name: Sendible API Rate Limits
description: Sendible enforces per-minute rate limits on its REST API to ensure fair
  usage and platform stability. Users who reach the maximum per-minute request threshold
  receive an error response and must wait before retrying. Exact numeric thresholds
  are not publicly documented and may vary by plan or endpoint.
url: https://developers.sendible.com/
limits:
  - name: Per-Minute Request Limit
    description: A per-minute rate limit is enforced on all API endpoints. When the
      limit is reached, the API returns an error message instructing the caller to
      try again in one minute.
    unit: minute
    scope: account
    enforcement: hard
    retryGuidance: Wait one minute before retrying requests after receiving a rate
      limit error.
    publiclyDocumented: false
  - name: Daily Send Limit (Creator)
    description: Accounts on the Creator plan are limited to 100 sends per day across
      all connected social profiles.
    unit: day
    value: 100
    scope: account
    plan: Creator
  - name: Daily Send Limit (Traction)
    description: Accounts on the Traction plan are limited to 200 sends per day across
      all connected social profiles.
    unit: day
    value: 200
    scope: account
    plan: Traction
  - name: Daily Send Limit (Scale)
    description: Accounts on the Scale plan are limited to 300 sends per day across
      all connected social profiles.
    unit: day
    value: 300
    scope: account
    plan: Scale
  - name: Daily Send Limit (Advanced)
    description: Accounts on the Advanced plan are limited to 500 sends per day across
      all connected social profiles.
    unit: day
    value: 500
    scope: account
    plan: Advanced
authentication:
  - type: APIKey
    description: Sendible API authentication uses an Application ID and a remote API
      key (or shared key/IV pair). API credentials are obtained by registering an
      application in the Sendible developer portal.
    location: header
  - type: BasicAuth
    description: Basic authentication with username and password is also supported
      for some API endpoints.
notes:
  - Exact per-minute rate limit values are not publicly disclosed by Sendible.
  - Rate limits may differ across plan tiers but Sendible does not document tier-specific
    API rate limits publicly.
  - Social network posting limits imposed by underlying platforms (Twitter, LinkedIn,
    etc.) apply independently of Sendible's own limits.