specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Kroger
providerId: kroger
created: '2026-05-04'
# 2026-08-27: upgraded generated -> searched. The two-tier access model is now
# confirmed against Kroger's own documentation, read anonymously from the portal
# content API (https://developer.kroger.com/api/v1/developer/content/search.json,
# HTTP 200) because developer.kroger.com renders every page client-side. The
# 2026-05-04 sweep's conclusion held up: Kroger publishes NO monetary pricing for
# either tier. What is now sourced rather than assumed is HOW each tier is
# obtained and what it is capped at.
method: searched
generated: '2026-08-27'
modified: '2026-08-27'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Groceries
  - Retail
  - Partner API
description: Kroger Developer Portal does not publish a public commercial pricing page. The Public APIs
  (Identity, Locations, Products, Cart, Authorization) are free for registered developers, while the
  Partner APIs (Cart Partner, Location Partner, Products Partners, Seamless Delivery, Locker Integration)
  require a partner agreement negotiated with Kroger Digital. No per-tier prices are listed publicly.
plan_count: 2
sources:
  - https://developer.kroger.com/documentation/public/getting-started/quick-start
  - https://developer.kroger.com/documentation/partner
  - https://developer.kroger.com/documentation/support/website-help/applications
  - https://developer.kroger.com/documentation/public/getting-started/apis
notes: >-
  No public pricing page exists and no price is published for either tier. The
  Public tier is genuinely self-service and free: create an account, verify by
  email, register an application, receive client credentials. Its cost is
  expressed as a QUOTA rather than a price — 10,000 Products calls/day, 5,000
  Cart, 5,000 Identity, 1,600 per Locations endpoint, shared across all clients
  (see ../rate-limits/kroger-rate-limits.yml). The Partner tier is not
  self-service at all: "Partner APIs are not available through our self-service
  app registration" and access "requires a contractual agreement with Kroger."
  Kroger's own guidance is to build on Public APIs first and request Partner
  access only when you know you will exceed the published limits or need
  Partner-only functionality.
plans:
  - id: kroger-public-developer
    name: Public Developer
    type: freemium
    description: Free registered-developer access to the Kroger Public APIs. Granted by signing in to
      developer.kroger.com and registering an application; no published cost.
    entries:
      - label: API access
        name: api_access
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Kroger Authorization API (Public)
      - name: Kroger Cart API (Public)
      - name: Kroger Identity API (Public)
      - name: Kroger Location API (Public)
      - name: Kroger Products API (Public)
  - id: kroger-partner
    name: Partner
    type: enterprise
    description: Negotiated partner access to higher-privilege APIs (Cart Partner, Location Partner,
      Products Partners, Seamless Delivery, Locker Integration, Authorization Partners). Requires a signed
      partner agreement; pricing is not published.
    entries:
      - label: Partner agreement
        name: partner_terms
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Kroger Authorization API (Partners)
      - name: Kroger Cart API (Partner)
      - name: Kroger Catalog API
      - name: Kroger Catalog API V2
      - name: Kroger Identity API
      - name: Kroger Location API (Partner)
      - name: Kroger Products API (Partners)
      - name: Kroger Seamless Delivery API
      - name: Kroger Locker Integration APIs (Partners)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com