Rate Limits

Understand the throughput available for API calls

Rate limits prevent individual users from clogging the network. If a limit is exceeded, Crossmint will respond with HTTP 429 and require a brief waiting period before making additional requests.

The rate limits on self-serve plans are the following:

To increase the base rate limits, contact us.

Base Limits

Method(s)	Rate Limit
POST	120 requests per minute per project
PUT	Same as above
PATCH	Same as above
DELETE	Same as above
GET	360 requests per minute per project

Exceptions

API	Route	Method	Rate Limit
Mint NFT	/api/2022-06-09/collections/{collectionId}/nfts	POST	600 req/min/project
Mint NFT (Idempotent)	/api/2022-06-09/collections/{collectionId}/nfts/{nftName}	PUT	600 req/min/project
Collection Info	/api/2022-06-09/collections/{collectionId}	GET	600 req/min/project
Mint Status	/api/2022-06-09/collections/{collectionId}/nfts/{id}	GET	600 req/min/project
Get All Tokens	/api/2024-09-26/tokens	GET	50 req/min/project
Get User	/api/2025-06-09/users/{userLocator}	GET	80 req/min/project
Create or Update User	/api/2025-06-09/users/{userLocator}	PUT	50 req/min/project
Get Identity Verification	/api/2025-06-09/users/{userLocator}/identity-verification	GET	80 req/min/project
Trigger Identity Verification	/api/2025-06-09/users/{userLocator}/identity-verification	PUT	50 req/min/project
Accept Legal Document	/api/2025-06-09/users/{userLocator}/legal-documents	PUT	50 req/min/project
Upload User Document	/api/2025-06-09/documents	POST	50 req/min/project
Get User Document	/api/2025-06-09/documents/{documentId}	GET	80 req/min/project