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: Vidu
providerId: vidu-ai
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Video Generation
- AI Video
- Rate Limiting
- Concurrency
- Quotas
description: >-
  Vidu's API is an asynchronous, queue-based generation service. Throughput is
  governed less by classic requests-per-minute limits and more by the number of
  concurrent generation tasks an account may have in flight and by the account's
  prepaid credit balance, which caps total generation. Specific concurrency
  caps and any per-minute submission limits are set per account and are not
  published as fixed public numbers; they should be confirmed with Vidu on
  reconciliation. Off-peak mode intentionally trades a longer queue window for
  lower cost.
notes: >-
  Confirm concurrent-task ceilings, submission rate limits, and any 429 / rate
  error codes against the Vidu error-code reference and account settings during
  reconciliation.
sources:
- https://docs.platform.vidu.com/7207545m0
- https://docs.platform.vidu.com/7208256m0
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Concurrent Generation Tasks
  scope: account
  metric: tasks
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Number of in-flight generation tasks allowed per account; varies by account.
- name: Credit Balance
  scope: account
  metric: credits
  limit: prepaid balance
  notes: Total generation is bounded by the account's purchased credit balance.
- name: Submission Rate
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Any per-minute task-submission ceiling is account-specific and not published as a fixed number.
policies:
- name: Asynchronous Queue
  description: Tasks are queued and processed asynchronously; poll /tasks/{id}/creations or use a callback_url rather than blocking.
- name: Off-Peak Window
  description: Off-peak mode accepts a longer (up to 48h) processing window in exchange for reduced credit cost.
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should poll with a sensible interval and exponential backoff, and handle 429 with retry.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com