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: ParadeDB
providerId: paradedb
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Search
- Full-Text Search
- Analytics
- PostgreSQL
- Database
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
description: >-
  ParadeDB is a set of PostgreSQL extensions consumed over the Postgres wire
  protocol, not a metered HTTP API, so it imposes no request-per-minute or
  token-style rate limits. Throughput is bounded instead by Postgres connection
  limits (max_connections), CPU/memory/IO of the host, parallel worker settings,
  and any limits set by the underlying managed-Postgres or ParadeDB Cloud
  provider. Specific values are deployment-dependent and not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  There is no documented API rate-limit table because the interface is SQL, not
  REST. On reconciliation, capture connection caps and resource limits from the
  specific self-managed or managed deployment in use.
sources:
- https://docs.paradedb.com/welcome/introduction
- https://www.paradedb.com
- https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb
responseCodes: {}
limits:
- name: Postgres Connections
  scope: instance
  metric: connections
  limit: see deployment configuration (max_connections)
  notes: Bounded by Postgres max_connections and any pooler (PgBouncer) settings.
- name: Parallel Workers
  scope: instance
  metric: workers
  limit: see deployment configuration
  notes: Analytics queries scale with max_parallel_workers / max_parallel_workers_per_gather.
- name: Compute Resources
  scope: instance
  metric: cpu_memory_io
  limit: host-dependent
  notes: Query throughput is bounded by host CPU, memory, and IO, not an API quota.
policies:
- name: No API Rate Limiting
  description: ParadeDB exposes SQL over the Postgres wire protocol; it does not enforce HTTP request or token rate limits.
- name: Resource-Bound Throughput
  description: Tune max_connections, work_mem, and parallel-worker settings, and size the host or managed plan to the workload.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com