ApsaraVideo VOD limits the number of queries per second (QPS) that a single account can make to an API operation. If you exceed the QPS limit per account, your API calls are throttled. This topic describes the QPS limit per account for each ApsaraVideo VOD API operation. To prevent service interruptions, ensure that your API calls do not exceed these limits.
What is the QPS limit per account
The QPS limit per account for an API operation is the maximum number of calls that an Alibaba Cloud account and its RAM users can make to the operation per second or per minute. For example, the QPS limit per account for the CreateUploadVideo operation is 120 calls per second. If you have one Alibaba Cloud account and five RAM users, the total number of calls to the CreateUploadVideo operation from all six accounts cannot exceed 120 per second.
Not all API operations are subject to throttling. For details, see the tables in this topic.
The default unit for QPS limits is calls per second. Other units, such as calls per minute, are specified where applicable.
The QPS limits for some API operations vary by region. These differences are noted in the tables. If no region is specified, the QPS limit applies to all regions.
The QPS limits in this topic are for reference only. The actual limits may vary based on factors such as the region, actual call volume, and concurrency. The limits enforced by the service prevail.
QPS limits for media upload API operations
API | QPS limit per account |
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200,000 per day | |
100 | |
50 | |
100 | |
50 | |
10 | |
100 |
QPS limits for playback API operations
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
360 | |
360 |
QPS limits for media asset management API operations
Media asset search
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 |
Tiered storage
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 | |
50 |
Media asset categorization
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
100 | |
10 | |
50 |
Audio and video management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
100 | |
50 | |
100 | |
100 | |
30 | |
50 | |
50 | |
30 |
Auxiliary media asset management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
100 | |
50 |
Image management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
50 | |
50 | |
30 |
Animated image management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
10 |
QPS limits for media processing API operations
Job submission
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
30 | |
15 | |
30 | |
20 |
Transcoding templates
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
5 | |
5 | |
5 | |
15 | |
30 | |
5 |
Snapshot templates
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
10 | |
10 | |
20 | |
5 |
Video watermarks
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
10 | |
2 | |
5 | |
2 | |
10 | |
10 |
Transcoding jobs
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
15 | |
15 | |
15 |
QPS limits for online editing API operations
Video production
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 |
Online editing project management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
10 | |
20 | |
30 | |
30 | |
30 | |
30 |
QPS limits for media review API operations
Review settings
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
100 |
Manual review
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
20 | |
100 |
Automated review
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
15 | |
20 | |
20 | |
20 | |
10 | |
10 | |
20 |
QPS limits for video AI API operations
AI jobs
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
30 |
AI templates
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
5 | |
5 | |
5 | |
5 | |
5 | |
5 | |
10 |
Media fingerprinting
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
20 | |
10 |
Smart tagging
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
10 |
Smart Thumbnail
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
30 | |
100 | |
100 |
QPS limits for live-to-VOD API operations
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 |
QPS limits for ApsaraVideo VOD CDN API operations
Monitoring and queries
Resource access data
API
QPS limit per account (calls/second)
100
100
20
100
100
20
Back-to-origin data
API
QPS limit per account (calls/second)
100
100
Real-time access data
API
QPS limit per account (calls/second)
50
100
10
10
10
10
10
Domain name management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
30 | |
10 | |
30 | |
30 | |
100 | |
30 |
Domain name verification
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
100 |
Domain name configuration
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
30 | |
10 | |
30 | |
30 | |
100 |
Refresh and prefetch
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 | |
50 | |
50 | |
30 | |
50 | |
50 |
Log management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 |
QPS limits for video security API operations
HLS encryption
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
50 |
Digital watermarking
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 | |
50 |
Secure download (caching)
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 |
QPS limits for data statistics API operations
Usage data
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
20 | |
10 | |
10 | |
10 |
Playback data (new)
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
10 |
Playback data (old)
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
100 | |
100 | |
100 | |
100 |
Per-user QPS limit for APIs in a multi-application system
Application management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
50 | |
100 | |
30 | |
30 | |
10 |
Authorization management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
10 | |
10 | |
10 |
Resource migration
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
30 |
QPS limits for global configuration API operations
Storage management
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
10 |
Event notifications
API | QPS limit per account (calls/second) |
15 | |
10 | |
10 |