specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Ubidots
providerId: ubidots
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
url: https://help.ubidots.com/en/articles/2093902-how-many-dots-can-i-send-to-ubidots
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
  rateLimitLimit: X-RateLimit-Limit
  rateLimitRemaining: X-RateLimit-Remaining
  rateLimitReset: X-RateLimit-Reset
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
  success: 200
authentication:
  method: token
  header: X-Auth-Token
  alternativeParam: token
  notes: >
    Each account has an API Key (master key used only to generate tokens) and
    one or more Tokens (used in all API calls). Temporary tokens expire after 6
    hours of inactivity; persistent tokens created from the profile page never
    expire. Custom rate limits per token are configurable from Professional plan
    and above.
limits:
  - name: Per-Token Request Rate
    scope: token
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: 4
    timeFrame: second
    configurable: true
    configurableFrom: Professional
    notes: >
      Default 4 req/s per token across HTTP, MQTT, and TCP/UDP. Configurable
      time windows of 1 second, 1 minute, or 5 minutes are available. Edit via
      API Credentials (account tokens) or Organization settings (org tokens).
  - name: Per-Request Payload Size
    scope: request
    metric: bytes
    limit: 10000
    timeFrame: request
    notes: Maximum of 10,000 bytes per request body.
  - name: Professional Sustained Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 6
    timeFrame: second
    plan: Professional
  - name: Professional Burst Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 12
    timeFrame: hour
    plan: Professional
    notes: Up to 3x burst allowed for short periods within an hourly window.
  - name: Industrial Sustained Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 20
    timeFrame: second
    plan: Industrial
  - name: Industrial Burst Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 40
    timeFrame: hour
    plan: Industrial
  - name: Enterprise I Sustained Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 50
    timeFrame: second
    plan: Enterprise I
  - name: Enterprise I Burst Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 100
    timeFrame: hour
    plan: Enterprise I
  - name: Enterprise II Sustained Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 100
    timeFrame: second
    plan: Enterprise II
  - name: Enterprise II Burst Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 200
    timeFrame: hour
    plan: Enterprise II
  - name: Enterprise III Sustained Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 200
    timeFrame: second
    plan: Enterprise III
  - name: Enterprise III Burst Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 400
    timeFrame: hour
    plan: Enterprise III
  - name: Enterprise III Private Sustained Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: second
    plan: Enterprise III Private
    notes: Dedicated private cloud deployment.
  - name: Enterprise III Private Burst Throughput
    scope: account
    metric: dots_per_second
    limit: 2000
    timeFrame: hour
    plan: Enterprise III Private