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You will not exceed...any limit on calls per second set forth in any Specifications...and you will not send files to or from Creators API or PA API that are greater than 40KB without our prior written approval.
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DeepL API Growth and DeepL API Developer are designed to process at least 600 characters per minute and per Customer; exceeding use may be limited, and Customers may encounter a 429 "Too Many Requests" error message.
"If necessary to protect the security, integrity or availability of the Services, Perplexity may impose temporarily lower Rate Limits than are reflected in the API Documentation.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
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The clause states: “If necessary to protect the security, integrity or availability of the Services, Perplexity may impose temporarily lower Rate Limits than are reflected in the API Documentation.”
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