--- title: Rate limiting summary: null url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/rate-limiting --- Fastly provides primitives in VCL services that can be used to apply rate limiting to your service. This can help you control the rate of requests sent to your Fastly services and origin servers from individual clients or clients forming a single identifiable group. Learn more in [our feature overview](/guides/concepts/rate-limiting).