Need commercial data API with low rate limits

If you need a commercial data API but are worried about low rate limits, here are good ways to approach it:

1. Choose a provider with scalable plans

Look for APIs that offer:

• Paid tiers with higher quotas
• Burst limits and concurrency support
• Enterprise plans with custom limits

2. Ask about these metrics before buying

Don’t just check “requests per minute.” Also confirm:

• Daily/monthly quota
• Concurrent request limit
• Per-key vs per-account limits
• Retry policy
• Overage pricing
• Webhooks or bulk export options to reduce API calls

3. Consider data delivery alternatives

If the API rate limit is too low, the vendor may offer:

• Bulk downloads / file drops
• Streaming feeds
• SFTP/FTP delivery
• Database replication / data warehouse sharing
• Webhooks instead of polling

4. Common commercial data API types

Depending on your use case, these often have enterprise-friendly options:

• Financial market data: Polygon, Alpha Vantage (limited), IEX Cloud, Tiingo, Intrinio, Nasdaq Data Link
• Company/enrichment data: Clearbit, People Data Labs, ZoomInfo
• Mapping/location: Google Maps Platform, Mapbox, HERE
• Weather: OpenWeather, Tomorrow.io, Visual Crossing
• E-commerce/product data: Bright Data, SerpApi, Oxylabs, Keepa

5. If the limit is low, reduce calls

Typical strategies:

• Cache responses aggressively
• Batch requests
• Use incremental syncs
• Poll less often
• Prefer webhooks/events over polling
• Normalize data locally

If you want, I can give you a shortlist of commercial APIs with generous limits for a specific domain, like finance, company data, maps, weather, or product data.