We’ve introduced rate limiting for PDF report generation and History CSV downloads to curb abuse and ensure capacity.
Overview
Generating PDFs and History CSVs are resource-heavy operations that require our servers to render potentially detailed and extensive PDF versions of GTmetrix reports, or process thousands of points of report history data into a CSV file.
To ensure capacity for all, we’ve introduced rate limiting for these operations for Basic and PRO users.
Rate Limits
Accounts are limited to the following when generating PDF reports or downloading History CSV files:
- Basic – 5 PDF or History CSV downloads every 5 minutes.
- PRO – 20 PDF or History CSV downloads every 5 minutes.
Number of records for CSV downloads
Depending on your plan, History CSV files will be limited to the following number of records:
- Basic – 200
- PRO – Legacy plans – 5,000
- PRO – Micro plans – 2,000
- PRO – Individual plans (Solo, Starter, and Growth) – 6,750
- PRO – Business plans (Champion and Team) – 13,500
- PRO – Enterprise plan – 27,000
Records will be ordered from latest reports going back.
What happens if you run into a 429 Rate Limited error page?
If you run into this error, you’ll have to wait the aforementioned time or up to 5 minutes before you can generate more PDFs or download additional History CSV files.
PRO users can generate more PDFs and download more History CSVs; Basic users are encouraged to upgrade to PRO if you require more of these features.
If you’re on a PRO plan and require increased PDF/History CSV download rates, contact us.
Related Reading
You can read more about the new GTmetrix platform and other associated changes in the following articles:
- Everything you need to know about the new GTmetrix Report (powered by Lighthouse)
- We’ve updated our GTmetrix PRO plans!
- Why is my Performance Score always changing?
- Why is my GTmetrix Performance Score different from PageSpeed Insights, WebPageTest, and web.dev?
- I was scoring well with the Legacy GTmetrix before but now my grades have dropped. Why?
- Glossary of Web Performance Terms
Need more PDF generation/History CSV downloads?
Generate More PDFs/History CSVs and access More Historical Data with a GTmetrix PRO plan.
Available in all PRO plans.
Other features include: Priority access for tests, Mobile Testing, More On-Demand Tests, Advanced Analysis Options, Hourly Monitoring (select plans only), Remote Location Monitoring (including Premium Locations), and much more!
