# Provenance stamped 2026-10-07 (roadmap#943): written by an API Evangelist sweep (dated 2026-05-24 by the file itself), not
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generated: '2026-05-24'
specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: EvolutionaryScale
providerId: evolutionaryscale
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - AI
  - Biology
  - Proteins
  - Foundation Models
  - ESM3
description: >
  EvolutionaryScale does not publish public per-token list pricing for the Forge API on its website at the
  time of profiling. Forge access is currently distributed through a closed beta with an invite-based
  signup at forge.evolutionaryscale.ai; commercial and academic plans are negotiated directly with
  EvolutionaryScale. AWS Marketplace listings (NVIDIA BioNeMo / SageMaker / NIM) and the Cambrian Inference
  Clickthrough License Agreement provide the commercial deployment lane. Open-weights checkpoints
  (ESM3-open 1.4B, ESM C 300M / 600M) are available under research-only licenses on Hugging Face.
sources:
  - https://forge.evolutionaryscale.ai
  - https://github.com/Biohub/esm
  - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=seller-iw2nbscescndm
  - https://www.evolutionaryscale.ai/policies/cambrian-inference-clickthrough-license-agreement
plans:
  - id: forge-beta
    name: Forge Beta
    type: contact-sales
    description: Invite-based access to the hosted Forge API. Generation, encoding, logits, fold, and inverse-fold endpoints across ESM3 and ESM Cambrian model families. Pricing negotiated per workload.
    entries:
      - label: Forge API access
        name: forge_api_access
        type: contact-sales
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: forge-academic
    name: Forge Academic
    type: gratis
    description: Free non-commercial access for academic researchers, subject to application review and the Cambrian Inference Clickthrough License terms.
    entries:
      - label: Academic access
        name: academic_access
        type: gratis
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: open-weights
    name: Open Weights (ESM3-open / ESM C)
    type: gratis
    description: Open weights for ESM3-open (1.4B) and ESM Cambrian 300M / 600M distributed via Hugging Face under non-commercial research licenses. Run locally or self-host.
    entries:
      - label: Hugging Face download
        name: hf_download
        type: gratis
        metric: downloads
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: aws-sagemaker
    name: AWS Marketplace (SageMaker / BioNeMo / NIM)
    type: usage-based
    description: Deploy ESM3 and ESM C through AWS Marketplace via Amazon SageMaker, AWS HealthOmics, AWS Bedrock, NVIDIA BioNeMo, and the NVIDIA NIM microservice. Billing flows through AWS at AWS instance pricing plus any seller fees.
    entries:
      - label: SageMaker inference hours
        name: sagemaker_inference_hours
        type: metered
        metric: instance_hours
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: aws-instance-rate
        userMultiplied: false
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - metered
  - negotiated
  units:
  - compute
  - request
  plans:
  - name: Forge Beta
    access: negotiated
    model: negotiated
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - request
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Forge Academic
    access: other
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - request
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Open Weights (ESM3-open / ESM C)
    access: other
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: AWS Marketplace (SageMaker / BioNeMo / NIM)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - compute
    periods:
    - per-use