Rate limits - outbound.dev

Rate limits count calls per organization: every key of the organization shares them. Each group of endpoints has a limit per minute and most have one per UTC day. A call over a limit answers 429 with an empty body and a Retry-After header in seconds.

Group	Endpoints	Per minute	Per day
`people_search`	`POST /v1/people/search`	20	1,000
`company_search`	`POST /v1/companies/search`	20	1,000
`people_count`	`POST /v1/people/count`	60	10,000
`company_count`	`POST /v1/companies/count`	60	10,000
`search_lookups`	Filter values and autocomplete, for people and companies	60	5,000
`company_resolve`	`POST /v1/companies/resolve`	120	10,000
`company_people`	`POST /v1/companies/people`	120	10,000
`saved_searches`	Every saved search endpoint, running one included	60	5,000
`jobs`	`GET /v1/jobs/{jobId}`	120	10,000
`account`	`GET /v1/me`, the balance, ledger, prices, usage and requests	120	10,000
`limits`	`GET /v1/limits`	60
`revoke`	`POST /v1/me/revoke`	10

Minute windows start on the minute, and day windows at midnight UTC.

Headers

Every answer to a counted call carries the state of the route’s limit with the fewest calls left:

Header	What it holds
`RateLimit-Limit`	The calls that limit allows in its window.
`RateLimit-Remaining`	The calls left in the window.
`RateLimit-Reset`	Seconds until the window resets.
`Retry-After`	On a `429` only: seconds to wait before calling again.

See every limit

GET /v1/limits answers every limit with what is left of it, and the calling key’s spend today against its daily cap. It has its own limit, so reading the limits never spends them.

{
  "rateLimits": [
    { "group": "people_search", "limit": 20, "windowSeconds": 60, "remaining": 19, "resetsAt": "2026-11-14T10:03:00.000Z" },
    { "group": "people_search", "limit": 1000, "windowSeconds": 86400, "remaining": 997, "resetsAt": "2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z" }
  ],
  "keyDailySpend": { "spentUsd": "0.001800", "capUsd": "5.000000", "remainingUsd": "4.998200", "resetsAt": "2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z" }
}

Handling a 429

Wait the seconds in Retry-After, then send the call again. A 429 is never charged. Calls without a valid key are limited by IP address instead of by organization.