The embodiment of the invention discloses an access control method. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first access request sent by a caller device, wherein the first access requestcarries first access information; determining corresponding first permission ticket information according to the first access information; updating the access frequency of the first permission ticketinformation; reporting the updated access frequency to a frequency control server, and forwarding the first access request to a background server, wherein the updated access frequency is used for indicating the frequency control server to perform access control on the access frequency of the first permission ticket information reported by each interface server. The embodiment of the invention further discloses an access control apparatus and a server.