specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: IEX Cloud
providerId: iex-cloud
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Fintech
  - Market Data
  - Sunset
  - Plans
description: >-
  IEX Cloud reached end-of-life on August 31, 2024. The historical pricing model was a monthly
  subscription with a message (credit) allowance and per-endpoint message costs. Tiers commonly
  cited from the public archive included Launch (free, 50K messages/mo), Grow ($9/mo, 5M),
  Scale ($199/mo, 1B), and Business ($999/mo, 10B). All tiers are sunset; no new sign-ups.
notes: Sunset 2024-08-31. Pricing preserved for historical / migration reference only.
sources:
  - https://web.archive.org/web/20240501000000*/iexcloud.io/pricing
  - https://iexcloud.io/community/blog/iex-cloud-end-of-life-announcement
plans:
  - id: iex-cloud-launch
    name: Launch (sunset)
    type: freemium
    description: Free tier - 50,000 messages per month - sunset 2024-08-31.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: launch_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly message allowance
        name: launch_messages
        type: quota
        metric: message
        limit: 50000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Sunset
  - id: iex-cloud-grow
    name: Grow (sunset)
    type: subscription
    description: $9/month - 5M messages per month - sunset 2024-08-31.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: grow_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '9.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly message allowance
        name: grow_messages
        type: quota
        metric: message
        limit: 5000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Sunset
  - id: iex-cloud-scale
    name: Scale (sunset)
    type: subscription
    description: $199/month - 1B messages per month - sunset 2024-08-31.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: scale_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '199.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly message allowance
        name: scale_messages
        type: quota
        metric: message
        limit: 1000000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Sunset
  - id: iex-cloud-business
    name: Business (sunset)
    type: subscription
    description: $999/month - 10B messages per month - sunset 2024-08-31.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly subscription
        name: business_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '999.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly message allowance
        name: business_messages
        type: quota
        metric: message
        limit: 10000000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Sunset
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com