> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.conductor.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rate Limits

> Understand the global rate limits that apply to every API key and how to budget your calls.

To keep the API fast and reliable for everyone, requests are rate limited per API key. These limits apply globally across all endpoints in Conductor's API.

## Global rate limits

| Limit                   | Scope       |
| ----------------------- | ----------- |
| **5,000 calls per day** | Per API key |
| **2 calls per second**  | Per API key |

## Budget by call, not by workflow step

When estimating your usage, count **individual API calls**—not the number of nodes in a workflow. A single node can generate many calls depending on the data you are querying. This matters most for asynchronous endpoints: polling an async query for its results will usually require several calls before the data is ready, and each poll counts against both your per-second and per-day limits.

<Tip>
  When working with async endpoints, use a reasonable polling interval so you don't exhaust your per-second limit while waiting for results. See [Async Queries](/api/async-queries) for the recommended pattern.
</Tip>