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: Uptime.com
providerId: uptime-com
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Monitoring
- Uptime
- Website Monitoring
- Status Pages
- SLA
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  The Uptime.com REST API is rate-limited to a maximum of 500 calls per hour
  and 60 calls per minute per account, with no daily or monthly usage caps.
  Bulk endpoints are provided to help larger accounts stay within fair-use
  limits and can query up to 250 checks per request. Requests that exceed the
  limits receive an HTTP 429 response; clients should back off and retry.
notes: >-
  Limits are published in the Uptime.com REST API getting-started
  documentation. Verify current values during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://support.uptime.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009681280-Getting-Started-with-the-Uptime-com-REST-API
- https://uptime.com/api/v1/docs/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Calls Per Minute
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 60
  notes: Maximum of 60 API calls per minute per account.
- name: Calls Per Hour
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 500
  notes: Maximum of 500 API calls per hour per account.
- name: Daily / Monthly Usage
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: -1
  notes: No daily or monthly usage limit is applied.
- name: Bulk Endpoint Batch Size
  scope: request
  metric: checks
  limit: 250
  notes: Bulk endpoints can query up to 250 checks per request to help larger accounts stay within fair-use limits.
policies:
- name: Throttling Response
  description: Requests beyond the per-minute or per-hour limit return HTTP 429.
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and retry after the rate-limit window resets.
- name: Bulk Operations
  description: Use bulk endpoints (up to 250 checks per call) to reduce request volume on large accounts.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com