name: PDF Monkey Rate Limits
description: Rate limiting and quota information for the PDF Monkey API
url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/api/documents/
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13

rate_limits:

  - type: monthly_document_quota
    description: Each plan includes a fixed number of PDF documents that can be generated per calendar month. This is the primary quota constraint.
    enforced: true
    resets: monthly
    limits:
      - plan: Free
        documents: 20
      - plan: Starter
        documents: 300
      - plan: Pro
        documents: 3000
      - plan: Pro+
        documents: 5000
      - plan: Premium
        documents: 60000

  - type: api_request_rate
    description: No hard rate limit is enforced on the number of API requests per second or per minute. Each call that generates a document consumes one quota unit from the monthly allocation.
    enforced: false
    notes: No explicit per-second or per-minute rate cap is documented. Throughput is bounded by plan document quota.

  - type: synchronous_timeout
    description: The synchronous generation endpoint (POST /api/v1/documents/sync) waits up to 6 minutes for document generation to complete before returning a timeout response.
    endpoint: POST /api/v1/documents/sync
    timeout_seconds: 360

  - type: max_generation_time
    description: Maximum allowed time for a single PDF generation job, varies by plan.
    limits:
      - plan: Free
        max_seconds: 30
      - plan: Starter
        max_seconds: 30
      - plan: Pro
        max_seconds: 120
      - plan: Pro+
        max_seconds: 180
      - plan: Premium
        max_seconds: 300

  - type: pagination
    description: The document list endpoint returns a maximum of 24 items per page.
    endpoint: GET /api/v1/document_cards
    page_size: 24

  - type: download_url_expiry
    description: Signed download URLs returned by the API and webhooks are temporary and expire after 1 hour.
    expiry_seconds: 3600

  - type: meta_field_size
    description: The meta field on a document request has a maximum size limit.
    max_size_kb: 200

notes:
  - Webhook deliveries use at-least-once semantics and may be retried with exponential backoff on failure.
  - Pay-as-you-go overage pricing is available on Pro+ and Premium plans when the monthly quota is exceeded.