Deepgram Rate Limits

Overview

Implement rate limiting, exponential backoff, and circuit breaker patterns for Deepgram API. Deepgram limits by concurrent connections (not requests per second). Understanding this model is key to building reliable integrations.

Deepgram Rate Limit Model

Deepgram uses concurrency-based limits, not traditional requests-per-minute:

When you exceed your concurrency limit, Deepgram returns 429 Too Many Requests.

Key insight: You can send unlimited total requests — just not more than your concurrency limit simultaneously.

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