specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Cisco Nexus Dashboard
providerId: cisco-nexus
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: false
tags:
  - Data Center
  - Networking
  - SDN
  - Network Automation
  - Switches
description: Cisco Nexus Dashboard is the operational console for Cisco data center fabrics (NX-OS,
  ACI, Cloud Network Controller). Functionality is licensed via Cisco Data Center Networking software
  tiers (Essentials, Advantage, Premier) under Smart Licensing — typically tied to Nexus 9000 hardware
  purchases or subscription contracts. The REST and gRPC management APIs are unlocked by the parent
  software license rather than sold as a metered API.
notes: No public per-API price list. Replace with negotiated list pricing once available from a Cisco
  partner quote.
sources:
  - https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/nexus-platform/index.html
  - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/data-center-analytics/nexus-dashboard/nb-06-nexus-dashbrd-ds-cte-en.html
plans:
  - id: cisco-nexus-included-with-dcn-licensing
    name: Included with Cisco Data Center Networking Software
    type: enterprise
    description: Nexus Dashboard and its NX-API / REST / gRPC interfaces ship with Cisco Data Center
      Networking software licensing (Essentials / Advantage / Premier). API capacity follows the
      parent license; per-call pricing is not separately published.
    entries:
      - label: Bundled DCN software license
        name: bundled_license
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see Cisco partner quote
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: NX-API REST
      - name: NX-API CLI
      - name: gRPC / gNMI streaming telemetry
      - name: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights / Orchestrator services
      - name: ACI / NDFC fabric management
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
  plans:
  - name: Included with Cisco Data Center Networking Software
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - year