specification: API Commons Plans specificationVersion: '0.1' schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans provider: IBM API Connect providerId: ibm-api-connect created: '2026-05-04' # Rewritten 2026-10-10 from IBM's published pricing page and the API Connect # Enterprise as a Service subscription terms, replacing the 2026-05-04 sweep # scaffold (whose Free/Professional/Enterprise tiers and limits were defaults). method: searched modified: '2026-10-10' source: - https://www.ibm.com/products/api-connect/pricing - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/api-connect/cloud/12.1.1_saas?topic=overview-purchase-subscription-upgrade-information tags: - API Gateway - API Management - Developer Portal - IBM description: >- IBM API Connect is sold as a hosted service on AWS (Pay-As-You-Go, Standard and Premium), as a single-tenant Reserved Instance on IBM Cloud, or as self-managed Software. Hosted plans are metered on API calls through the gateway, counted for every response code; IBM charges no overage and stops calls once a contract's limit is reached (105% of the purchased volume for Standard). Prices are quoted by IBM, vary by country and are not reproduced here; the pricing page has an estimator. plans: - id: ibm-api-connect-trial name: Trial type: trial description: >- 30-day free trial of API Connect Enterprise as a Service: one service instance and up to 100,000 API calls, with Standard features. Community support only. Assets are retained for a 30-day suspension period after the trial so it can be upgraded in place. entries: - label: API Calls description: Total API calls allowed during the trial; all response codes count name: api_calls type: quota metric: requests limit: 100000 timeFrame: trial unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false - label: Trial Period description: Length of the free trial name: trial_period type: duration metric: days limit: 30 unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Single Service Instance - name: Standard Features - name: Community Support links: - type: Signup url: https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/signup?formid=urx-53961 - id: ibm-api-connect-pay-as-you-go name: Pay-As-You-Go type: metered description: >- Usage-based pricing on AWS with no upfront cost; pay only for API calls consumed and cancel at any time. Multi-tenant, one instance, 30-day analytics retention, 99.9% SLA. entries: - label: API Calls description: Metered API call volume name: api_calls type: metered metric: requests limit: -1 timeFrame: month unit: 1 price: quote userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Multi-Tenant Hosting on AWS - name: Single Service Instance - name: Developer Portal - name: 30-Day Analytics Retention - name: 24x7 Support - name: 99.9% SLA - id: ibm-api-connect-standard name: Standard type: paid description: >- Annual multi-tenant subscription hosted on AWS, sold in increments of 100,000 API calls per year up to 1.2 billion on AWS Marketplace (higher through IBM sales). Up to 3 service instances, dedicated support, 90-day analytics retention and a 99.9% SLA. Contracts run 1, 2 or 3 years. entries: - label: API Calls description: >- Contracted API calls per year across all instances; calls stop at 105% of the purchased volume unless upgraded. Unused calls do not roll over. name: api_calls type: quota metric: requests limit: 1200000000 timeFrame: year unit: 100000 price: quote userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Up to 3 Service Instances - name: Developer Portal - name: 90-Day Analytics Retention - name: Dedicated Support Team - name: 99.9% SLA - id: ibm-api-connect-premium name: Premium type: paid description: >- Annual subscription on AWS with all Standard features plus advanced data transformation policies (XSLT, GatewayScript and custom policies), a highly available single-tenant gateway managed by IBM, and remote gateways in catalogs. Minimum 100 million API calls per year. entries: - label: API Calls description: Contracted API calls per year, from 100 million to 1.2 billion name: api_calls type: quota metric: requests limit: 1200000000 timeFrame: year unit: 100000 price: quote userMultiplied: false elements: - name: All Standard Features - name: Up to 3 Service Instances - name: Single-Tenant Managed Gateway - name: Advanced Transformation Policies - name: Remote Gateways - name: 99.9% SLA - id: ibm-api-connect-reserved-instance name: Reserved Instance type: enterprise description: >- Annual single-tenant service hosted on IBM Cloud for greater isolation and availability, from 120 million API calls per year, with an SLA of up to 99.95%. entries: - label: API Calls description: Contracted API calls per year (120 million and above) name: api_calls type: quota metric: requests limit: -1 timeFrame: year unit: 1 price: quote userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Single-Tenant Hosting on IBM Cloud - name: 90-Day Analytics Retention - name: Up to 99.95% SLA - id: ibm-api-connect-software name: Software type: enterprise description: >- Self-managed deployment on premises, in hybrid or multi-cloud environments, with IBM Software Subscription and Support renewed annually. DataPower API Gateway, DataPower Nano Gateway and webMethods API Gateway are available. Volume and SLA are customer determined. entries: [] elements: - name: Self-Managed Deployment - name: DataPower API Gateway - name: DataPower Nano Gateway - name: webMethods API Gateway - name: Developer Portal - name: 24x7 Support maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com x-canonical: generated: '2026-10-18' vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml models: - free - metered - negotiated units: - period - request plans: - name: Trial access: trial model: free model_how: derived units: - period - request periods: - term - name: Pay-As-You-Go access: other model: metered model_how: stated units: - request periods: - month - name: Standard access: paid model: free model_how: derived units: - request periods: - year - name: Premium access: paid model: free model_how: derived units: - request periods: - year - name: Reserved Instance access: enterprise model: free model_how: derived units: - request periods: - year - name: Software access: enterprise model: negotiated model_how: derived units: [] periods: []