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: Upload-Post
providerId: upload-post
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Social Media
- Publishing
- Video
- Content
- Cross Posting
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  Upload-Post primarily meters usage by a monthly upload allowance that varies
  by plan (10 uploads/month on the free tier; unlimited on paid plans) and by
  the number of connected profiles. Per-platform publishing is additionally
  subject to the underlying social network's own API limits and content
  policies. Specific HTTP request-per-minute throttling values are not
  documented publicly and are not reconciled in this artifact.
notes: >-
  Verify current monthly upload allowances, profile caps, and any request-rate
  throttling in the Upload-Post dashboard and documentation during
  reconciliation. Downstream limits enforced by TikTok, Instagram, YouTube,
  LinkedIn, and other connected platforms also apply.
sources:
- https://docs.upload-post.com/api/overview/
- https://www.upload-post.com/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Monthly Uploads (Free)
  scope: account
  metric: uploads
  limit: 10
  notes: Free tier allowance; resets monthly.
- name: Monthly Uploads (Paid)
  scope: account
  metric: uploads
  limit: unlimited
  notes: Paid subscription plans remove the monthly upload cap.
- name: Connected Profiles
  scope: account
  metric: profiles
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Number of connected profiles (social accounts) is capped per plan tier.
- name: Per-Platform Limits
  scope: platform
  metric: requests
  limit: see platform documentation
  notes: Downstream social networks enforce their own publishing rate limits and policies.
policies:
- name: Plan-Based Allowances
  description: Upload allowances and profile caps increase with paid plan tiers.
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor Retry-After on 429 responses.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com