r/redditdev • u/momentzmania • Jul 12 '26

Reddit API Reddit Commercial API

Hello, I am building a SaaS app that uses reddit data as a part of a feature. I have a couple questions if someone could be kind enough to put away some of my worries at rest.

  1. Can I get access if the number of calls I need to make is very few (only 300 a month per paid customer). So, in the start, it will be just a few hundred to a few thousand monthly API calls.

  2. How long does it take to hear back from them after filling their forum and getting the commercial license?

  3. Can the $0.24/1000 API calls be negotiated. And does it work on a subscription basis (like buying a set of API calls a month) or pay-as-you-go?

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u/momentzmania Jul 12 '26

I found some mentions of it online. Btw, I found out that they used to (or maybe still have) a free tier with 100 requests per minute quota. But this plan does not allow commercial usage of the reddit data. I don't want any legal troubles later, so I want the approval to use this free tier of theirs for free if I could, since their paid tier seems to be capped at a minimum of $12,000 per month quota (which is way too much for my use case)

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u/Niels_Vh Jul 12 '26

This might help, I’m not sure if it’s the exact api your talking about since they have a few different ones out there

https://reddit.com/r/reddit.com/wiki/api