VMware · Rate Limits

Vmware Rate Limits

VMware (Broadcom) does not publish a single product-wide API rate-limit policy. Most VMware APIs (vSphere, NSX, vCloud Director, Aria, etc.) run inside customer-managed control planes (vCenter, NSX Manager, SDDC Manager) where request behavior is governed by the appliance's own throttling, session limits, and the underlying infrastructure rather than a published per-key quota. SaaS endpoints (VMware Cloud on AWS, Workspace ONE) document service-specific limits on a per-product basis. Trimmed scaffold; consult product-specific docs.

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Limits

Per-product appliance limits appliance
varies
see product-specific API reference
Each VMware control plane (vCenter, NSX Manager, SDDC Manager, Aria) enforces its own session, concurrency, and request-rate limits documented in its respective API reference.

Policies

Consult Product Docs
There is no unified VMware/Broadcom rate-limit specification. Refer to the product-specific API reference for the appliance or SaaS endpoint being called.
Backoff and Retry
Standard practice for VMware REST APIs is exponential backoff with jitter when 429 or 503 is returned, honoring Retry-After when present.

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