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BrandsAPI supports overage billing for paid subscription plans, allowing your API requests to continue even after your monthly quota is used. When you purchase a subscription plan, your account receives a request quota based on the selected plan. If your application sends more API requests than the included quota, BrandsAPI does not automatically block those extra requests. Instead, additional requests are billed at the overage rate.

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Avoid unexpected downtime

Overage billing helps keep your application running when request volume increases. This is useful when:
  • Your application has sudden traffic spikes
  • Your users make more brand data requests than expected
  • You want to avoid failed API requests after reaching your quota
  • Your integration depends on continuous access to brand data
With overage enabled, your application can continue making API requests beyond the plan quota.

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Overage fees

Requests that exceed your monthly quota are charged at the plan’s overage-fee rate. You can review the overage rate for your subscription plan in the Developer Dashboard or pricing details.

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Set a spending limit

To control additional charges, go to the Developer Dashboard and set a hard spending limit. This spending limit helps you manage how much your account can spend on overage requests. If you want to disable overage billing, set your spending limit to:
  • $0
When the spending limit is reached, additional overage requests may be blocked.

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Free plan limitation

Overage billing is not available on the free plan. To use overage billing, upgrade to one of the paid BrandsAPI plans first.

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Monitoring overage usage

Track your usage in the Developer Dashboard and review monthly invoices to stay within budget. Set alerts for unexpected spikes, and use caching or request throttling when possible to reduce overage costs.