generated: '2026-10-07'
method: searched
source: https://docs.octen.ai/resources/rate-limits.md
docs: https://docs.octen.ai/resources/rate-limits
name: Octen rate limits
published: true
limit_count: 17
exceeded_status: 429
headers: null
note: Limits are per account by subscription tier, with optional per-key caps (the lower applies). No RateLimit-* or Retry-After headers are documented; a 429 carries a msg field. Custom limits via support@octen.ai.
limits:
- name: Search QPS — Free
  limit_text: '| Free | 10 |'
  limit: 10
  window: second
  scope: per-account
  plan: Free
  endpoint: /broad-search, /search, /news-search, /business-search
- name: Search QPS — Base
  limit_text: '| Base | 20 |'
  limit: 20
  window: second
  scope: per-account
  plan: Base
  endpoint: /broad-search, /search, /news-search, /business-search
- name: Search QPS — Builder
  limit_text: '| Builder | 50 |'
  limit: 50
  window: second
  scope: per-account
  plan: Builder
  endpoint: /broad-search, /search, /news-search, /business-search
- name: Search QPS — Pro
  limit_text: '| Pro | 200 |'
  limit: 200
  window: second
  scope: per-account
  plan: Pro
  endpoint: /broad-search, /search, /news-search, /business-search
- name: Search QPS — Max
  limit_text: '| Max | 500 |'
  limit: 500
  window: second
  scope: per-account
  plan: Max
  endpoint: /broad-search, /search, /news-search, /business-search
- name: Image/Video/Answer QPS
  limit_text: Image Search, Video Search, and Answer share a single QPS limit equal to your subscription tier's QPS, in a separate bucket from the search APIs above.
  window: second
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: /image-search, /video-search, /answer
- name: Embedding TPM — Free / Base
  limit_text: '| Free / Base | 1,000,000 | 200,000 |'
  limit: 1000000
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  plan: Free / Base
  endpoint: /embedding
  note: VL Embedding 200,000 TPM on the same row
- name: Embedding TPM — Builder
  limit_text: '| Builder | 2,500,000 | 500,000 |'
  limit: 2500000
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  plan: Builder
  endpoint: /embedding
  note: VL Embedding 500,000 TPM
- name: Embedding TPM — Pro
  limit_text: '| Pro | 10,000,000 | 2,000,000 |'
  limit: 10000000
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  plan: Pro
  endpoint: /embedding
  note: VL Embedding 2,000,000 TPM
- name: Embedding TPM — Max
  limit_text: '| Max | 25,000,000 | 5,000,000 |'
  limit: 25000000
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  plan: Max
  endpoint: /embedding
  note: VL Embedding 5,000,000 TPM
- name: Extract URLs/min — standard
  limit_text: '| `standard` | 2,000 |'
  limit: 2000
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: /extract
- name: Extract URLs/min — auto
  limit_text: '| `auto` | 500 |'
  limit: 500
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: /extract
- name: Extract URLs/min — advanced
  limit_text: '| `advanced` | 200 |'
  limit: 200
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: /extract
- name: Model Gateway RPM
  limit_text: '| RPM | 300 |'
  limit: 300
  window: minute
  scope: per-model
  endpoint: /v1/chat/completions
- name: Model Gateway TPM
  limit_text: '| TPM | 2,000,000 |'
  limit: 2000000
  window: minute
  scope: per-model
  endpoint: /v1/chat/completions
- name: Deep Research concurrency
  limit_text: Only a single concurrent request is supported.
  limit: 1
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: /v1/research
  kind: concurrency
- name: Per-key cap
  limit_text: When creating an API key, you may configure an additional rate limit for that key.
  scope: per-key