# Provenance stamped 2026-10-07 (roadmap#943): written by an API Evangelist sweep (undated — the file carries no date and git cannot supply one), not
# harvested from the provider. `method: generated` so the economics campaign may replace it with a
# dated, verbatim transcription; every figure below is unverified until it does.
method: generated
plans:
  - name: Explorer
    description: >-
      Entry-level plan for hobbyists, developers, and individuals building personal projects. Provides 30,000 credits
      per month (doubled to 60,000 during the active promotional period). Rate limited to 10 requests per minute.
      Access to core live flight and reference endpoints. No historical flight data access.
    url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/subscriptions-and-credits
    price: 9.00
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    rateLimit:
      requests: 10
      period: minute
      notes: 30,000 credits per month (60,000 during promotion). Credits are consumed per API call on a pay-per-use
        basis within the monthly allowance.
    features:
      - 30,000 monthly credits (60,000 during promotional period)
      - Live flight positions (light and full)
      - Airport and airline reference data
      - Sandbox environment access
      - Bearer token authentication
      - 10 requests per minute rate limit

  - name: Essential
    description: >-
      Mid-tier plan designed for regular use, small businesses, and startups. Provides 450,000 credits per month
      (doubled to 666,000 during the active promotional period). Rate limited to 30 requests per minute. Adds access
      to historical flight data and flight summaries.
    url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/subscriptions-and-credits
    price: 99.00
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    rateLimit:
      requests: 30
      period: minute
      notes: 450,000 credits per month (666,000 during promotion). Credits consumed per API call.
    features:
      - 450,000 monthly credits (666,000 during promotional period)
      - Live flight positions (light and full)
      - Historical flight data (light and full)
      - Flight summaries (historical and near real-time)
      - Flight tracks
      - Airport and airline reference data
      - Sandbox environment access
      - Bearer token authentication
      - 30 requests per minute rate limit

  - name: Advanced
    description: >-
      High-volume plan for scaling applications and enterprise use cases. Provides 4,050,000 credits per month
      (doubled to 8,100,000 during the active promotional period). Rate limited to 200 requests per minute. Full
      access to all endpoints including deep historical data.
    url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/subscriptions-and-credits
    price: 900.00
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    rateLimit:
      requests: 200
      period: minute
      notes: 4,050,000 credits per month (8,100,000 during promotion). Credits consumed per API call.
    features:
      - 4,050,000 monthly credits (8,100,000 during promotional period)
      - Live flight positions (light and full)
      - Historical flight data (light and full) back to May 11, 2016
      - Flight summaries (historical and near real-time)
      - Flight tracks
      - Airport and airline reference data
      - Sandbox environment access
      - Bearer token authentication
      - 200 requests per minute rate limit
      - Priority support
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units: []
  plans:
  - name: Explorer
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods: []
  - name: Essential
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods: []
  - name: Advanced
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods: []