specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Dash
providerId: dash
created: '2026-06-14'
modified: '2026-06-14'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Cryptocurrency
  - Dash
  - Blockchain
  - Open Source
description: >-
  Dash's developer APIs are entirely open-source and free to use. The Insight REST and WebSocket API
  (dashpay/insight-api) is self-hostable with no license fees. Public instances run by Dash Core Group
  at insight.dash.org are available at no charge with no API key required. The Dash Platform DAPI
  endpoints are accessed via the decentralized masternode network — no subscription, key, or fee is
  required for read access. Broadcast transactions and state transitions are subject to standard
  Dash network fees (paid in DASH to miners and masternodes), not to any API provider.
sources:
  - https://docs.dash.org/en/stable/developers/insight.html
  - https://docs.dash.org/projects/platform/en/stable/docs/explanations/dapi.html
  - https://github.com/dashpay/insight-api
  - https://www.dash.org
plans:

  - id: dash-insight-public
    name: Insight REST API (Free / Self-Hosted)
    type: free
    description: >-
      Free, key-less access to the Dash Insight REST and WebSocket API. Public instances at
      insight.dash.org (mainnet) and testnet-insight.dash.org (testnet) are operated by
      Dash Core Group at no charge. Self-hosted instances carry only infrastructure costs.
    entries:
      - label: API requests
        name: api_requests
        type: metered
        metric: request
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: WebSocket connections
        name: ws_connections
        type: metered
        metric: connection
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Block queries (by hash, height, raw hex)
      - name: Transaction queries (by txid, raw hex)
      - name: Address balance and UTXO queries
      - name: Multi-address transaction history
      - name: Transaction broadcast (standard and InstantSend)
      - name: Governance objects (sporks, proposals, votes)
      - name: Network status and fee estimation
      - name: Real-time WebSocket streams (blocks, txs, InstantSend locks, address activity)

  - id: dash-dapi-public
    name: Dash Platform DAPI (Free / Decentralized)
    type: free
    description: >-
      Free, decentralized access to Dash Platform gRPC and JSON-RPC endpoints via the masternode
      network. No API key is required. Network transaction fees (in DASH) apply when broadcasting
      Core transactions or Platform state transitions; read endpoints are free.
    entries:
      - label: gRPC read calls
        name: grpc_reads
        type: metered
        metric: request
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Broadcast transaction (network fee)
        name: broadcast_tx_fee
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: standard Dash network fee (in DASH)
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Core gRPC (block height, blockchain status, transactions, ChainLock streams)
      - name: Core JSON-RPC (getBestBlockHash, getBlockHash)
      - name: Platform identities (get, balance, keys, nonce)
      - name: Platform data contracts and documents
      - name: Platform state transition broadcast
      - name: Platform tokens (balances, supply, distribution)
      - name: Platform governance vote polls
      - name: Masternode list streaming