OpenAlex pricing
5 plans on the record · a free plan
Every plan
Free
$1 API usage per day; resets daily
No payment method · API key · suitable for most research and personal projects
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Pay as you go
Prepaid in $1 increments; expires 3 months after most recent purchase
Adds usage after free daily budget is exhausted
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Member
$5,000/year
$20/day API budget · admin dashboard · advisory-board nominations · quarterly supporter meetings · community support
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Member+
$10,000/year
$100/day API budget · daily database snapshot and changed-since filters · critical API bug support · all Member benefits
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Partner
Starting at $20,000/year; scales with use case
$200+/day API budget · full ticket support · three academic/government power users · five consulting hours/year · all Member+ benefits
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