diff --git a/backend/src/@types/fastify.d.ts b/backend/src/@types/fastify.d.ts
index 81fc0c541..126cc0bad 100644
--- a/backend/src/@types/fastify.d.ts
+++ b/backend/src/@types/fastify.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { TLdapConfigServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/ldap-config/ldap-con
 import { TLicenseServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/license/license-service";
 import { TPermissionServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/permission/permission-service";
 import { TProjectUserAdditionalPrivilegeServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/project-user-additional-privilege/project-user-additional-privilege-service";
+import { TRateLimitServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 import { TSamlConfigServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/saml-config/saml-config-service";
 import { TScimServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/scim/scim-service";
 import { TSecretApprovalPolicyServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/secret-approval-policy/secret-approval-policy-service";
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ import { TProjectEnvServiceFactory } from "@app/services/project-env/project-env
 import { TProjectKeyServiceFactory } from "@app/services/project-key/project-key-service";
 import { TProjectMembershipServiceFactory } from "@app/services/project-membership/project-membership-service";
 import { TProjectRoleServiceFactory } from "@app/services/project-role/project-role-service";
-import { TRateLimitServiceFactory } from "@app/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 import { TSecretServiceFactory } from "@app/services/secret/secret-service";
 import { TSecretBlindIndexServiceFactory } from "@app/services/secret-blind-index/secret-blind-index-service";
 import { TSecretFolderServiceFactory } from "@app/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-service";
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/index.ts b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/index.ts
index 16e23eb88..e7c8f2dfe 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { registerLicenseRouter } from "./license-router";
 import { registerOrgRoleRouter } from "./org-role-router";
 import { registerProjectRoleRouter } from "./project-role-router";
 import { registerProjectRouter } from "./project-router";
+import { registerRateLimitRouter } from "./rate-limit-router";
 import { registerSamlRouter } from "./saml-router";
 import { registerScimRouter } from "./scim-router";
 import { registerSecretApprovalPolicyRouter } from "./secret-approval-policy-router";
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export const registerV1EERoutes = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
 
   await server.register(registerAccessApprovalPolicyRouter, { prefix: "/access-approvals/policies" });
   await server.register(registerAccessApprovalRequestRouter, { prefix: "/access-approvals/requests" });
+  await server.register(registerRateLimitRouter, { prefix: "/rate-limit" });
 
   await server.register(
     async (dynamicSecretRouter) => {
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/rate-limit-router.ts b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/rate-limit-router.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/server/routes/v1/rate-limit-router.ts
rename to backend/src/ee/routes/v1/rate-limit-router.ts
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts
index 47b46d010..46931468f 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/license/license-service.ts
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ export const licenseServiceFactory = ({
     getInstanceType() {
       return instanceType;
     },
+    get onPremFeatures() {
+      return onPremFeatures;
+    },
     getPlan,
     updateSubscriptionOrgMemberCount,
     refreshPlan,
diff --git a/backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal.ts
rename to backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal.ts
diff --git a/backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service.ts
rename to backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service.ts
index 742628061..df90ca03f 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { CronJob } from "cron";
 
 import { logger } from "@app/lib/logger";
 
+import { TLicenseServiceFactory } from "../license/license-service";
 import { TRateLimitDALFactory } from "./rate-limit-dal";
 import { TRateLimit, TRateLimitUpdateDTO } from "./rate-limit-types";
 
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ export const getRateLimiterConfig = () => {
 
 type TRateLimitServiceFactoryDep = {
   rateLimitDAL: TRateLimitDALFactory;
+  licenseService: Pick<TLicenseServiceFactory, "onPremFeatures">;
 };
 
 export type TRateLimitServiceFactory = ReturnType<typeof rateLimitServiceFactory>;
 
-export const rateLimitServiceFactory = ({ rateLimitDAL }: TRateLimitServiceFactoryDep) => {
+export const rateLimitServiceFactory = ({ rateLimitDAL, licenseService }: TRateLimitServiceFactoryDep) => {
   const DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_CONFIG_ID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
 
   const getRateLimits = async (): Promise<TRateLimit | undefined> => {
@@ -78,7 +80,16 @@ export const rateLimitServiceFactory = ({ rateLimitDAL }: TRateLimitServiceFacto
     }
   };
 
-  const initializeBackgroundSync = () => {
+  const initializeBackgroundSync = async () => {
+    if (!licenseService.onPremFeatures.customRateLimits) {
+      logger.info("Current license does not support custom rate limit configuration");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    logger.info("Setting up background sync process for rate limits");
+    // initial sync upon startup
+    await syncRateLimitConfiguration();
+
     // sync rate limits configuration every 10 minutes
     const job = new CronJob("*/10 * * * *", syncRateLimitConfiguration);
     job.start();
diff --git a/backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-types.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-types.ts
rename to backend/src/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-types.ts
diff --git a/backend/src/server/app.ts b/backend/src/server/app.ts
index 19f5986fb..863162c2b 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/app.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import { Logger } from "pino";
 import { TKeyStoreFactory } from "@app/keystore/keystore";
 import { getConfig } from "@app/lib/config/env";
 import { TQueueServiceFactory } from "@app/queue";
-import { rateLimitDALFactory } from "@app/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal";
-import { rateLimitServiceFactory } from "@app/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 import { TSmtpService } from "@app/services/smtp/smtp-service";
 
 import { globalRateLimiterCfg } from "./config/rateLimiter";
@@ -71,9 +69,6 @@ export const main = async ({ db, smtp, logger, queue, keyStore }: TMain) => {
 
     // Rate limiters and security headers
     if (appCfg.isProductionMode) {
-      const rateLimitDAL = rateLimitDALFactory(db);
-      const rateLimitService = rateLimitServiceFactory({ rateLimitDAL });
-      await rateLimitService.syncRateLimitConfiguration();
       await server.register<FastifyRateLimitOptions>(ratelimiter, globalRateLimiterCfg());
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/server/config/rateLimiter.ts b/backend/src/server/config/rateLimiter.ts
index 819aa617f..ef0ad891f 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/config/rateLimiter.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/config/rateLimiter.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { RateLimitOptions, RateLimitPluginOptions } from "@fastify/rate-limit";
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
 
+import { getRateLimiterConfig } from "@app/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 import { getConfig } from "@app/lib/config/env";
-import { getRateLimiterConfig } from "@app/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 
 export const globalRateLimiterCfg = (): RateLimitPluginOptions => {
   const appCfg = getConfig();
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/index.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/index.ts
index 2f2de829f..395f6fbf4 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import { permissionDALFactory } from "@app/ee/services/permission/permission-dal
 import { permissionServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/permission/permission-service";
 import { projectUserAdditionalPrivilegeDALFactory } from "@app/ee/services/project-user-additional-privilege/project-user-additional-privilege-dal";
 import { projectUserAdditionalPrivilegeServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/project-user-additional-privilege/project-user-additional-privilege-service";
+import { rateLimitDALFactory } from "@app/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal";
+import { rateLimitServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 import { samlConfigDALFactory } from "@app/ee/services/saml-config/saml-config-dal";
 import { samlConfigServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/saml-config/saml-config-service";
 import { scimDALFactory } from "@app/ee/services/scim/scim-dal";
@@ -122,8 +124,6 @@ import { projectMembershipServiceFactory } from "@app/services/project-membershi
 import { projectUserMembershipRoleDALFactory } from "@app/services/project-membership/project-user-membership-role-dal";
 import { projectRoleDALFactory } from "@app/services/project-role/project-role-dal";
 import { projectRoleServiceFactory } from "@app/services/project-role/project-role-service";
-import { rateLimitDALFactory } from "@app/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-dal";
-import { rateLimitServiceFactory } from "@app/services/rate-limit/rate-limit-service";
 import { dailyResourceCleanUpQueueServiceFactory } from "@app/services/resource-cleanup/resource-cleanup-queue";
 import { secretDALFactory } from "@app/services/secret/secret-dal";
 import { secretQueueFactory } from "@app/services/secret/secret-queue";
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ export const registerRoutes = async (
     keyStore
   });
   const rateLimitService = rateLimitServiceFactory({
-    rateLimitDAL
+    rateLimitDAL,
+    licenseService
   });
   const apiKeyService = apiKeyServiceFactory({ apiKeyDAL, userDAL });
 
@@ -910,7 +911,10 @@ export const registerRoutes = async (
 
   const cronJobs: CronJob[] = [];
   if (appCfg.isProductionMode) {
-    cronJobs.push(rateLimitService.initializeBackgroundSync());
+    const rateLimitSyncJob = await rateLimitService.initializeBackgroundSync();
+    if (rateLimitSyncJob) {
+      cronJobs.push(rateLimitSyncJob);
+    }
   }
 
   server.decorate<FastifyZodProvider["store"]>("store", {
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/index.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/index.ts
index fd8255e63..cbf67ce79 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { registerProjectEnvRouter } from "./project-env-router";
 import { registerProjectKeyRouter } from "./project-key-router";
 import { registerProjectMembershipRouter } from "./project-membership-router";
 import { registerProjectRouter } from "./project-router";
-import { registerRateLimitRouter } from "./rate-limit-router";
 import { registerSecretFolderRouter } from "./secret-folder-router";
 import { registerSecretImportRouter } from "./secret-import-router";
 import { registerSecretSharingRouter } from "./secret-sharing-router";
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ export const registerV1Routes = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
   await server.register(registerPasswordRouter, { prefix: "/password" });
   await server.register(registerOrgRouter, { prefix: "/organization" });
   await server.register(registerAdminRouter, { prefix: "/admin" });
-  await server.register(registerRateLimitRouter, { prefix: "/rate-limit" });
   await server.register(registerUserRouter, { prefix: "/user" });
   await server.register(registerInviteOrgRouter, { prefix: "/invite-org" });
   await server.register(registerUserActionRouter, { prefix: "/user-action" });
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/admin/DashboardPage/RateLimitPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/views/admin/DashboardPage/RateLimitPanel.tsx
index eacb26203..3979e002b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/admin/DashboardPage/RateLimitPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/admin/DashboardPage/RateLimitPanel.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { zodResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/zod";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 import { createNotification } from "@app/components/notifications";
-import { Button, ContentLoader, FormControl, Input } from "@app/components/v2";
+import { Button, ContentLoader, FormControl, Input, UpgradePlanModal } from "@app/components/v2";
+import { useSubscription } from "@app/context";
+import { usePopUp } from "@app/hooks";
 import { useGetRateLimit, useUpdateRateLimit } from "@app/hooks/api";
 
 const formSchema = z.object({
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ type TRateLimitForm = z.infer<typeof formSchema>;
 
 export const RateLimitPanel = () => {
   const { data: rateLimit, isLoading } = useGetRateLimit();
+  const { subscription } = useSubscription();
   const { mutateAsync: updateRateLimit } = useUpdateRateLimit();
+  const { handlePopUpToggle, handlePopUpOpen, popUp } = usePopUp(["upgradePlan"] as const);
 
   const {
     control,
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@ export const RateLimitPanel = () => {
 
   const onRateLimitFormSubmit = async (formData: TRateLimitForm) => {
     try {
+      if (subscription && !subscription.customRateLimits) {
+        handlePopUpOpen("upgradePlan");
+        return;
+      }
+
       const {
         readRateLimit,
         writeRateLimit,
@@ -86,9 +95,7 @@ export const RateLimitPanel = () => {
       onSubmit={handleSubmit(onRateLimitFormSubmit)}
     >
       <div className="mb-8 flex flex-col justify-start">
-        <div className="mb-4 text-xl font-semibold text-mineshaft-100">
-          Configure rate limits
-        </div>
+        <div className="mb-4 text-xl font-semibold text-mineshaft-100">Configure rate limits</div>
         <Controller
           control={control}
           name="readRateLimit"
@@ -245,6 +252,11 @@ export const RateLimitPanel = () => {
       <Button type="submit" isLoading={isSubmitting} isDisabled={isSubmitting || !isDirty}>
         Save
       </Button>
+      <UpgradePlanModal
+        isOpen={popUp.upgradePlan.isOpen}
+        onOpenChange={(isOpen) => handlePopUpToggle("upgradePlan", isOpen)}
+        text="You can configure custom rate limits if you switch to Infisical's Enterprise plan."
+      />
     </form>
   );
 };