DefiLlama
- Free allowance
- Free API at api.llama.fi: no key, 31 endpoints, standard rate limit (number not published)
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- anonymousno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-ratestandard rate limit on the Free API, number not published; the API plan is 1,000 requests per minute
- Evidence
- documented7 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | Free API at api.llama.fi: no key, 31 endpoints, standard rate limit (number not published) unit unlimited; metered on none; The API plan is USD 300 a month with 1,000 requests a minute and 1M calls a month; the Free API and the API plan are separate services. A keyless TVL call answered HTTP 200. |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
Bulk path: CSV downloads of 34 datasets are for Pro and API subscribers only; the Free API serves JSON per endpoint. Storage terms: unverified, no page read states one. |
| Binding | request-rate Only a request rate applies, and its size is unpublished. |
| Identity | anonymous The Free API needs no key and no account: the docs say so and a keyless call answered HTTP 200. |
| Egress | not metered; no quota is stated for the Free API |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Interface | rest GET https://api.llama.fi/... with no key; the API plan uses https://pro-api.llama.fi/KEY/... endpoint: https://api.llama.fi |
| Tooling | curl or any HTTP client; JavaScript and Python SDKs and an OpenAPI document are published |
| Composes with | Keyless TVL, token prices and yield pools for DeFi; it pairs with CoinPaprika for market-wide prices. |
| Reliability | The standard limit has no published number; a 402 from api.llama.fi means the endpoint needs the paid API. |
| Notes | Keyless with an unpublished standard rate. Bulk path: CSV downloads are paid. Storage terms: unverified. |
| Evidence note | documented Terms are read from the vendor docs and a keyless probe answered 200; the Free API rate was not measured. |
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Evidence 7
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | api-docs.defillama.com/llms.txt | the Free API needs no key; the paid API is USD 300 a month |
| 2026-11-02 | api-docs.defillama.com/llms.txt | Free API rate limit is only called standard, and it has 31 endpoints |
| 2026-11-02 | api-docs.defillama.com/llms.txt | there are only two tiers, free with no key and the API plan |
| 2026-11-02 | defillama.com/subscription | the API plan is 1,000 requests a minute and 1M calls a month |
| 2026-11-02 | defillama.com/subscription | overage beyond the API plan is USD 0.60 per 1,000 calls |
| 2026-11-02 | defillama.com/downloads | CSV dataset downloads are for Pro and API subscribers |
| 2026-11-03 | probe: https://api.llama.fi/tvl/uniswap | a keyless TVL call answered HTTP 200 |
More fields 1
| bulk path | CSV downloads of 34 datasets for Pro and API subscribers |
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Unknown values 1
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer