Salesforce API limits by edition, explained
A base of 100,000 calls a day, plus a per-license amount that depends on your edition. Every integration shares that one pool.
The short answer
- Salesforce Enterprise and Professional (with API access) orgs get 100,000 API calls per 24 hours, plus 1,000 per Salesforce license, plus purchased add-ons, per the Developer Limits Quick Reference updated 11 September 2026.
- Salesforce Unlimited and Performance Edition orgs get the same 100,000 base, plus 5,000 calls per Salesforce license.
- Salesforce counts the limit across the whole org over a rolling 24 hours, so every integration, managed package and script draws from one shared pool.
- Salesforce also caps long-running requests of 20 seconds or more at 25 at a time in production orgs and sandboxes.
How the daily Salesforce API limit is worked out
Your daily allowance has three parts. Every Enterprise, Unlimited and Performance org starts with 100,000 calls. Then each license adds its own amount: 1,000 per full Salesforce license on Enterprise, 5,000 on Unlimited and Performance. Last come any API call add-ons you've bought.
The window is a rolling 24 hours, not a calendar day. Salesforce's example: a Developer Edition org that made 14,500 calls at 5:00 AM Wednesday and 499 at 11:00 PM can make one more call before 5:00 AM Thursday. Limits apply to the org as a whole. They're not per user.
Salesforce daily API allocation by edition
Total inbound API calls per 24 hours, from the Salesforce Developer Limits and Allocations Quick Reference.
| Edition | Base per org | Per Salesforce license | Per Salesforce Platform license | Per Lightning Platform One App license |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer Edition | 15,000 total | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Enterprise Edition | 100,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 200 |
| Professional Edition, API access enabled | 100,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 200 |
| Unlimited Edition | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 200 |
| Performance Edition | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 200 |
| Full Sandbox (not from a template) | 5,000,000 total | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Checked on the Salesforce Developer Limits and Allocations Quick Reference (resources.docs.salesforce.com), last updated 11 September 2026, read September 2026. Purchased API call add-ons are added on top.
What eats into the pool
REST, SOAP, Bulk API, Bulk API 2.0 and most Connect REST APIs all count. So do calls from installed managed packages. Some Salesforce connected apps, such as the Salesforce mobile app, don't. Calls that carry a DebuggingHeader get their own allowance of 1,000 a day.
Polling adds up fast. A tool that checks one query every minute makes 1,440 calls a day on its own. Check which integrations poll and how often. Salesforce's quick reference also suggests composite REST calls to cut round trips. For jobs of 2,000 records or more, it points you to Bulk API.
How to see where your Salesforce API calls go
Salesforce gives you several places to watch usage. The System Overview page in Setup shows API requests over the last 24 hours. REST responses carry a Sforce-Limit-Info header, and the /limits REST call returns your remaining allocation. You can also set API Usage Notifications to email someone when usage crosses a percentage you choose.
If you really need more, you have two routes: buy more user licenses or buy extra API calls through the Your Account app. Salesforce's own advice is to cut wasted calls first.
Where SalesCrew touches the Salesforce API
SalesCrew uses Salesforce as an outbound send path: campaigns are pushed to Salesforce through an API user you create for it. Setup is in creating a Salesforce API user and security token. Your pipeline, inbox and cadences run in SalesCrew's own database, one per client, and every action there is an MCP tool on every tier. See the MCP server and SalesCrew vs Salesforce.
One chatty integration can starve the rest
Questions
- How many API calls does Salesforce Enterprise Edition allow per day?
- Enterprise Edition allows 100,000 calls per 24 hours, plus 1,000 for each Salesforce license, plus any API call add-ons you buy. Salesforce's own example: an Enterprise org with 15 Salesforce licenses gets 115,000 requests. That's from the Developer Limits Quick Reference, last updated 11 September 2026.
- What happens when you hit the Salesforce API limit?
- A paid, active org can go over its daily limit by some amount, up to a hard cap that Salesforce sets to protect the platform. Salesforce says not to rely on this overage. Trial orgs, Developer Edition and sandboxes don't get it, and past the cap new calls fail until the rolling 24-hour window frees up room.
- Do Bulk API calls count toward the Salesforce daily limit?
- Yes. The quick reference lists REST API, SOAP API, Bulk API, Bulk API 2.0 and most Connect REST APIs as counting toward the total. Bulk also has its own ceiling of 15,000 batches per rolling 24 hours, shared between Bulk API and Bulk API 2.0.
- Does Salesforce Professional Edition have API access?
- Only with API access enabled. The quick reference groups Professional Edition with API access enabled alongside Enterprise, with the same 100,000 base and 1,000 calls per Salesforce license, as of September 2026.