specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
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provider: D2L Brightspace
providerId: brightspace
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
- LMS
- Learning Management System
- EdTech
- Education
- Plans
description: >-
  D2L Brightspace is sold as an enterprise learning platform under institutional
  license and does not publish public, self-service pricing for the platform or
  for its Valence Learning Framework API. Access to the API is included with a
  Brightspace subscription: any licensed institution can register API
  applications (OAuth 2 clients) through the Brightspace Extensibility / Manage
  Extensibility tools at no additional per-call fee. Pricing for Brightspace
  itself, and for add-on products such as Brightspace Data Sets / Data Hub,
  Brightspace for Business, and various engagement and analytics packages, is
  negotiated per contract based on organization size (FTE / enrolled learners),
  edition, and selected modules. There is no free public developer tier;
  developers typically work against an institution's instance or a D2L-provided
  test/sandbox environment.
notes: >-
  All figures are contact-sales. The API is not separately metered or billed -
  it is a capability of the licensed platform. Verify current editions, module
  bundles, and any Data Hub / Advanced Data Sets licensing with D2L sales during
  reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.d2l.com/pricing/
- https://www.d2l.com
- https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/oauth2.html
- https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/21863-how-to-get-started-with-oauth-2-0
plans:
- id: brightspace-institution
  name: Brightspace Institutional License
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Core Brightspace LMS license for a higher education, K-12, or government
    institution, sized by full-time-equivalent enrollment. Includes the Learning
    Environment and Learning Platform, and access to register Valence API (OAuth
    2) applications against the institution's instance at no extra per-call cost.
  entries:
  - label: Institutional Subscription
    name: institution_subscription
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Learning Environment (le) API
  - name: Learning Platform (lp) API
  - name: OAuth 2 Application Registration
  - name: Standard Support
- id: brightspace-business
  name: Brightspace for Business
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Corporate / workforce learning edition of Brightspace for employee training,
    customer education, and extended enterprise, with the same Valence API
    surface. Priced per contract by learner volume and modules.
  entries:
  - label: Business Subscription
    name: business_subscription
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Valence API Access
  - name: Extended Enterprise Features
- id: brightspace-data-hub
  name: Brightspace Data Sets / Data Hub Add-On
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Advanced institutional data and analytics package exposing bulk Brightspace
    Data Sets and the Data Export Framework through the Data Hub API. Availability
    and any additional licensing depend on the institution's edition and contract.
  entries:
  - label: Data Hub Add-On
    name: data_hub_addon
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales (edition-dependent)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Brightspace Data Sets
  - name: Data Export Framework
  - name: Advanced Data Sets
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com