Pinata · Rate Limits

Pinata Rate Limits

Pinata enforces per-API-key request rate limits and per-plan gateway request quotas.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
Web3IPFSStorageGatewayRate Limiting

Limits

Default api_key
requests_per_minute
30
Default API rate limit on Free plan; higher on paid tiers.
Gateway Requests account
gateway_requests
see plan
Per-month gateway request cap by plan.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Exponential backoff on 429.

Sources