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: Highlightly
providerId: highlightly
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Sports
- Sports Data
- Live Scores
- Odds
- Highlights
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  Highlightly enforces two limits per subscription tier - a daily request
  quota and a per-second request rate. The free Basic tier allows 100 requests
  per day with no stated per-second rate limit. Paid tiers raise both the
  daily quota and the per-second rate (Pro 7,500/day at 12 rps, Ultra
  25,000/day at 20 rps, Mega 65,000/day at 100 rps). There are no overage
  charges; when a daily quota is exhausted, further requests are simply
  rejected until the quota resets. Every JSON response includes plan metadata
  describing the tier and request usage.
notes: >-
  Values reflect the Highlightly Football API pricing page; per-sport limits
  may vary and should be confirmed against the relevant product page or
  RapidAPI listing during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://highlightly.net/football-api/
- https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
- https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Daily Request Quota (Basic)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 100 per day
  notes: Free Basic tier; no credit card required.
- name: Daily Request Quota (Pro)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 7500 per day
  notes: Pro subscription tier.
- name: Daily Request Quota (Ultra)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 25000 per day
  notes: Ultra subscription tier.
- name: Daily Request Quota (Mega)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 65000 per day
  notes: Mega subscription tier.
- name: Requests Per Second (Pro)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 12 per second
  notes: Per-second rate limit on the Pro tier.
- name: Requests Per Second (Ultra)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 20 per second
  notes: Per-second rate limit on the Ultra tier.
- name: Requests Per Second (Mega)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 100 per second
  notes: Per-second rate limit on the Mega tier.
policies:
- name: No Overage Charges
  description: There are no overage fees; once the daily limit is reached, requests stop until the quota resets.
- name: Tiered Limits
  description: Both the daily quota and per-second rate increase as accounts move from Basic to Pro, Ultra, and Mega.
- name: Plan Metadata In Responses
  description: Each response carries plan metadata (tier and request usage), allowing clients to track consumption and back off before hitting limits.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com