Our organization is approaching the hard limits for the Google Analytics API (10000 profile access/day). Google clearly indicates that they will not increase this.
Analytics API quota request form
Quotas that CANNOT be increased: -- Per view (profile) limit of 10,000 requests/day [403 Error with Message about Profile limit: dailyLimitExceeded]
There is a Google Analytics Premium for 150 000USD a year but that is much more that we can afford for such a service.
Is there no middle ground for a paid increase to the Google Analytics API quotas?
There is no way to increase the 10,000 request per profile / view limit. Even if you have a premium Google analytics account that wont change.
What you do get with a Premium analytics account is the option to use BigQuery with Google Analytics making this problem go away.
Option make a second profile / view for the web property you get another 10k that way.