# Rate limiting - some calls are from 'consumers' but most are not

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/rate-limiting-some-calls-are-from-consumers-but-most-are-not/13253>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** kong-gateway\
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/rate-limiting-some-calls-are-from-consumers-but-most-are-not/13253 "2024-12-16T18:21:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/rate-limiting-some-calls-are-from-consumers-but-most-are-not/13253/1 "2024-12-16T18:21:13Z")

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I am attempting to rate limit a select group of users on a handful of APIS.

My initial thought was to create a consumer object for each user that I want to rate limit. And then add the rate limiting plugin to the service for the specific consumer.

Note that if the call is not associated with a consumer, I do not want it to be rate limited.

Am I thinking about this in the right way?  
Is there another more accepted solution to this problem?