diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index 805f785..ad6bfe4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
     "active\.stop\.timeout" : 3600,
     "active\.suspend\.timeout" : 3600,
     "azure.request.timeout" : 120,
+    "cloud.acquire.token.timeout" : 100,
     "cloud.deployment" : false,
     "cloud.eviction.plan.reevaluate.threshold" : 50,
+    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 4000,
+    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 2500,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index 35a488a..434c135 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
     "active\.stop\.timeout" : 3600,
     "active\.suspend\.timeout" : 3600,
     "azure.request.timeout" : 120,
+    "cloud.acquire.token.timeout" : 100,
     "cloud.deployment" : false,
     "cloud.eviction.plan.reevaluate.threshold" : 50,
+    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 4000,
+    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 2500,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index 13e7a4e..296ac47 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
     "active\.stop\.timeout" : 3600,
     "active\.suspend\.timeout" : 3600,
     "azure.request.timeout" : 120,
+    "cloud.acquire.token.timeout" : 100,
     "cloud.deployment" : false,
     "cloud.eviction.plan.reevaluate.threshold" : 50,
+    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 4000,
+    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 2500,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/ICloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/ICloudClient.java
index 209245b..b208714 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/ICloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/ICloudClient.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.IWriteBufferProvider;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
     int getWriteBufferSize();
 
     /**
-     * @return the requests profiler
+     * @return the requests profiler-limiter
      */
-    IRequestProfiler getProfiler();
+    IRequestProfilerLimiter getProfilerLimiter();
 
     /**
      * Creates a cloud buffered writer
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/UnstableCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/UnstableCloudClient.java
index 2ec5fb5..4e1c0f7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/UnstableCloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/UnstableCloudClient.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.CloudResettableInputStream;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.IWriteBufferProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.aws.s3.S3CloudClient;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IRequestProfiler getProfiler() {
-        return cloudClient.getProfiler();
+    public IRequestProfilerLimiter getProfilerLimiter() {
+        return cloudClient.getProfilerLimiter();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3BufferedWriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3BufferedWriter.java
index 940a0a6..53d6546 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3BufferedWriter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3BufferedWriter.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudBufferedWriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.util.CloudRetryableRequestUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private final S3Client s3Client;
-    private final IRequestProfiler profiler;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
     private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
     private final String bucket;
     private final String path;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     private String uploadId;
     private int partNumber;
 
-    public S3BufferedWriter(S3Client s3client, IRequestProfiler profiler, ICloudGuardian guardian, String bucket,
+    public S3BufferedWriter(S3Client s3client, IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler, ICloudGuardian guardian, String bucket,
             String path) {
         this.s3Client = s3client;
         this.profiler = profiler;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java
index fe73a0a..0b9b15c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java
@@ -38,21 +38,35 @@
     private final boolean anonymousAuth;
     private final long profilerLogInterval;
     private final int writeBufferSize;
+    private final long tokenAcquireTimeout;
+    private final int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    private final int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
 
     public S3ClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, String prefix, boolean anonymousAuth,
             long profilerLogInterval, int writeBufferSize) {
+        this(region, endpoint, prefix, anonymousAuth, profilerLogInterval, writeBufferSize, 1, 0, 0);
+    }
+
+    private S3ClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, String prefix, boolean anonymousAuth,
+            long profilerLogInterval, int writeBufferSize, long tokenAcquireTimeout, int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds,
+            int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds) {
         this.region = Objects.requireNonNull(region, "region");
         this.endpoint = endpoint;
         this.prefix = Objects.requireNonNull(prefix, "prefix");
         this.anonymousAuth = anonymousAuth;
         this.profilerLogInterval = profilerLogInterval;
         this.writeBufferSize = writeBufferSize;
+        this.tokenAcquireTimeout = tokenAcquireTimeout;
+        this.writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds = writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+        this.readMaxRequestsPerSeconds = readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
     }
 
     public static S3ClientConfig of(CloudProperties cloudProperties) {
         return new S3ClientConfig(cloudProperties.getStorageRegion(), cloudProperties.getStorageEndpoint(),
                 cloudProperties.getStoragePrefix(), cloudProperties.isStorageAnonymousAuth(),
-                cloudProperties.getProfilerLogInterval(), cloudProperties.getWriteBufferSize());
+                cloudProperties.getProfilerLogInterval(), cloudProperties.getWriteBufferSize(),
+                cloudProperties.getTokenAcquireTimeout(), cloudProperties.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSecond(),
+                cloudProperties.getReadMaxRequestsPerSecond());
     }
 
     public static S3ClientConfig of(Map<String, String> configuration, int writeBufferSize) {
@@ -98,7 +112,20 @@
         return writeBufferSize;
     }
 
+    public long getTokenAcquireTimeout() {
+        return tokenAcquireTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteMaxRequestsPerSeconds() {
+        return writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public int getReadMaxRequestsPerSeconds() {
+        return readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    }
+
     private boolean isS3Mock() {
         return endpoint != null && !endpoint.isEmpty();
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
index a46b61f..24d5fa9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudWriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.CountRequestProfiler;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.NoOpRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.CountRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.IoUtil;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     private final S3ClientConfig config;
     private final S3Client s3Client;
     private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
-    private final IRequestProfiler profiler;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
     private final int writeBufferSize;
 
     public S3CloudClient(S3ClientConfig config, ICloudGuardian guardian) {
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@
         this.guardian = guardian;
         this.writeBufferSize = config.getWriteBufferSize();
         long profilerInterval = config.getProfilerLogInterval();
+        S3RequestRateLimiter limiter = new S3RequestRateLimiter(config);
         if (profilerInterval > 0) {
-            profiler = new CountRequestProfiler(profilerInterval);
+            profiler = new CountRequestProfilerLimiter(profilerInterval, limiter);
         } else {
-            profiler = NoOpRequestProfiler.INSTANCE;
+            profiler = new RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler(limiter);
         }
         guardian.setCloudClient(this);
     }
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IRequestProfiler getProfiler() {
+    public IRequestProfilerLimiter getProfilerLimiter() {
         return profiler;
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ParallelDownloader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ParallelDownloader.java
index 005fa5a..2eb9f09 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ParallelDownloader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ParallelDownloader.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
     private final S3AsyncClient s3AsyncClient;
     private final S3TransferManager transferManager;
     private final S3ClientConfig config;
-    private final IRequestProfiler profiler;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
 
-    S3ParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager, S3ClientConfig config, IRequestProfiler profiler) {
+    S3ParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager, S3ClientConfig config, IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler) {
         this.bucket = bucket;
         this.ioManager = ioManager;
         this.config = config;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3RequestRateLimiter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3RequestRateLimiter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37387a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3RequestRateLimiter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.aws.s3;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRequestRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.NoOpRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.TokenBasedRateLimiter;
+
+public final class S3RequestRateLimiter implements IRequestRateLimiter {
+    private final IRateLimiter writeLimiter;
+    private final IRateLimiter readLimiter;
+
+    public S3RequestRateLimiter(S3ClientConfig config) {
+        long tokenAcquireTimeout = config.getTokenAcquireTimeout();
+        this.writeLimiter = createLimiter(config.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSeconds(), tokenAcquireTimeout);
+        this.readLimiter = createLimiter(config.getReadMaxRequestsPerSeconds(), tokenAcquireTimeout);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeRequest() {
+        writeLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readRequest() {
+        readLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void listRequest() {
+        // List requests in S3 are considered as PUT
+        writeLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    private static IRateLimiter createLimiter(int maxRequestsPerSecond, long tokeAcquireTimeout) {
+        if (maxRequestsPerSecond > 0) {
+            return new TokenBasedRateLimiter(maxRequestsPerSecond, tokeAcquireTimeout);
+        }
+        return NoOpRateLimiter.INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
index 2874b4e..de242bd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudWriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.CountRequestProfiler;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.NoOpRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.CountRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.NoOpRequestLimiter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.IoUtil;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
     private final Storage gcsClient;
     private final GCSClientConfig config;
     private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
-    private final IRequestProfiler profiler;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profilerLimiter;
 
     public GCSCloudClient(GCSClientConfig config, Storage gcsClient, ICloudGuardian guardian) {
         this.gcsClient = gcsClient;
@@ -74,9 +75,9 @@
         this.guardian = guardian;
         long profilerInterval = config.getProfilerLogInterval();
         if (profilerInterval > 0) {
-            profiler = new CountRequestProfiler(profilerInterval);
+            profilerLimiter = new CountRequestProfilerLimiter(profilerInterval, NoOpRequestLimiter.INSTANCE);
         } else {
-            profiler = NoOpRequestProfiler.INSTANCE;
+            profilerLimiter = NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter.INSTANCE;
         }
         guardian.setCloudClient(this);
     }
@@ -91,19 +92,19 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IRequestProfiler getProfiler() {
-        return profiler;
+    public IRequestProfilerLimiter getProfilerLimiter() {
+        return profilerLimiter;
     }
 
     @Override
     public ICloudWriter createWriter(String bucket, String path, IWriteBufferProvider bufferProvider) {
-        return new GCSWriter(bucket, path, gcsClient, profiler);
+        return new GCSWriter(bucket, path, gcsClient, profilerLimiter);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Set<CloudFile> listObjects(String bucket, String path, FilenameFilter filter) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
-        profiler.objectsList();
+        profilerLimiter.objectsList();
         Page<Blob> blobs =
                 gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(path), BlobListOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public int read(String bucket, String path, long offset, ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
-        profiler.objectGet();
+        profilerLimiter.objectGet();
         BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, path);
         long readTo = offset + buffer.remaining();
         int totalRead = 0;
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public byte[] readAllBytes(String bucket, String path) {
-        profiler.objectGet();
+        profilerLimiter.objectGet();
         BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, path);
         try {
             return gcsClient.readAllBytes(blobId);
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public InputStream getObjectStream(String bucket, String path, long offset, long length) {
-        profiler.objectGet();
+        profilerLimiter.objectGet();
         try (ReadChannel reader = gcsClient.reader(bucket, path).limit(offset + length)) {
             reader.seek(offset);
             return Channels.newInputStream(reader);
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@
     @Override
     public void write(String bucket, String path, byte[] data) {
         guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, path);
-        profiler.objectWrite();
+        profilerLimiter.objectWrite();
         BlobInfo blobInfo = BlobInfo.newBuilder(bucket, path).build();
         gcsClient.create(blobInfo, data);
     }
@@ -170,9 +171,9 @@
     @Override
     public void copy(String bucket, String srcPath, FileReference destPath) {
         Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(srcPath));
-        profiler.objectsList();
+        profilerLimiter.objectsList();
         for (Blob blob : blobs.iterateAll()) {
-            profiler.objectCopy();
+            profilerLimiter.objectCopy();
             BlobId source = blob.getBlobId();
             String targetName = destPath.getChildPath(IoUtil.getFileNameFromPath(source.getName()));
             BlobId target = BlobId.of(bucket, targetName);
@@ -199,14 +200,14 @@
             }
 
             batchRequest.submit();
-            profiler.objectDelete();
+            profilerLimiter.objectDelete();
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public long getObjectSize(String bucket, String path) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
-        profiler.objectGet();
+        profilerLimiter.objectGet();
         Blob blob = gcsClient.get(bucket, path, Storage.BlobGetOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
         if (blob == null) {
             return 0;
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@
     @Override
     public boolean exists(String bucket, String path) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
-        profiler.objectGet();
+        profilerLimiter.objectGet();
         Blob blob = gcsClient.get(bucket, path, Storage.BlobGetOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.values()));
         return blob != null && blob.exists();
     }
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@
     @Override
     public boolean isEmptyPrefix(String bucket, String path) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
-        profiler.objectsList();
+        profilerLimiter.objectsList();
         Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(path));
         return !blobs.hasNextPage();
     }
@@ -233,13 +234,13 @@
     @Override
     public IParallelDownloader createParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager)
             throws HyracksDataException {
-        return new GCSParallelDownloader(bucket, ioManager, config, profiler);
+        return new GCSParallelDownloader(bucket, ioManager, config, profilerLimiter);
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonNode listAsJson(ObjectMapper objectMapper, String bucket) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, "/");
-        profiler.objectsList();
+        profilerLimiter.objectsList();
         Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
         ArrayNode objectsInfo = objectMapper.createArrayNode();
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java
index 281a855..0994cea 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
     private final IOManager ioManager;
     private final Storage gcsClient;
     private final TransferManager transferManager;
-    private final IRequestProfiler profiler;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
 
-    public GCSParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager, GCSClientConfig config, IRequestProfiler profiler)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+    public GCSParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager, GCSClientConfig config,
+            IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler) throws HyracksDataException {
         this.bucket = bucket;
         this.ioManager = ioManager;
         this.profiler = profiler;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java
index d9119a5..41d1a71 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudWriter;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfiler;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private final String bucket;
     private final String path;
-    private final IRequestProfiler profiler;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
     private final Storage gcsClient;
     private WriteChannel writer = null;
     private long writtenBytes;
 
-    public GCSWriter(String bucket, String path, Storage gcsClient, IRequestProfiler profiler) {
+    public GCSWriter(String bucket, String path, Storage gcsClient, IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler) {
         this.bucket = bucket;
         this.path = path;
         this.profiler = profiler;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/CountRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/CountRequestProfilerLimiter.java
similarity index 89%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/CountRequestProfiler.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/CountRequestProfilerLimiter.java
index 3fc378c..16ffb7a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/CountRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/CountRequestProfilerLimiter.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRequestRateLimiter;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -27,11 +28,12 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
-public class CountRequestProfiler implements IRequestProfiler {
+public class CountRequestProfilerLimiter implements IRequestProfilerLimiter {
     private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final Level LOG_LEVEL = Level.TRACE;
     private final long logInterval;
+    private final IRequestRateLimiter limiter;
     private final AtomicLong listObjectsCounter;
     private final AtomicLong getObjectCounter;
     private final AtomicLong writeObjectCounter;
@@ -41,8 +43,9 @@
     private final AtomicLong multipartDownloadCounter;
     private long lastLogTimestamp;
 
-    public CountRequestProfiler(long logIntervalNanoSec) {
+    public CountRequestProfilerLimiter(long logIntervalNanoSec, IRequestRateLimiter limiter) {
         this.logInterval = logIntervalNanoSec;
+        this.limiter = limiter;
         listObjectsCounter = new AtomicLong();
         getObjectCounter = new AtomicLong();
         writeObjectCounter = new AtomicLong();
@@ -55,42 +58,49 @@
 
     @Override
     public void objectsList() {
+        limiter.listRequest();
         listObjectsCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectGet() {
+        limiter.readRequest();
         getObjectCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectWrite() {
+        limiter.writeRequest();
         writeObjectCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectDelete() {
+        limiter.writeRequest();
         deleteObjectCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectCopy() {
+        limiter.writeRequest();
         copyObjectCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectMultipartUpload() {
+        limiter.writeRequest();
         multipartUploadCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectMultipartDownload() {
+        limiter.readRequest();
         multipartDownloadCounter.incrementAndGet();
         log();
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfilerLimiter.java
similarity index 96%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfilerLimiter.java
index a23a78f..b86cd48 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfilerLimiter.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
 
-public interface IRequestProfiler {
+public interface IRequestProfilerLimiter {
     void objectsList();
 
     void objectGet();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter.java
similarity index 89%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfiler.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter.java
index f7e89c3..ab658f5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
 
-public class NoOpRequestProfiler implements IRequestProfiler {
-    public static final IRequestProfiler INSTANCE = new NoOpRequestProfiler();
+public class NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter implements IRequestProfilerLimiter {
+    public static final IRequestProfilerLimiter INSTANCE = new NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter();
 
-    private NoOpRequestProfiler() {
+    private NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter() {
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler.java
similarity index 77%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfiler.java
copy to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler.java
index f7e89c3..cce2f8e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/NoOpRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler.java
@@ -18,45 +18,48 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
 
-public class NoOpRequestProfiler implements IRequestProfiler {
-    public static final IRequestProfiler INSTANCE = new NoOpRequestProfiler();
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRequestRateLimiter;
 
-    private NoOpRequestProfiler() {
+public final class RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler implements IRequestProfilerLimiter {
+    private final IRequestRateLimiter limiter;
+
+    public RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler(IRequestRateLimiter limiter) {
+        this.limiter = limiter;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectsList() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.listRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectGet() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.readRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectWrite() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.writeRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectDelete() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.writeRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectCopy() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.writeRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectMultipartUpload() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.writeRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void objectMultipartDownload() {
-        // NoOp
+        limiter.writeRequest();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/IRateLimiter.java
similarity index 61%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
copy to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/IRateLimiter.java
index a23a78f..741735b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/IRateLimiter.java
@@ -16,35 +16,14 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter;
 
-public interface IRequestProfiler {
-    void objectsList();
-
-    void objectGet();
-
-    void objectWrite();
-
-    void objectDelete();
-
-    void objectCopy();
-
-    void objectMultipartUpload();
-
-    void objectMultipartDownload();
-
-    long objectsListCount();
-
-    long objectGetCount();
-
-    long objectWriteCount();
-
-    long objectDeleteCount();
-
-    long objectCopyCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartUploadCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartDownloadCount();
-
+/**
+ * Rate limiter
+ */
+public interface IRateLimiter {
+    /**
+     * Acquire permit or wait if rate limit exceeded
+     */
+    void acquire();
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/IRequestRateLimiter.java
similarity index 61%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
copy to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/IRequestRateLimiter.java
index a23a78f..98b2eab 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/IRequestRateLimiter.java
@@ -16,35 +16,25 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter;
 
-public interface IRequestProfiler {
-    void objectsList();
+/**
+ * Rate limiter for Cloud request. If the number of requests per seconds exceeds the provided limit, then
+ * the requester threads will be throttled.
+ */
+public interface IRequestRateLimiter {
+    /**
+     * Perform a write request
+     */
+    void writeRequest();
 
-    void objectGet();
+    /**
+     * Perform a read request
+     */
+    void readRequest();
 
-    void objectWrite();
-
-    void objectDelete();
-
-    void objectCopy();
-
-    void objectMultipartUpload();
-
-    void objectMultipartDownload();
-
-    long objectsListCount();
-
-    long objectGetCount();
-
-    long objectWriteCount();
-
-    long objectDeleteCount();
-
-    long objectCopyCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartUploadCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartDownloadCount();
-
+    /**
+     * Perform a list request
+     */
+    void listRequest();
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/NoOpRateLimiter.java
similarity index 61%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
copy to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/NoOpRateLimiter.java
index a23a78f..4dd8c88 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/NoOpRateLimiter.java
@@ -16,35 +16,16 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter;
 
-public interface IRequestProfiler {
-    void objectsList();
+public class NoOpRateLimiter implements IRateLimiter {
+    public static final NoOpRateLimiter INSTANCE = new NoOpRateLimiter();
 
-    void objectGet();
+    private NoOpRateLimiter() {
+    }
 
-    void objectWrite();
-
-    void objectDelete();
-
-    void objectCopy();
-
-    void objectMultipartUpload();
-
-    void objectMultipartDownload();
-
-    long objectsListCount();
-
-    long objectGetCount();
-
-    long objectWriteCount();
-
-    long objectDeleteCount();
-
-    long objectCopyCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartUploadCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartDownloadCount();
-
+    @Override
+    public void acquire() {
+        // NoOp
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/NoOpRequestLimiter.java
similarity index 61%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
copy to asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/NoOpRequestLimiter.java
index a23a78f..ea89a2e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/IRequestProfiler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/NoOpRequestLimiter.java
@@ -16,35 +16,26 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler;
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter;
 
-public interface IRequestProfiler {
-    void objectsList();
+public final class NoOpRequestLimiter implements IRequestRateLimiter {
+    public static final IRequestRateLimiter INSTANCE = new NoOpRequestLimiter();
 
-    void objectGet();
+    private NoOpRequestLimiter() {
+    }
 
-    void objectWrite();
+    @Override
+    public void writeRequest() {
+        // NoOp
+    }
 
-    void objectDelete();
+    @Override
+    public void readRequest() {
+        // NoOp
+    }
 
-    void objectCopy();
-
-    void objectMultipartUpload();
-
-    void objectMultipartDownload();
-
-    long objectsListCount();
-
-    long objectGetCount();
-
-    long objectWriteCount();
-
-    long objectDeleteCount();
-
-    long objectCopyCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartUploadCount();
-
-    long objectMultipartDownloadCount();
-
+    @Override
+    public void listRequest() {
+        // NoOp
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/TokenBasedRateLimiter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/TokenBasedRateLimiter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0273fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/profiler/limiter/TokenBasedRateLimiter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+public final class TokenBasedRateLimiter implements IRateLimiter {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private static final long SECOND_NANO = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toNanos(1);
+    private final long acquireTimeoutNano;
+    private final int maxTokensPerSecond;
+    private final Semaphore semaphore;
+    private final AtomicLong lastRefillTime;
+
+    /**
+     * Token-based request limiter
+     *
+     * @param maxRequestsPerSecond maximum number of requests per seconds
+     * @param acquireTimeoutMillis timeout to refill and retry acquiring a token
+     */
+    public TokenBasedRateLimiter(int maxRequestsPerSecond, long acquireTimeoutMillis) {
+        this.maxTokensPerSecond = maxRequestsPerSecond;
+        this.acquireTimeoutNano = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(acquireTimeoutMillis);
+        this.semaphore = new Semaphore(maxRequestsPerSecond);
+        this.lastRefillTime = new AtomicLong(System.nanoTime());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void acquire() {
+        while (true) {
+            refillTokens();
+            try {
+                if (semaphore.tryAcquire(acquireTimeoutNano, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                LOGGER.debug("Interrupted while waiting for acquiring a request token", e);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void refillTokens() {
+        long refillTime = lastRefillTime.get();
+        long now = System.nanoTime();
+        long elapsedTime = now - refillTime;
+        if (elapsedTime > SECOND_NANO && lastRefillTime.compareAndSet(refillTime, now)) {
+            int delta = maxTokensPerSecond - semaphore.availablePermits();
+            if (delta > 0) {
+                semaphore.release(delta);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
index a4d3b7a..5e8d22d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
         CLOUD_STORAGE_DEBUG_MODE_ENABLED(BOOLEAN, false),
         CLOUD_STORAGE_DEBUG_SWEEP_THRESHOLD_SIZE(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, StorageUtil.getLongSizeInBytes(1, GIGABYTE)),
         CLOUD_PROFILER_LOG_INTERVAL(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 5),
+        CLOUD_ACQUIRE_TOKEN_TIMEOUT(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 100),
+        CLOUD_MAX_WRITE_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 2500),
+        CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 4000),
         CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE(
                 getRangedIntegerType(5, Integer.MAX_VALUE),
                 StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(8, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE)),
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@
                 case CLOUD_STORAGE_DEBUG_SWEEP_THRESHOLD_SIZE:
                 case CLOUD_STORAGE_DEBUG_MODE_ENABLED:
                 case CLOUD_PROFILER_LOG_INTERVAL:
+                case CLOUD_ACQUIRE_TOKEN_TIMEOUT:
+                case CLOUD_MAX_WRITE_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND:
+                case CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND:
                 case CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE:
                 case CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD:
                     return Section.COMMON;
@@ -146,6 +152,13 @@
                     return "The waiting time (in minutes) to log cloud request statistics (default: 0, which means"
                             + " the profiler is disabled by default). The minimum is 1 minute."
                             + " NOTE: Enabling the profiler could perturb the performance of cloud requests";
+                case CLOUD_ACQUIRE_TOKEN_TIMEOUT:
+                    return "The waiting time (in milliseconds) if a requesting thread failed to acquire a token if the"
+                            + " rate limit of cloud requests exceeded (default: 100, min: 1, and max: 5000)";
+                case CLOUD_MAX_WRITE_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND:
+                    return "The maximum number of write requests per second (default: 2500, 0 means unlimited)";
+                case CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND:
+                    return "The maximum number of read requests per second (default: 4000, 0 means unlimited)";
                 case CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE:
                     return "The write buffer size in bytes. (default: 8MB, min: 5MB)";
                 case CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD:
@@ -225,6 +238,19 @@
         return interval == 0 ? 0 : Math.max(interval, TimeUnit.MINUTES.toNanos(1));
     }
 
+    public long getTokenAcquireTimeout() {
+        int time = accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_PROFILER_LOG_INTERVAL);
+        return Math.max(time, 5000);
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteMaxRequestsPerSecond() {
+        return accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_MAX_WRITE_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND);
+    }
+
+    public int getReadMaxRequestsPerSecond() {
+        return accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND);
+    }
+
     public int getWriteBufferSize() {
         return accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE);
     }