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: MobileAPI.dev
providerId: mobileapi-dev
created: '2026-05-06'
modified: '2026-05-06'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Device Specifications
  - REST API
description: >-
  MobileAPI.dev applies a short-window rate limit (per-minute on Free,
  per-second on Pro/Enterprise) plus a monthly request quota. Limits are scoped
  to the API key. All responses include X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining,
  and X-RateLimit-Reset headers; quota exceedance returns HTTP 429.
sources:
  - https://mobileapi.dev/#pricing
  - https://mobileapi.dev/docs/
headers:
  limit: X-RateLimit-Limit
  remaining: X-RateLimit-Remaining
  reset: X-RateLimit-Reset
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Free Tier - Per Minute
    scope: api-key
    plan: Free
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 5
    timeFrame: minute
    description: 5 requests per minute on the Free plan.
  - name: Free Tier - Monthly Quota
    scope: api-key
    plan: Free
    metric: requests_per_month
    limit: 200
    timeFrame: month
    description: 200 total API calls per month on the Free plan.
  - name: Pro Tier - Per Second
    scope: api-key
    plan: Pro
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: second
    description: 10 requests per second on the Pro plan.
  - name: Pro Tier - Monthly Quota
    scope: api-key
    plan: Pro
    metric: requests_per_month
    limit: 10000
    timeFrame: month
    description: 10,000 total API calls per month on the Pro plan (~333/day).
  - name: Enterprise Tier - Per Second
    scope: api-key
    plan: Enterprise
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: 100
    timeFrame: second
    description: Up to 100 requests per second on Enterprise; custom limits available.
  - name: Enterprise Tier - Monthly Quota
    scope: api-key
    plan: Enterprise
    metric: requests_per_month
    limit: null
    timeFrame: month
    description: Unlimited monthly requests on Enterprise.
behaviors:
  - name: Soft warning at 80% usage
    description: Email notification at 80% monthly quota consumption.
  - name: Hard warning at 100% usage
    description: Email notification at 100% monthly quota consumption.
  - name: Throttle response
    description: HTTP 429 returned for further requests after quota or rate limit exhaustion.
  - name: Retry guidance
    description: Clients should observe X-RateLimit-Reset (unix timestamp) before retrying.
notes:
  - Demo endpoints under /demo-x7k9m2p4/ require no API key but share the same per-IP throttling model.
  - Custom Enterprise limits negotiated through sales (Stapeley House, Nantwich, UK / support@mobileapi.dev).