specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Civil Infrastructure Platform
providerId: civil-infrastructure-platform
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-09-05'
generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: https://cip-project.org/about/join
note: 'REPLACES a 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep scaffold that invented Free/Professional/Enterprise API tiers
  with fabricated quotas and TBD prices. CIP publishes no API plans of any kind: the events REST API at
  https://cip-project.org/wp-json/ is unauthenticated for published reads and metered by nothing. What
  CIP does publish is PROJECT MEMBERSHIP pricing — annual fees for a seat in the Linux Foundation collaborative
  project, recorded below as membership_tiers so they are not mistaken for API pricing.'
plan_count: 0
plans: []
membership_tiers:
  kind: project membership (not API access)
  url: https://cip-project.org/about/join
  enrollment: https://enrollment.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/?project=cip
  currency: USD
  billing_period: annual
  prerequisite: All participants must also be Linux Foundation members.
  tiers:
  - name: Platinum
    annual_fee_non_lf_member: 220000
    annual_fee_lf_member: 200000
    governance: 'Board seat: yes. Two voting TSC representatives per Platinum member. Up to four approved
      reference boards hosted for automated testing.'
  - name: Gold
    annual_fee_non_lf_member: 120000
    annual_fee_lf_member: 100000
    governance: Board seats minimum 1, 1 for every 3 members, max 3. One voting TSC representative per
      Gold member. Up to two approved reference boards.
  - name: Silver
    annual_fee_non_lf_member:
      employees_3000_plus: 40000
      employees_1000_2999: 30000
      employees_1_999: 20000
    annual_fee_lf_member:
      employees_3000_plus: 20000
      employees_1000_2999: 15000
      employees_1_999: 5000
    governance: Board seats 1 per 10 members, max 3. One voting TSC representative as a class. Reference
      boards accepted at $20,000 per board per year.
  - name: Associate
    annual_fee_non_lf_member: 0
    annual_fee_lf_member: 0
    governance: No board seat; TSC seat by merit. Open to non-profits and open source projects.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com