name: OpenRouteService Rate Limits
description: OpenRouteService enforces rate limits at both daily and per-minute granularity
  depending on the plan tier. The free plan allows more than 8,000 total API requests
  per day. The standard plan applies per-endpoint daily and per-minute limits. Self-hosted
  instances have no enforced limits. Limits are applied per API key.
url: https://openrouteservice.org/restrictions/
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
enforcement:
  mechanism: API key
  headers:
    - name: Authorization
      description: Bearer token or API key passed as Authorization header or api_key
        query parameter
  errorCodes:
    - code: 403
      description: Forbidden — API key missing or invalid
    - code: 429
      description: Too Many Requests — rate limit or daily quota exceeded
rateLimits:
  - endpoint: Directions V2
    path: /v2/directions/{profile}
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 10000
      perMinute: 60
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Isochrones V2
    path: /v2/isochrones/{profile}
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 2500
      perMinute: 40
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Matrix V2
    path: /v2/matrix/{profile}
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 2500
      perMinute: 60
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Snap V2
    path: /v2/snap/{profile}
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 10000
      perMinute: 150
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Export V2
    path: /v2/export/{profile}
    free:
      daily: null
      perMinute: null
      notes: Not available on free plan
    standard:
      daily: 500
      perMinute: 10
      bboxLimit: 10 km2
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
      bboxLimit: 50 km2
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Elevation
    path: /elevation/point
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 10000
      perMinute: 60
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Geocoding
    path: /geocode/search
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 15000
      perMinute: 150
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: Optimization
    path: /optimization
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 2500
      perMinute: 60
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

  - endpoint: POIs
    path: /pois
    free:
      daily: 8000
      perMinute: null
    standard:
      daily: 2500
      perMinute: 90
    collaborative:
      daily: elevated
      perMinute: elevated
    selfHosted:
      daily: unlimited
      perMinute: unlimited

apiRestrictions:
  directions:
    maxDistance: 6000 km
    maxDistanceWheelchair: 300 km
    maxDistanceWithAvoidAreas: 150 km
    maxDistanceAlternativeRoundTrip: 100 km
    maxAlternativeRoutes: 3
    maxAvoidPolygonArea: 200 km2
    maxWaypoints: 50
  isochrones:
    maxLocations: 5
    maxIntervals: 10
    maxRangeDistance: 120 km
    maxRangeTimeFoot: 20 hours
    maxRangeTimeCycling: 5 hours
    maxRangeTimeDriving: 1 hour
  matrix:
    maxLocationsStandard: 3500
    maxLocationsDynamicArguments: 25
  snap:
    maxLocations: 5000
  elevation:
    maxVertices: 2000
  poi:
    maxArea: 50 km2
    maxLinestringLength: 500 km
    maxSearchRadius: 2 km
  optimization:
    maxRoutes: 50
    maxVehicles: 3

notes:
  - Rate limits are enforced per API key
  - Daily quotas reset at midnight UTC
  - The Collaborative Plan requires eligibility review and upgrade request via the
    HeiGIT account dashboard
  - Self-hosted instances have no enforced rate limits
  - Exceeding limits returns HTTP 429 responses