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thelwang
Helpful | Level 7
7 years ago

dropbox API call upload limits! confirming some things and feedback

EDIT2 (2021): I posted a follow up question as a reply here.  Seeking clarification around the different API limits between different types of Dropbox account and the very confusing plans comparison ...
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  • The_Captain's avatar
    The_Captain
    5 years ago

    Hi all

     

    I know this is a very old thread but just wanted to update it as I came across is when I performed a search.

    Dropbox has now increased in API limits to 1 Billion calls on it's business teams.

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/business/plans-comparison

     

    This should be more than enough to get all your data into Dropbox as fast as possible.

     

     

thelwang's avatar
thelwang
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

I still see this old post show up in Google searches about Dropbox's API limits.  Was trying to answer a question and found myself here.

 

I'd like some clarification about what the API limits for different Dropbox accounts are. This page says only business accounts have a Data Transport limit.  However I noticed that the Dropbox Plans page seems to say that individual accounts have more restricted API access? Not just Data Transport but other types of API access too.

 

See this screenshot:  

 

The_Captain the different plan comparison page you linked to shows the same thing.

 

 

Even more confusing, that plans page seems to say that only business accounts have unlimited access to "productivity platform partners".  Is that true?  I haven't seen any issues with people with Free accounts using our Dropbox API app. Is there actually any way that individual accounts are MORE limited in API access than Business accounts? Besides the obvious situation where Business accounts have access to Business API endpoints that aren't relevant to Individual accounts. (security platform partners)

 

Can someone help me make sense of the plans comparison page and clarify what the differences in API access between the various plans are? I think the plans page is just wrong or I'm really misunderstanding something. 

 

Thanks

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