# Rate Limits

VeriMails applies request limits to protect API reliability.

## Limits

- Free accounts: 60 requests per minute and 5,000 requests per day.
- Paid accounts: 300 requests per minute, with usage governed by plan allocation and credit balance.
- Batch verification: up to 500 emails per request.

When the API returns `429`, back off and retry after the period indicated by the response when present.