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: Restream
providerId: restream
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Live Streaming
  - Multistreaming
description: Restream's developer documentation describes the REST API (channels, events, users), the
  Streaming Updates WebSocket, and the Chat WebSocket, but does not publish per-second / per-minute rate-limit
  numbers. The functional product caps that drive consumption (simultaneous channels, embedded-player
  viewers, team seats) live in the subscription plan rather than as documented HTTP rate limits.
sources:
  - https://developers.restream.io/
  - https://restream.io/pricing
notes: No public rate-limit numbers are published on the Restream developer portal. Plan-tied caps
  (simultaneous channels, viewers, seats) belong in plans/. Numbers below reflect what is actually documented.
limits:
  - name: REST API throttling
    scope: account
    metric: varies
    limit: 'see https://developers.restream.io/ — not numerically published'
  - name: Simultaneous destination channels (plan-bound)
    scope: account
    metric: concurrent_streams
    limit: 'depends on plan: Free 2, Standard 3, Professional 5, Business 8, Enterprise custom'
policies:
  - name: Plan-Bound Concurrency
    description: The most consequential consumption ceiling is the simultaneous-channel cap defined by
      the active subscription tier rather than HTTP-level throttling.
  - name: OAuth2-Scoped Access
    description: Access to Restream APIs is OAuth2-scoped per user, so limits and behavior should be
      treated as per-user-account rather than global.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com