martineliasczQ: Higher API Rate Limits
Hi Riya,
We received your email about the new API thresholds on 04/04/2026.
What's the process to request a higher API limit (temporary or permanent)?
What evidence do you need (traffic graphs, logs, projected QPS)? Are short-term burst increases for launches or campaigns available? Any pricing, SLA, or partner pathways for higher limits?
For context, other AppSumo deals like Teable (https://appsumo.com/products/teable/) offer ~5× higher limits and use PostgreSQL for more predictable performance .. that benchmark will influence our architecture choices for our next SaaS.
Thank you.
Martin
Riya_NoCodeBackend
Apr 5, 2026A: Hi Martin,
Appreciate the detailed questions — let me clarify a few important points:
Rate limits scope:
There are no rate limits for admin/internal usage when you're calling APIs with your secret key. Limits apply only to public-facing apps, as mentioned earlier.
How limits are applied:
These are per user, not global across your app. So one heavy user won’t throttle everyone else.
Are the limits “fair”?
They’re based on real usage patterns we’ve seen over the past couple of years across production apps. For the vast majority of use cases, they hold up well without becoming a bottleneck.
Temporary bursts / increases:
If you're running a launch or campaign, we can accommodate short-term increases. Just share context in advance.
Higher limits (long-term):
Available, but handled case-by-case depending on your architecture and scale. We keep this flexible rather than forcing fixed tiers.
On the comparison with Teable — it’s not exactly apples-to-apples.
We’re not positioning ourselves as just a database with higher raw limits. NoCodeBackend is an API-first backend layer designed for modern “vibe-coded” tools, and now with our MCP, you can auto-generate and connect your database directly into your apps/workflows.
That’s a different abstraction layer altogether, so comparing purely on rate limits doesn’t give the full picture.
If you need any further details, feel free to reach out to our support team anytime.
— Riya