specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: CData
providerId: cdata
generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: https://www.cdata.com/ai/pricing/
docs: https://www.cdata.com/ai/pricing/
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-09-05'
supersedes: >-
  The 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep scaffold that previously occupied this file (a generated
  Free/Professional/Enterprise placeholder with invented 1,000-request quotas). Every figure
  below is read from CData's published pricing page and from the Developer Edition page at
  https://www.cdata.com/developers/ai/developer-edition/.
fetch_note: >-
  www.cdata.com sits behind a Cloudflare bot challenge that returns HTTP 403 "Just a moment"
  to a plain crawler. The page was retrieved with an ordinary browser user-agent and header
  set and returned HTTP 200 with the full pricing markup. The 403 is an edge policy, not a
  missing page.
tags: [Data, Data Access, Data Connectivity, Databases, NoSQL, SQL, Pricing]
description: >-
  Published plans for CData Connect AI, the product that carries the APIs in this record.
  CData's other product lines (Drivers, Sync, Arc, API Server, DBAmp, Embed) are priced
  separately and are not covered here.
currency: USD
billing_periods: [monthly, annual]
annual_discount: '20%'
plan_count: 4
plans:
- id: cdata-developer-edition
  name: Developer Edition
  type: free
  price: '0.00'
  billing_period: null
  credit_card_required: false
  source: https://www.cdata.com/developers/ai/developer-edition/
  description: >-
    Free MCP access to Growth and Standard Connect AI data source connectors. Sized for
    individual developers and small teams.
  entries:
  - {label: Data sources, name: data_sources, type: quota, limit: 5, unit: source}
  - {label: Users, name: users, type: quota, limit: 5, unit: user}
  - {label: Tool calls, name: tool_calls, type: quota, limit: 500, timeFrame: month, unit: call}
  elements:
  - Every Connect AI data source connector, accessed through MCP
  - 'Both MCP servers: Query MCP and Management MCP (Management MCP is a Developer Edition exclusive)'
  - Toolkits for source-specific tool extensions
  - Connect Gateway for on-premises and network-restricted sources
  - Playground for natural-language queries
  - Sample agent scaffold (npx @cdatasoftware/create-agent)
- id: cdata-standard
  name: Standard
  type: paid
  price: '99.00'
  billing_period: month
  price_annual: '79.00'
  price_annual_note: 79 USD per month billed annually; 99 USD per month billed monthly.
  description: For individuals getting started with AI connectivity.
  entries:
  - {label: Users included, name: users, type: quota, limit: 1, unit: user}
  - {label: Data sources included, name: data_sources, type: quota, limit: 1, unit: source}
  - label: Connections per source
    name: connections_per_source
    type: quota
    limit: 10
    unit: connection
    description: >-
      Distinct query configurations within each connected system — tables, reports or objects.
  elements:
  - Standard data sources only
  - Standard support
  - Add-on users and sources available
- id: cdata-growth
  name: Growth
  type: paid
  price: '199.00'
  billing_period: month
  price_annual: '159.00'
  price_annual_note: 159 USD per month billed annually; 199 USD per month billed monthly.
  description: For individuals connecting multiple sources to AI.
  entries:
  - {label: Users included, name: users, type: quota, limit: 1, unit: user}
  - {label: Data sources included, name: data_sources, type: quota, limit: 1, unit: source}
  - {label: Connections per source, name: connections_per_source, type: quota, limit: 10, unit: connection}
  elements:
  - Everything in Standard
  - Standard, Growth and Premium sources available
  - Derived views
  - Toolkits
  - Add-on users and sources available
- id: cdata-business
  name: Business Plans
  type: enterprise
  price: custom
  billing_period: annual
  description: For teams building governed AI workflows. Annual contract; volume discounts available.
  entries:
  - {label: Data sources, name: data_sources, type: quota, limit: -1, unit: source, description: Custom number of data sources}
  - {label: Connections per source, name: connections_per_source, type: quota, limit: -1, unit: connection, description: Custom}
  - {label: Tool calls, name: tool_calls, type: quota, limit: -1, description: Pooled tool calls across the team}
  elements:
  - Everything in Growth
  - Standard, Growth and Premium sources available
  - Pooled tool calls
  - Premium support
  - Dedicated customer success
  - Passthrough identity
  - SCIM 2.0 support
  - Enterprise SSO
  - Regulated industry compliance
  - Custom tools
  - SIEM endpoints (Datadog Logs API, Splunk HEC)
add_ons:
- {name: Additional users, standard: '29.00', growth: '49.00', business: contact-sales, unit: user, note: annual pricing shown}
- {name: Additional Standard sources, standard: '59.00', growth: '59.00', business: contact-sales, unit: source}
- {name: Additional Growth sources, standard: null, growth: '129.00', business: contact-sales, unit: source, note: not offered on Standard}
- {name: Additional Premium sources, standard: null, growth: '299.00', business: contact-sales, unit: source, note: not offered on Standard}
pricing_note: >-
  The add-on figures are the annual rates the page displays; it states "Annual pricing shown.
  Monthly available at standard rates. Volume discounts on Business plans." The exact monthly
  add-on rates are not published.
metering:
  unit: tool calls
  note: >-
    Consumption is metered in TOOL CALLS per month, not API requests — a pricing model that
    follows the MCP surface rather than the REST one. Developer Edition is capped at 500 per
    month; Standard and Growth publish no numeric tool-call allowance on the pricing page;
    Business pools them across the team. The Billing tab in the product shows "what is
    remaining in your current plan"
    (https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/Settings/Billing.md), so the number exists per account
    but is not published per tier.
  payment_processor: Stripe (Manage Payment Method opens a Stripe-hosted portal)
trial:
  available: true
  note: >-
    Developer Edition is free with no credit card. A separate free trial exists for paid
    tiers — the Billing page describes trial accounts and the release notes record removing
    the Manage Payment Method button for trial users — but no trial length is published.
other_products:
  note: >-
    CData Drivers, Sync, Arc, API Server, DBAmp and Embed are licensed separately, largely
    through quote and through the AWS Marketplace listing already recorded in apis.yml. Their
    pricing is not published as tiers and is out of scope for this artifact.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com