Usage of the Places API & Users API is subject to rate limits. The applicable queries per second (QPS) rate limit, calculated across all endpoints in total, is as follows:

**Enterprise Customers**: 100 QPS; or

**Pay as You Go & Sandbox Customers**: 50 QPS.

### Ask Endpoint

The [Ask Endpoint](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/ask) has a separate rate limit:

**Pay as You Go & Sandbox Customers**: 1 QPS

To request a higher rate limit, reach out to our support team [here](https://support.foursquare.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=13089705025180&tf_subject=Rate%20Limit%20Increase%20Request&tf_13089887414684=ask_api_dp). Please include your use case in the description.