specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: European Space Agency (ESA)
providerId: esa
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Copernicus
  - Space Weather
  - Astronomy
  - Plans
description: >-
  The Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) offers a free-tier account for all
  registered users with monthly quotas replenished on the first day of each month.
  ESA Space Weather HAPI requires M2M credentials but does not publish metered
  billing. ESA Gaia TAP, ESASky Legacy TAP, and ESA CCI ESGF are open-access
  scientific services with no published pricing. The ESA Datalabs GraphQL API
  requires an ESA Cosmos LDAP account and is not publicly priced.
sources:
  - https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/Quotas.html
  - https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/analyse/apis
  - https://swe.ssa.esa.int/swe-hapi-server
  - https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia-users/archive/programmatic-access
plans:
  - id: esa-copernicus-free
    name: Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem - Free Tier
    type: free
    description: >-
      All registered Copernicus General Users receive monthly quotas at no cost.
      Quotas reset on the first day of each month. If download volume exceeds the
      S3/OData/STAC 12 TB monthly transfer quota, bandwidth is reduced to 1 MB/s
      with a single concurrent connection until the next reset. Extended quotas are
      available for Copernicus Service projects and ESA Network of Resources
      participants.
    entries:
      - label: Sentinel Hub API Requests
        name: sentinel_hub_requests
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 10000
        timeFrame: month
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Sentinel Hub Processing Units
        name: sentinel_hub_processing_units
        type: quota
        metric: processing_units
        limit: 10000
        timeFrame: month
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Direct HTTP COG Requests
        name: direct_http_cog_requests
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 50000
        timeFrame: month
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: openEO Credits
        name: openeo_credits
        type: quota
        metric: credits
        limit: 10000
        timeFrame: month
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Data Workspace Processed Products
        name: data_workspace_products
        type: quota
        metric: products
        limit: 25
        timeFrame: month
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: S3/OData/STAC Monthly Transfer
        name: s3_odata_stac_transfer
        type: quota
        metric: GB
        limit: 12288
        timeFrame: rolling_30d
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: OData Catalogue API
      - name: STAC Catalogue API
      - name: Sentinel Hub API
      - name: openEO API
      - name: OGC WMS/WMTS/WFS/WCS
      - name: S3 Data Access
      - name: On-Demand Processing API
      - name: Traceability API

  - id: esa-scientific-services
    name: ESA Scientific Data Services - Open Access
    type: free
    description: >-
      ESA Gaia TAP, ESASky Legacy TAP, and ESA CCI ESGF are open scientific
      services available free of charge to the research community. No account
      registration is required for basic TAP queries. ESA Space Weather HAPI
      requires registration and M2M credentials but is provided at no cost.
    entries:
      - label: Gaia TAP Queries
        name: gaia_tap_queries
        type: open
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: unlimited
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: ESASky Legacy TAP Queries
        name: esasky_tap_queries
        type: open
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: unlimited
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: CCI ESGF Data Access
        name: cci_esgf_access
        type: open
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: unlimited
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Space Weather HAPI (registered users)
        name: space_weather_hapi
        type: open
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: unlimited
        unit: 1
        price: free
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Gaia Archive TAP API
      - name: ESASky Legacy TAP Service
      - name: CCI ESGF RESTful API
      - name: Space Weather HAPI Server
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com