generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: https://dev.elsevier.com/support.html
supporting_sources:
- https://dev.elsevier.com/api_key_settings.html
- https://dev.elsevier.com/use_cases.html
- https://dev.elsevier.com/policy.html
- https://dev.elsevier.com/api_service_agreement.html
provider: Elsevier
plan_count: 3
providerId: elsevier
description: >-
  Elsevier publishes no price list for the Research Products APIs. Access is not sold in
  tiers; it is granted by WHO YOU ARE and WHAT YOUR INSTITUTION ALREADY SUBSCRIBES TO. The
  three access classes below are the provider's own words, and none of them carries a
  published number. This artifact records that as the finding rather than omitting the file:
  a developer cannot learn from Elsevier's site what any of this costs.
pricing_model: entitlement-based
public_price_list: false
currency: null
plans:
- id: elsevier-non-commercial
  name: Non-commercial (academic and public-sector)
  type: free
  price: '0.00'
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  audience: >-
    Researchers in academic and public-sector institutions, charities and charitable
    foundations.
  description: >-
    "Most APIs (except SciVal APIs) are available for no charge, for non-commercial use,
    subject to Elsevier's policies and limits on usage." Quoted verbatim from the developer
    portal FAQ.
  self_serve: true
  signup: https://dev.elsevier.com/apikey/manage
  included_quota: see rate-limits/elsevier-rate-limits.yml
  quota_note: >-
    Quotas are per API, not per plan — the same free key gets 20,000 weekly Scopus Search
    requests and 5,000 weekly Author Search requests. There is no single global allowance.
  entitlement_gate: >-
    Content returned is bounded by the caller's institutional subscription, resolved by
    institutional IP address. Calling from outside the institutional network without an
    Institutional Token returns authorisation errors even with a valid key.
  excluded:
  - SciVal APIs
  - the eight access-controlled APIs listed in rate-limits/elsevier-rate-limits.yml
- id: elsevier-commercial
  name: Commercial
  type: contact-sales
  price: null
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  audience: Researchers in private-sector and commercial institutions.
  description: >-
    "APIs are available (for commercial use), with an API license and subscription, please
    contact us here to discuss your request." No price, no rate card, no published minimum.
  self_serve: false
  signup: https://service.elsevier.com/app/contact/supporthub/researchproductsapis/
- id: elsevier-scival
  name: SciVal API
  type: subscription
  price: null
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  audience: SciVal subscribers.
  description: >-
    The SciVal APIs are carved out of the free non-commercial offer by name. Access requires a
    SciVal product subscription; Elsevier publishes no standalone API price.
  self_serve: false
  signup: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival_apis.html
gates:
- name: Access-controlled APIs
  description: >-
    Eight APIs are not enabled on a new key at all and require a written request reviewed by
    Elsevier API Support, which states it "cannot guarantee permission to use access-controlled
    APIs."
  url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_key_settings.html
- name: Use-case policy
  description: >-
    Even inside the free tier, permitted uses are enumerated (federated search, IR/CRIS/VIVO,
    cited-by, journal metrics, academic research, text mining, SciVal metrics). A use case not
    on the list must be cleared with Elsevier before it is allowed.
  url: https://dev.elsevier.com/policy.html
summary:
  plan_count: 3
  priced_plan_count: 0
  free_plan_count: 1
  contact_sales_count: 2
  note: >-
    plan_count is 3 access classes, not 3 purchasable tiers. Zero of them carry a published
    price.