specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: ELISA
providerId: elisa
generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://elisa.tech/membership/join/
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-08-27'
plan_count: 3
tags:
  - Embedded
  - Linux
  - Linux Foundation
  - Safety
description: >-
  ELISA's published commercial structure. NOTE THE SHAPE OF THIS PROVIDER: ELISA is a Linux
  Foundation collaborative project, not an API vendor. It sells organizational membership, not
  API access — and the API surface it does publish is free, anonymous and unmetered. Both facts
  are recorded below so neither is mistaken for the other.
  This file REPLACES a 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep scaffold that invented Free/Professional/Enterprise
  tiers with $0/TBD/custom pricing, per-minute rate limits and monthly request quotas. None of
  that existed. See roadmap#35.
api_access:
  model: free-and-anonymous
  metered: false
  quota: null
  signup_required: false
  note: >-
    Reads on https://elisa.tech/wp-json/ require no key, no account and no agreement — verified
    live 2026-08-27 (GET /wp-json/tribe/events/v1/events returned 200 unauthenticated). Writes
    require a WordPress account on elisa.tech, which is not offered as a developer product.
    There is no paid API tier, no overage, and no usage-based charge of any kind.
plans:
  - id: elisa-associate
    name: Associate Member
    type: free
    price: '0'
    currency: USD
    billing_period: annual
    description: >-
      For pre-approved non-profits, open source projects and government entities. Applications
      must be approved before the sign-up form can be used.
    conditions:
      - Requires approval prior to joining
      - Requires corporate membership of the Linux Foundation
    elements:
      - name: ELISA working group and SIG participation
      - name: Technical Forum and community access
  - id: elisa-general
    name: General Member
    type: paid
    currency: USD
    billing_period: annual
    description: >-
      Employee-count banded dues. Two published rate cards: one for applicants that are already
      Linux Foundation members, one that bundles a new Linux Foundation Silver membership.
    entries:
      - label: 5,000 and above employees (already an LF member)
        price: '20000'
      - label: 2,000 – 4,999 employees (already an LF member)
        price: '15000'
      - label: 500 – 1,999 employees (already an LF member)
        price: '10000'
      - label: Less than 500 employees (already an LF member)
        price: '5000'
      - label: 5,000 and above employees (including new LF Silver membership)
        price: '40000'
      - label: 2,000 – 4,999 employees (including new LF Silver membership)
        price: '30000'
      - label: 500 – 1,999 employees (including new LF Silver membership)
        price: '25000'
      - label: 100 – 499 employees (including new LF Silver membership)
        price: '15000'
      - label: Less than 100 employees (including new LF Silver membership)
        price: '10000'
  - id: elisa-premier
    name: Premier Member
    type: paid
    price: '90000'
    currency: USD
    billing_period: annual
    description: >-
      Top membership tier. Plus Linux Foundation membership if the applicant is not already a
      Linux Foundation member.
    elements:
      - name: Governing Board representation
notes:
  - ELISA does not offer individual memberships.
  - Formal application is required for every tier; ELISA membership also requires corporate membership of the Linux Foundation.
  - Membership questions go to support@elisa.tech.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com