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: Yield.xyz
providerId: yieldxyz
generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
created: '2026-07-21'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Rate Limiting
- Yield
- DeFi
description: |
  Yield.xyz enforces per-API-key request rate limits and Optimized Allocator Vault
  (OAV) deployment limits that scale by plan tier. Every API key includes the full
  yield integration suite; only the ceilings differ.
sources:
- https://docs.yield.xyz/docs/rate-limits-and-plans
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Trial plan requests
  scope: api-key
  metric: requests_per_second
  limit: 1
  timeFrame: second
  notes: Trial tier; 3 OAV deployments.
- name: Standard plan requests
  scope: api-key
  metric: requests_per_second
  limit: 100
  timeFrame: second
  notes: Standard tier; 10 OAV deployments.
- name: Pro plan requests
  scope: api-key
  metric: requests_per_second
  limit: 1000
  timeFrame: second
  notes: Pro tier; 1,000+ rps and 100 OAV deployments.
policies:
- name: OAV deployment limits
  description: Optimized Allocator Vault deployments are capped by tier (Trial 3 /
    Standard 10 / Pro 100).