name: pdflayer Rate Limits
description: Rate limit policies for the pdflayer HTML to PDF conversion API.
url: https://pdflayer.com/faq
limits:
  - plan: Free
    requests_per_month: 100
    overage_allowed: false
    overage_price_per_request: null
    notes: No overage allowed on the free plan; requests stop when quota is exhausted.

  - plan: Basic
    requests_per_month: 1000
    overage_allowed: true
    overage_price_per_request: 0.03996
    overage_currency: USD
    notes: Overage charges apply automatically to ensure service continuity beyond the monthly quota.

  - plan: Professional
    requests_per_month: 10000
    overage_allowed: true
    overage_price_per_request: 0.015996
    overage_currency: USD
    notes: Overage charges apply automatically to ensure service continuity beyond the monthly quota.

  - plan: Enterprise
    requests_per_month: 100000
    overage_allowed: true
    overage_price_per_request: 0.0047996
    overage_currency: USD
    notes: Overage charges apply automatically to ensure service continuity beyond the monthly quota.

policies:
  - name: Monthly Reset
    description: API request quotas reset at the start of each billing month.
  - name: Usage Notifications
    description: Automated email alerts are sent at 75%, 90%, and 100% of monthly quota consumption.
  - name: Overage Continuity
    description: When quota is exceeded on paid plans, the service continues operating with per-request overage fees rather than hard-stopping.
  - name: Dashboard Monitoring
    description: Real-time usage statistics are available in the user dashboard for monitoring consumption.

uptime:
  target_percent: 99.9
  notes: APILayer monitors the API around the clock and provides uptime reports upon request.

protocols:
  - HTTP GET
  - HTTP POST
encryption: 256-bit HTTPS