# Rate limits and plans

> Each plan runs a set number of requests at once. Past that, or past a monthly cap, the API answers 429 with the seconds to wait.

Canonical page: https://clawifi.dev/docs/rate-limits

| Plan | Requests at once | Credits a month |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | 2 | 1,000 |
| Starter | 5 | 10,000 |
| Pro | 25 | 125,000 |
| Scale | 75 | 500,000 |

## 429 and Retry-After

Too many calls at once for your plan, or a monthly cap (hosted render minutes) is used up. Wait the seconds in the Retry-After header and retry; a monthly cap says when it resets.

## plan_required

The feature needs a higher plan, for example hosted browser render (Pro or Scale) or brute-force subdomains (any paid plan). error.code is plan_required.

## Keyless trial

Without a key, search_free, fetch_url, scrape_url (with passages) and map_site still work as a trial: 12 calls a minute and 50 a day per address, with the playground's caps. Past that the tool answers with a link to get a free key at https://clawifi.dev/signup.

## Versioning and changes

The API is versioned with the product (this reference is 1.7.4). What changed and when is in the [changelog](https://clawifi.dev/changelog).