# Rate limits transcribed from the provider's own documentation — see provenance. Quoted, not derived.
generated: '2026-09-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.stripe.com/rate-limits
sources:
- https://docs.stripe.com/rate-limits
provenance:
  tool: planning/api-economics/harvest_ratelimits.py
  run: 20260920T133210
  grounding: every limit_text was found verbatim in the fetched page text
published: true
note: Page also notes write API requests have no allocation limit; lock timeouts also return 429 with
  code lock_timeout.
limit_count: 16
limits:
- name: Global API rate limit (live mode)
  limit_text: 'Live mode : 100 requests per second'
  limit: 100
  window: second
  scope: account
  plan: Live mode
- name: Global API rate limit (sandbox)
  limit_text: 'Sandbox : 25 requests per second'
  limit: 25
  window: second
  scope: account
  plan: Sandbox
- name: Individual API endpoints
  limit_text: 25 requests per second
  limit: 25
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Individual API endpoints (unless otherwise noted)
- name: Payment Intents API
  limit_text: 1000 update requests per PaymentIntent object, per hour
  limit: 1000
  window: hour
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Payment Intents API
- name: Subscriptions invoices per minute
  limit_text: 10 new invoices per subscription, per minute
  limit: 10
  window: minute
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Subscriptions API
- name: Subscriptions invoices per day
  limit_text: 20 new invoices per subscription, per day
  limit: 20
  window: day
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Subscriptions API
- name: Subscriptions quantity updates
  limit_text: 200 quantity updates per subscription, per hour
  limit: 200
  window: hour
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Subscriptions API
- name: Files API reads
  limit_text: 20 read requests per second
  limit: 20
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Files API
- name: Files API writes
  limit_text: 20 write requests per second
  limit: 20
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Files API
- name: Payouts API creates
  limit_text: 15 create requests per second
  limit: 15
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Payouts API
- name: Payouts API concurrency
  limit_text: 30 concurrent requests per business
  limit: 30
  scope: account
  endpoint: Payouts API
- name: Connect account creation (live)
  limit_text: 'Live mode : Create 30 accounts per second'
  limit: 30
  window: second
  scope: account
  plan: Live mode
  endpoint: Connect accounts (Accounts v2, Accounts v1)
- name: Connect account creation (sandbox)
  limit_text: 'Sandbox : Create 5 accounts per second'
  limit: 5
  window: second
  scope: account
  plan: Sandbox
  endpoint: Connect accounts (Accounts v2, Accounts v1)
- name: Search API
  limit_text: 20 read requests per second
  limit: 20
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Search API
- name: Read request allocation per transaction
  limit_text: 500 requests per transaction
  limit: 500
  scope: account
  endpoint: read (GET) API requests
- name: Minimum read allocation
  limit_text: minimum allocation of 10,000 read requests per month
  limit: 10000
  window: month
  scope: account
  endpoint: read (GET) API requests
headers:
- Stripe-Rate-Limited-Reason
exceeded_status: 429