IFTTT Service Rate Limits

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Background

Some IFTTT services have limits for how often you can use them. These rate limits can be applied for a number of reasons, such as helping prevent spam or abuse. If you check your activity feed and see an error message that reads "usage limit exceeded," that means you’ve reached one of these limits.

The majority of services on IFTTT do not have any rate limits applied by IFTTT. However some services, such as X (Twitter)and the SMS service, have limits in place. 

We aim to keep these limits transparent and will send you an email when you are approaching or have reached a limit.

Rate Limits

Service Trigger, Query, or Action Free Limit Pro Limit Pro+ Limit
IFTTT AI Services All AI service queries Not available Not available 200 queries per day across all AI services
Blogger Create photo post 5 per day 25 per day 25 per day per Blog
  Create a post 5 per day 25 per day 25 per day per Blog
Box Upload file from URL 30MB file size 30MB file size 30MB file size
  Append to a text file 2MB file size 2MB file size 2MB file size
Dropbox Add file from URL 30 MB file size 30 MB file size 30 MB file size
  Append to a text file 2MB file size 2MB file size 2MB file size
Email Send me an email 30 per day 750 per day 750 per day
Evernote Append to note 30 per hour 30 per hour 30 per hour
Google Drive Upload file from URL 30MB file size 30MB file size 30MB file size
Google Sheets Add row to spreadsheet* 2,000 rows 2,000 rows 2,000 rows
Phone call Call my phone Not available  100 per month 100 per month
Pinterest Create pin 25 Pins per day 200 Pins per day 200 Pins per day
SMS Send me an sms Not available 100 per month (US, Canada) 
10 per month (worldwide)		 100 per month (US, Canada) 
10 per month (worldwide)
Twitter Post a tweet Not available  200 per day   200 per day 
  Post a tweet with image Not available  200 per day   200 per day 
  Update profile picture (with option to tweet) Not available  200 per day   200 per day 
  Update bio (with option to tweet) Not available  200 per day   200 per day 
Facebook New photo from you  100 per Trigger per day 100 per Trigger per day 100 per Trigger per day
  You are tagged in a photo  100 per Trigger per day 100 per Trigger per day 100 per Trigger per day
Webhooks   Not available 240/minute 240/minute

*After 2,000 rows a new spreadsheet will be created by your Applet

When Do Rate Limits Reset

  • Daily limits: Reset at midnight in your local time, based on your account’s timezone settings.

  • Monthly limits: Reset on the first day of each month at midnight local time.

What to Do if You Hit a Rate Limit

If you hit a daily or monthly limit, your Applet will start working again automatically once the limit resets.

To avoid hitting limits, consider:

  • Configuring your Applets to run less often by choosing different trigger criteria.

    • For example, if you have an Applet that uses the RSS Feed service's New feed item trigger with the Twitter service's Post a Tweet action and it results in more than 200 posts a day, you could switch to the New feed item matches trigger to filter by specific keywords. This will reduce how often your Applet runs.

  • Adding filters to limit when your Applet runs. 

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