name: Melio API Rate Limits
description: >-
  Rate limit details for the Melio Payments API. Melio's API access is
  restricted to Platinum (enterprise) tier customers. Public rate limit
  specifications are not published; enterprise customers receive custom
  rate limit configurations through their partnership agreement.
specificationVersion: "0.1"
url: https://meliopayments.com/partners/
created: "2026-06-13"
modified: "2026-06-13"

notes: >-
  Melio does not publicly document specific rate limits for their API.
  Rate limits are governed by enterprise partnership agreements for Platinum
  tier customers. A sandbox environment is available at
  https://alpha-api.meliopayments.com/ for development and testing.

environments:
  - name: Sandbox
    url: https://alpha-api.meliopayments.com/
    description: >-
      Sandbox environment for development and testing. Available to
      developers before going live. Rate limits in sandbox may differ
      from production.
    rateLimits:
      - type: Requests
        description: Sandbox rate limits are not publicly documented.
        contact: support@melio.com

  - name: Production
    url: https://api.meliopayments.com/
    description: >-
      Production environment available to Platinum tier API partners.
      Custom rate limits are negotiated per enterprise agreement.
    rateLimits:
      - type: Requests
        description: >-
          Custom rate limits negotiated per enterprise partnership agreement.
          Contact Melio's partnership team for specifics.
        contact: https://meliopayments.com/partners/

authentication:
  - type: OAuth
    description: >-
      Melio uses OAuth for API authentication. An OAuth playground is
      available for developers. Specific OAuth flow details are provided
      to API partners through their developer onboarding.

webhooks:
  description: >-
    Melio supports webhooks for real-time event notifications. A webhooks
    management API is available for configuring and managing webhook
    subscriptions.
  rateLimits:
    - type: Delivery
      description: Webhook delivery rate limits are not publicly documented.

contact:
  - FN: Melio Partnerships
    url: https://meliopayments.com/partners/
  - FN: Melio Support
    email: support@melio.com
    url: https://help.melio.com/hc/en-us