use behavior. Their paid managed API services (Overpass, Geocoding, Routing) enforce monthly request quotas per plan tier. Excessive resource use on any tier may be subject to throttling per Geofabrik's service conditions.
url: https://download.geofabrik.de/technical.html
rateLimits:
  - api: Download API (Public)
    type: fair-use
    description: No documented rate limit on the public download server. Geofabrik blog post "Download responsibly!" (September 2025) requests that consumers avoid abusive automated scraping or excessive concurrent downloads. Use of the machine-readable index (index-v1.json) is preferred over HTML scraping.
    limits: []

  - api: Overpass API (Managed)
    type: monthly-quota
    description: Monthly request quotas enforced per plan. Queries that excessively use server resources may be subject to additional restrictions beyond the stated quota.
    limits:
      - plan: Small
        requests: 10000
        period: monthly
      - plan: Medium
        requests: 100000
        period: monthly
      - plan: Large
        requests: 1000000
        period: monthly
      - plan: XXL
        requests: Unlimited
        period: monthly

  - api: Geocoding API (Nominatim / Photon, Managed)
    type: monthly-quota
    description: Monthly request quotas enforced per plan.
    limits:
      - plan: Small
        requests: 100000
        period: monthly
      - plan: Medium
        requests: 1000000
        period: monthly
      - plan: Large
        requests: 10000000
        period: monthly
      - plan: XXL
        requests: Unlimited
        period: monthly

  - api: Routing API (OSRM / GraphHopper, Managed)
    type: monthly-quota
    description: Monthly request quotas enforced per plan.
    limits:
      - plan: Small
        requests: 100000
        period: monthly
      - plan: Medium
        requests: 1000000
        period: monthly
      - plan: Large
        requests: 10000000
        period: monthly
      - plan: XXL
        requests: Unlimited
        period: monthly