What is Rate Limiting?
What does 'Rate Limiting' mean?
Caps how many requests a given client, IP address or API key may make within a time window, and rejects or delays anything beyond it. It blunts brute-force attempts and scraping, and protects a service from being overwhelmed by one noisy caller, whether malicious or simply a broken integration.
List of software with Rate Limiting functionality
About the reviewer
Rajat Gupta is the founder of Spotsaas. Over the past two years, he has reviewed 2,000+ tools across CRM, HR, AI, and finance — applying hands-on product research and a background in commerce and the CFA program to evaluate software through a business and ROI lens. His goal: help teams make software decisions they won't regret.
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