# Zoom API Rate limits?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-rate-limits/109359>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [May 6, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-rate-limits/109359 "2024-05-06T16:25:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![modernworklab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@modernworklab](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/modernworklab)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-rate-limits/109359/1 "2024-05-06T16:25:50Z")

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Can you confirm this:

1. Zoom imposes a call limit over the API and uses a classification system to set the usage constraints.  
Then, Zoom API uses the following rate limits for Business+ and up to Enterprise SKU (\*):

2. Light API, 80 request/second

3. Medium API, 60 request/second

4. Heavy API, 40 request/second + 60k request per day

5. Resource intensive API, 20 requests/second + 60k request per day.

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**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-rate-limits/109359/2 "2024-05-07T03:58:15Z")

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@modernworklab this table documents the different rate limit for different plans in detail

> **[Rate limits](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/rate-limits/#rate-limits-by-account-type)**
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> The Zoom Developer Platform is an open platform that allows third-party developers to build applications and integrations upon Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-rate-limits/109359/3 "2025-05-10T19:34:26Z")

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