specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Lincoln National
providerId: lincoln-national
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Annuities
  - Benefits
  - Enrollment
  - HR
  - Insurance
  - Retirement
description: Lincoln Financial's LincSmart APIs (enrollment, evidence of insurability, leave management,
  retirement) are offered to employer / broker / benefits-platform partners. There is no public, self-serve
  plans/pricing page; access is granted through Lincoln Financial's group-protection partner program.
notes: No public pricing page found. Plan below is a placeholder for partner / approved benefits-platform
  engagement; pricing must be confirmed with Lincoln Financial.
sources:
  - https://www.lincolnfinancial.com/public/static/digitalbrochure/gp/lincsmart/index.html
  - https://www.lincolnfinancial.com
plans:
  - id: lincoln-national-partner
    name: Partner / LincSmart Integrator
    type: enterprise
    description: API access for approved benefits administration platforms, brokers, and employer-side
      integrators consuming LincSmart enrollment, EOI, leave, and retirement APIs. Terms are negotiated
      under the LincSmart partner program.
    entries:
      - label: Partner API Access
        name: api_access
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: contact provider
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: LincSmart Partner Onboarding
      - name: BAA / Privacy Coordination
      - name: Lincoln Financial LincSmart Enrollment API
      - name: LincSmart Group Protection APIs
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - negotiated
  plans:
  - name: Partner / LincSmart Integrator
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - month