Adding additional API calls
Managing your API call limits is essential for applications with high usage requirements. This article explains how to purchase additional API calls for your Knack account.
What You'll Learn
You'll discover how to increase your daily API call limits through add-on packages, view your current usage and limits, and understand important constraints around API rate limits. This knowledge helps you scale your application's backend operations to meet your needs without disruption.
Where can I purchase additional API calls?
From the Plan & Billing section of the Dashboard, you can select "Purchase Add-Ons":
You can also select the "Add-Ons" tab at the top of the Plan & Billing page. This will direct you to where you can choose the amount of additional API calls you would like to add to your plan:
Suppose you have previously purchased an additional API call package. In that case, you will be able to view the current selection you have with the "Current" badge to the right of the number of additional API calls:
To increase or decrease the amount of API calls, you can select the amount that you want, which will then provide details of the change in a modal pop-up:
Once you select "Purchase", you will see a notification that your API add-on calls updated successfully:
You can also remove your current API plan package by selecting the "Remove" button. If you choose to remove the current API calls add-on, a modal pop-up will appear to confirm the removal:
Note: Your changes will be updated and reflected in your "Plan Details" section.
API Call Add-On Selections
- +25,000 API calls: $37.50 per month
- +50,000 API calls: $75 per month
- +75,000 API calls: $112.50 per month
- +100,000 API calls: $150 per month
Tip: Need more than 100,000 additional API calls per day? Please reach out to our support team for assistance.
Where can I view the daily limit of API calls my plan currently has?
To view your current total daily limit of API calls that your plan has, you can view this from the "Plan Usage" section that exists under the "Overview" tab:
Tip: The daily limit adds the plan total (in this example case, 5,000 API calls) plus the add-on amount.
If you have purchased add-ons, you will be able to view this information under your "Plan Details" as well as in the "Add-Ons" section:
Additional Notes
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We cannot increase the per-second API call limit at this time.
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We are still enforcing a rate limit of 10 API calls per second. Any additional calls after the limit will return an error.
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If you need more than 100,000 additional calls added to your plan, please reach out to the support team for assistance.
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API calls add-ons can only be purchased by the account owner. If you're not the account owner, please reach out to the support team for assistance.
Updated 5 days ago
