Title: New limits for the free Algorand API from 1 January 2027
Source: https://nodely.io/blog/free-tier-2027/
Updated: 2026-11-10T15:00:00.000Z
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# New limits for the free Algorand API from 1 January 2027
Urtho
Nov 10, 2026
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Our [free Algorand API](https://nodely.io/docs/free/start) stays free, with no key and no sign-up. From **1 January 2027, 00:00 UTC**, its limits change. Until then nothing changes.
### What changes
| | Until 31 December 2026 | From 1 January 2027 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daily quota, per IP and per site | 200k requests or 5 GB | 128k requests or 2 GB |
| Requests per second, per IP | 60 | 30 |
| Bot traffic (no browser `Referer` or `Origin`), per IP | no separate limit | 5 requests per second |
| Concurrent calls, per IP | 10 | 10 |
| Added latency, backend and bot requests | 50 ms | 50 ms or more |
The quota still resets at 00:00 UTC, and the free tier still answers `403` as an IP or a site nears it. Details: [fair usage policy](https://nodely.io/docs/free/policy/) and [quotas and rate limits](https://nodely.io/docs/access/limits/).
### Why
The free tier is shared by thousands of apps and the people using them. Most of its load now comes from backends and bots that poll the same data around the clock, not from browsers: over the last 30 days, 95 % of the free API’s 39 million requests a day had no browser behind them (no `Referer` and no browser user agent). The new limits keep the free tier fast for the apps it was built for: browser dApps, prototypes and light backends. A separate, lower rate for bot traffic stops one script from crowding out everyone on the same edge.
### What stays the same
- No key and no sign-up on the public `nodely.dev` hosts.
- MainNet, TestNet, BetaNet, FNet and Voi.
- Time travel on TestNet. MainNet [history](https://nodely.io/docs/access/time-travel/), free since November, moves to the paid plans on 1 January 2027.
- The IPFS gateway: a free account can now authorize one site in the [Nodely portal](https://portal.nodely.io/).
- The [public usage dashboard](https://g.nodely.io/d/nodelyapi/), so you can see where your app stands.
### If your app needs more
- **Boost** opens in December 2026: $32 a month for your own endpoint with an API token, 256k requests and 4 GB a day that no one else shares, 120 requests per second, 7-day analytics and time travel on MainNet. Need more on a busy day? Add up to 7 blocks of 256k requests and 4 GB for $32 a month each.
- **Unlimited** ($256 a month, or $212 a month paid annually) has no daily quota, no added latency, the commercial `nodely.io` hosts, a 99.99 % SLO on Algorand and full time travel.
Everything each plan includes is on the [pricing page](https://nodely.io/pricing). Open-source projects without a token can still [apply for free Unlimited access](https://nodely.io/docs/unlimited/public-goods-projects/).
Questions about your app’s traffic? Write to [support@nodely.io](mailto:support@nodely.io) or ask in our [community channel](https://discord.gg/AnH2s9dMkN).
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