specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Bloomberg
providerId: bloomberg
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Market Data
  - Financial Services
  - Enterprise
  - Data License
  - News
  - Trading
description: Bloomberg's flagship commercial offering is the Bloomberg Terminal seat subscription,
  which bundles desktop access plus the BLPAPI (Bloomberg Open API) for programmatic data access from
  Excel, Python, and other languages. Streaming and enterprise data products (B-PIPE, Data License,
  Bloomberg Anywhere, MarketAxess connectivity, etc.) are sold separately on negotiated enterprise
  contracts; all pricing outside the published Terminal seat fee is custom and requires sales contact.
sources:
  - https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/bloomberg-terminal/
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_Terminal
plans:
  - id: bloomberg-terminal-seat
    name: Bloomberg Terminal (Seat License)
    type: subscription
    description: Annual per-user subscription to the Bloomberg Terminal. Includes BLPAPI access from
      the Terminal-connected workstation. Multi-year and multi-seat agreements receive negotiated
      discounts; the publicly cited list price is roughly USD 24,000-30,000 per user per year.
    entries:
      - label: Terminal seat (single-user, annual)
        name: terminal_seat_single
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: ~$30,000 / user / year (list)
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Terminal seat (2+ users, annual)
        name: terminal_seat_multi
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: ~$24,000-$27,000 / user / year (list, volume discounted)
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Bloomberg Terminal desktop application
      - name: BLPAPI (Bloomberg Open API) access
      - name: Excel Add-in (=BDP, =BDH, =BDS)
      - name: Python / C++ / Java / .NET BLPAPI SDKs
      - name: Bloomberg news, messaging (IB), and analytics
      - name: Bloomberg Anywhere mobile/web access
  - id: bloomberg-enterprise-data
    name: Enterprise Data & Streaming (B-PIPE / Data License / EDF)
    type: enterprise
    description: Real-time streaming market data (B-PIPE), end-of-day reference and pricing data
      (Data License / EDF), and other enterprise feeds delivered outside the Terminal. Pricing is
      contract-negotiated based on data fields, exchanges, redistribution rights, and number of
      consuming applications.
    entries:
      - label: B-PIPE real-time market data feed
        name: bpipe
        type: subscription
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Bloomberg Data License (EDF / PCF / DLWS)
        name: data_license
        type: subscription
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Bloomberg AIM, BVAL, PORT+ and other product modules
        name: enterprise_modules
        type: subscription
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: B-PIPE managed streaming
      - name: Per-Security Pricing (PCF) and EDF
      - name: Data License Web Services (DLWS / HAPI / BQL)
      - name: Bloomberg Vault and trade reconstruction
      - name: Negotiated redistribution and display rights
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - negotiated
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Bloomberg Terminal (Seat License)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Enterprise Data & Streaming (B-PIPE / Data License / EDF)
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - month
    - year