Available in Classic and VPC
After you create and deploy an API, you can control API usage through a Usage Plan.
Note
You can also set a default Usage Plan at the API stage.
For details, see Change Usage Plans in the My Products menu.
Usage Plans interface and list
The following provides a basic overview of the Usage Plans menu for using API Gateway.

| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| ① Menu name | Current menu name. Number of usage plans in operation. |
| ② Basic features | Create a Usage Plan, view API Gateway details, refresh the page. |
| ③ Post-creation features | For active Usage Plans, Edit, Delete, Manage and connect to a stage. |
| ④ Search bar | Enter a Usage Plan name, then click to search for items. |
| ⑤ Sort | Set the number of Usage Plans displayed per list page. |
| ⑥ Usage Plan list | View the list of active Usage Plans
|
Create a Usage Plan
To create a Usage Plan:
- In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to
> Services > Application Services > API Gateway. - Click Usage Plans.
- Click [Create Usage Plan].
- Enter the Usage Plan creation details, and then click [Next].
- Name: Enter the name of the Usage Plan.
- Description: Enter the description of the Usage Plan.
- Request rate: Set the number of requests per second.
- Request quota: Set daily and monthly API usage.
- Usage is counted based on the start of a day/month.
- Usage is counted based on the response code of the endpoint.
- Verify that the created Usage Plan appears in the Usage Plans list.
- If the request rate and request limits are not configured correctly, the following message appears: Request rate is not set. or Request limit is not set. Edit the corresponding Usage Plan (see Edit Usage plans).
Edit Usage Plans
To edit a Usage Plan:
- In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to
> Services > Application Services > API Gateway. - Click Usage Plans.
- In the Usage Plans list, select the Usage Plan you want to edit, then click [Edit].
- On the Edit Usage Plan interface, update the settings, then click [Save].
- For descriptions of the settings, see Create a Usage Plan.
- Verify that the Usage Plan has been updated in the Usage Plans list.
Delete a Usage Plan
To delete Usage Plan:
- In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to
> Services > Application Services > API Gateway. - Click Usage Plans.
- In the Usage Plans list, select the Usage Plan you want to delete, then click [Delete].
- In the delete confirmation popup, review the details, then click [Delete].
Connect and manage stages
You can connect the configured Usage Plan to a stage and manage it.
- You can create the connection from either the Usage Plan interface or the Stage interface.
- API usage for stages connected to a Usage Plan is managed collectively.
The following describes the list of stages connected to the Usage Plan:

| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| ① Usage Plan | Current settings |
| ② Manage stage connections | For the selected Usage Plan, Connect to a Stage and Disconnect from a Stage. |
| ③ List | List of stages connected to the Usage Plan |
| ④ Sort | Set the number of stages displayed per list page |
Connect to a Stage
To connect a Usage Plan to a stage:
Note
To connect a Usage Plan to a stage, you must first create a stage for the API.
For details, see Create Stage.
- In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to
> Services > Application Services > API Gateway. - Click Usage Plans.
- In the Usage Plans list, select the Usage Plan you want to Stage, then click [Stage].
- On the connected stages list interface, click [Connect to Stage].
- In the Connect to Stage popup, select the stage to connect, then click [Add].
- Product: Select the product that contains the stage you want to connect.
- API: Select the API that contains the stage you want to connect.
- Stage: Select the stage to connect.
Disconnect from a Stage
To disconnect a stage connected to a Usage Plan:
- In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to
> Services > Application Services > API Gateway. - Click Usage Plans.
- In the Usage Plans list, select the Usage Plan you want to disconnect, then click [Stage].
- On the connected stages list interface, select the stage you want to disconnect, then click [Delete].
- In the Disconnect from a Stage popup, review the details, then click [Delete].
- The stage is disconnected and removed from the list.
to search for items.