generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://docs.rocketreach.co/reference/rate-limits
docs:
- https://docs.rocketreach.co/reference/rate-limits
- https://docs.rocketreach.co/reference/responses-and-errors
- https://docs.rocketreach.co/reference/quick-start
summary: >-
  RocketReach publishes a full per-plan rate-limit matrix broken out by API family (person search, person
  lookup, company search, bulk jobs) across minute, hourly, daily and monthly windows, plus a global ceiling
  of 10 requests per second across all APIs. Exhaustion returns HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header carrying
  the number of seconds to wait. MCP tool calls draw on the SAME budget — there is no separate MCP quota.
signalling:
  status_code: 429
  status_text: Too Many Requests
  response_headers:
  - name: Retry-After
    description: Seconds to wait before the endpoint becomes available again. Published and documented; clients are told to parse and honour it.
    verified: documented
  rate_limit_headers_published: false
  rate_limit_header_note: >-
    RocketReach does NOT document X-RateLimit-* or RFC 9331 RateLimit-* response headers. The only runtime
    signal on the wire is Retry-After on a 429. Current limits and usage are instead readable out-of-band
    from the account endpoint (GET /account/, GET /universal/account/) under rate_limits, and via the MCP
    account tool.
  mcp_error_shape:
    error_code: rate_limited
    meta_field: retry_after_seconds
    source: https://docs.rocketreach.co/reference/mcp-errors
global:
- scope: all-apis
  window: second
  limit: 10
  note: Global ceiling of 10 requests per second across every RocketReach API, in addition to the per-plan limits below.
rate_limits:
- api: Person Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Essentials
  minute: 15
  hourly: 50
  daily: 500
  monthly: 10000
- api: Person Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Pro
  minute: 30
  hourly: 250
  daily: 750
  monthly: 15000
- api: Person Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Ultimate
  minute: 60
  hourly: 500
  daily: 1000
  monthly: 20000
- api: Person Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Custom
  minute: 100
  hourly: 1000
  daily: 10000
  monthly: 200000
- api: Person Lookup
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Essentials
  minute: 15
  hourly: 100
  daily: 500
  monthly: 5000
- api: Person Lookup
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Pro
  minute: 50
  hourly: 300
  daily: 1500
  monthly: 20000
- api: Person Lookup
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Ultimate
  minute: 100
  hourly: 1000
  daily: 3000
  monthly: 50000
- api: Person Lookup
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Custom
  minute: 250
  hourly: 2500
  daily: 10000
  monthly: 200000
- api: Company Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Essentials
  minute: 15
  hourly: 50
  daily: 500
  monthly: 10000
- api: Company Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Pro
  minute: 30
  hourly: 250
  daily: 750
  monthly: 15000
- api: Company Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Ultimate
  minute: 60
  hourly: 500
  daily: 1000
  monthly: 20000
- api: Company Search
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Custom
  minute: 100
  hourly: 1000
  daily: 10000
  monthly: 200000
- api: Bulk Jobs
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Essentials / Pro / Ultimate
  minute: 10
  hourly: 25
  daily: 100
  monthly: null
  note: No monthly ceiling published for bulk jobs.
- api: Bulk Jobs
  scope: per-api-key
  plan: Custom
  minute: 10
  hourly: 100
  daily: 1000
  monthly: null
  note: No monthly ceiling published for bulk jobs.
limit_count: 15
remediation:
- Parse the Retry-After header on any 429 and sleep for that many seconds before retrying.
- Use webhooks for person lookups instead of polling checkStatus, to cut request volume.
- Call the account endpoint (or the MCP account tool) to read current limits and usage before a batch run.
- Upgrade the plan by contacting api@rocketreach.co; free accounts have no paid API allowance.