name: SignWell API Rate Limits
description: Rate limiting information for the SignWell REST API. SignWell enforces
  monthly document quotas based on plan tier rather than per-second or per-minute
  request throttling. Specific per-second rate limits are not publicly documented;
  contact support@signwell.com for current technical throttling thresholds.
version: '0.1'
url: https://developers.signwell.com/
limits:
  - name: Free Plan Monthly Document Limit
    description: Maximum number of live API documents that can be created per month
      on the free developer plan.
    scope: account
    window: monthly
    limit: 3
    unit: documents
    notes: Unlimited sandbox/test documents are not counted toward this limit.

  - name: API Pay-As-You-Go Included Documents
    description: Complimentary documents included each month before per-document charges
      apply on the standard API plan.
    scope: account
    window: monthly
    limit: 25
    unit: documents
    notes: Additional documents billed at the per-document rate after the 25 included
      documents are consumed.

  - name: Sandbox Test Usage
    description: API test/sandbox document creation is unlimited across all plans and
      does not count toward monthly live document quotas.
    scope: account
    window: unlimited
    limit: unlimited
    unit: test-documents
    notes: Test mode allows unlimited usage for integration development and testing.

notes:
  - Per-second and per-minute request throttling limits are not publicly documented
    by SignWell. Contact support@signwell.com for current technical rate limit thresholds.
  - Monthly document quotas are enforced at the account level across all API keys
    for that account.
  - Enterprise plans include custom volume agreements negotiated directly with SignWell.