generated: '2026-10-07'
method: searched
source: https://s1.dev/docs/essentials/credits-and-limits
name: Search1API rate limits
published: true
limit_count: 3
note: Limits are per account for bearer-authenticated requests billed to credits; different API keys on the same
  account share them. Higher limits by contacting sys@search1api.com.
limits:
- name: Default per-account limit
  limit_text: most endpoints allow 200 requests per minute per account
  limit: 200
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
- name: Screenshot rendering
  limit_text: Screenshot rendering has a separate limit of 10 requests per minute per account
  limit: 10
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: POST /screenshot
- name: Agentic search
  limit_text: /ask a separate limit of 30 requests per minute per account
  limit: 30
  window: minute
  scope: per-account
  endpoint: POST /ask
headers:
- Retry-After
exceeded_status: 429
exceeded_text: 'A request above its endpoint limit returns 429 Too Many Requests with a Retry-After: 60 header.'
timeouts:
- text: Search and result-crawling operations can wait up to 20 seconds for an upstream service.
- text: Screenshot requests accept a timeout_ms value from 1 to 30 seconds.
- text: /ask can take up to 35 seconds.
auto_topup_cap: Automatic top-ups are capped at three charges in any 24-hour window