# Rate limits transcribed from the provider's own documentation — see provenance. Quoted, not derived.
generated: '2026-09-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.tenable.com/other/service-description-guide/Content/cloudplatform/performance-and-fair-use.htm
sources:
- https://docs.tenable.com/other/service-description-guide/Content/cloudplatform/performance-and-fair-use.htm
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 is a service description with concurrency/size maximums; API request rate limiting is described
  as dynamic based on processing load, with 429 returned. Only the CVE export gives a numeric request
  rate.
limit_count: 8
limits:
- name: Concurrent export requests
  limit_text: maximum of 10 active concurrent export requests per customer container
  limit: 10
  scope: account
  endpoint: exports
- name: Simultaneous cloud scanner jobs
  limit_text: The maximum number of simultaneous cloud scanner jobs is 25.
  limit: 25
  scope: account
- name: Concurrent web application scans
  limit_text: maximum of five ongoing web application scans
  limit: 5
  scope: account
- name: Concurrent active scans
  limit_text: 25 active, concurrent scans per container
  limit: 25
  scope: account
- name: Scheduled scans
  limit_text: 10,000 scheduled scans per container
  limit: 10000
  scope: account
- name: CVE export rate limit
  limit_text: 15 requests over 60 seconds
  limit: 15
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Export CVE
- name: Concurrent export jobs
  limit_text: 10 concurrent exports per container
  limit: 10
  scope: account
- name: Import assets per request
  limit_text: Up to 50 individual assets per request
  limit: 50
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: Import Assets
exceeded_status: 429