Why Rate Limiting
Protection against abuse, fair resource allocation, backend stability, and cost control. Essential for any production system handling external traffic.
Prevent Abuse
Block DoS attacks and malicious traffic
Fair Usage
Equitable resource distribution across users
Stability
Prevent cascading failures in backends
Cost Control
Enforce usage tiers and pricing models
Available Algorithms
Four Approaches
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