specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Unkey
providerId: unkey
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - API Management
description: Unkey REST and Ratelimit APIs.
sources:
  - https://www.unkey.com/pricing
  - https://www.unkey.com/docs/api-reference/overview
headers: {}
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: REST API (Free)
    scope: workspace
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: 60
    timeFrame: second
  - name: REST API (Pro+)
    scope: workspace
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: 600
    timeFrame: second
  - name: Ratelimit API
    scope: namespace
    metric: evaluations_per_second
    limit: scales with usage credits