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Performance and Limits

Understand rate limits, service tiers, and infrastructure capabilities for Hyperbolic’s Serverless Inference API.

Rate Limits

Standard Limits

All tiers have a per-IP limit of 600 requests/minute for DDoS protection.

Upgrading to Pro

Get 10x higher rate limits by upgrading to Pro:
1

Log into Dashboard

Go to app.hyperbolic.ai and sign in.
2

Add Funds

Deposit $5 or more to your account.
3

Automatic Upgrade

Your account is automatically upgraded to Pro tier.

Service Tiers

Need higher limits or dedicated infrastructure? Contact sales

Pricing Summary

Hyperbolic uses pay-as-you-go pricing with no monthly quotas or commitments.

Text Generation

Image Generation

Base rate: $0.01 per image (1024x1024, 25 steps) Formula: $0.01 × (width/1024) × (height/1024) × (steps/25)

Audio Generation

Rate: $5.00 per 1M characters
See Text APIs, Image APIs, and Audio APIs for complete pricing by model.

Infrastructure

Security

Error Handling

Rate Limit Errors

When you exceed rate limits, you’ll receive a 429 Too Many Requests response:

Best Practices

  • Implement exponential backoff for automatic retries
  • Monitor usage via the dashboard to stay within limits
  • Cache responses when appropriate to reduce API calls
  • Use streaming for long responses to improve perceived latency

Retry Example

Monitoring Usage

Track your API usage in the Hyperbolic Dashboard:
  • Requests per minute/hour/day
  • Token consumption by model
  • Cost breakdown and billing history
  • Real-time usage graphs

Next Steps

Text APIs

Models and pricing details

Image APIs

Image generation pricing

Audio APIs

Text-to-speech pricing