specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: edX
providerId: edx
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: false
tags:
- EdTech
- Online Learning
- Open Source
- MOOC
- Plans
description: Open edX software is open source and free to self-host; edx.org learner accounts are free
  with paid certificates and programs. API access for partners is governed by individual agreements.
notes: No public API plan tiers; partner access is contractual.
sources:
- https://www.edx.org/
- https://openedx.org/
- https://docs.openedx.org/
plans:
- id: edx-open-source
  name: Open edX (Self-Hosted)
  type: free
  description: Open edX is open-source under the AGPL; self-hosting incurs only your own infrastructure
    costs.
  entries:
  - label: Software
    name: software
    type: flat
    metric: license
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: perpetual
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (open source)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Open Source Code
  - name: Self-Hosted Deployment
- id: edx-partner
  name: edX Partner API Access
  type: enterprise
  description: Partner/contractual access to the edx.org public API.
  entries:
  - label: Partner Access
    name: partner_access
    type: flat
    metric: agreement
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: yearly
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact partnerships
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Contractual API Access
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com