Quota Management
Stop Guessing Who's Consuming Your API Quota
API quotas are finite. When multiple teams, services, or workloads share the same API key, it's only a matter of time before someone hits the limit and everyone suffers. Quota management means knowing where your capacity is going and ensuring the right workloads get the right amount.
The Shared Quota Problem
When your API quota is shared across teams without controls, you get: unplanned 429s caused by a batch job no one knew about, user-facing features degrading because an analytics pipeline saturated the quota, and no visibility into which workload consumed the budget. By the time you notice, the damage is done.
Unplanned 429s
A background job saturates the quota. Everything else fails until the window resets.
No visibility
You can't see which team or service is consuming the most quota until it's too late.
No enforcement
Any workload can consume 100% of the quota with no mechanism to prevent it.
Allocate Quota by Workload Type
RateQueue lets you define capacity allocations per traffic class. Reserved capacity holds back units for critical work. Lanes keep traffic classes isolated. Priority ordering ensures interactive work gets served first within each lane.
import { ratequeue } from "@ratequeue/sdk";
// Interactive tier — reserved capacity, high priority
await ratequeue.acquire(
"stripe-api",
{ lane: "interactive", priority: 100, apiKey: process.env.RATEQUEUE_API_KEY! },
async () => {
await stripe.paymentIntents.create({ amount, currency });
}
);
// Reporting tier — general pool, low priority
await ratequeue.acquire(
"stripe-api",
{ lane: "reports", priority: 5, apiKey: process.env.RATEQUEUE_API_KEY! },
async () => {
await stripe.charges.list({ limit: 100 });
}
);Instant Resource Updates
When your quota changes — upgraded plan, throttled by provider, seasonal spike — update limits on the resource dashboard without touching your code. Changes take effect immediately across all workers. No restarts, no deploys, no coordination.
Works for Any Shared Resource
Not just external API quotas. Database connection limits, third-party webhook rate limits, internal service rate limits — any shared resource with a capacity constraint benefits from the same allocation model.
External APIs
OpenAI, Stripe, Twilio, SendGrid — any API with a rate limit or quota you share across services.
Internal services
Databases, caches, internal microservices with connection or throughput limits.
Take control of your shared API quota
Start free with one resource. Add lanes, reserved capacity, and priority ordering when you need them.