generated: '2026-07-27'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.openadr.org/join, https://www.openadr.org/openadr-test-tool-store,
  https://www.openadr.org/get-implementation-help, https://www.openadr.org/specification-download
description: >-
  What the OpenADR Alliance charges for. There is no API pricing here — the Alliance hosts
  no API, and the OpenADR 2.0/3 specifications themselves are license-free. What is priced is
  membership, test tooling, certification and implementation consulting. Every figure below
  is published verbatim on the Alliance website.
currency: USD
specification_access:
  cost: free
  license: license-free but copyright OpenADR Alliance; terms and conditions apply
  gate: registration form at https://www.openadr.org/specification-download; download links emailed
  note: >-
    The canonical repository (github.com/oadr3-org) is membership-gated with zero public
    repositories. A public Apache-2.0 copy of the OpenADR 3 release is mirrored at
    https://github.com/grid-coordination/openadr3-specification.
plans:
- name: Contributor Member
  category: membership
  audience: Vendor organizations offering hardware, software or services that want to certify a product.
  billing: annual
  pricing_model: revenue-banded
  tiers:
  - {price: 7500, period: year, condition: 'company revenue > USD 100M'}
  - {price: 5000, period: year, condition: 'company revenue USD 10M - 100M'}
  - {price: 3000, period: year, condition: 'company revenue USD 1M - 10M (requires revenue/sales verification)'}
  - {price: 1500, period: year, condition: 'company revenue < USD 1M (requires revenue/sales verification)'}
  entitlements:
  - Participation in Alliance programs, committees and initiatives
  - Vote on policy, strategic and technical issues in Committees and Task Groups
  - Use of the Alliance IPR for design, deployment, manufacturing and integration
  - Right to test and certify products for conformance to the OpenADR standard
  - Access to technical support, training and tools
  - Listing on the OpenADR website and use of the OpenADR logo
  - Access to the member-only website and discussion forums
  url: https://www.openadr.org/join
- name: Adopter Member
  category: membership
  audience: >-
    Non-manufacturers — consumer and government organizations, research agencies, test houses,
    regulatory bodies.
  billing: annual
  price: 1500
  period: year
  entitlements:
  - Participation in Alliance programs, committees and initiatives
  - Vote on policy, strategic and technical issues in Committees and Task Groups
  - Access to technical support, training and tools
  - Listing on the OpenADR website and use of the OpenADR logo
  - Access to the member-only website and discussion forums
  - Test houses may apply for approved test house status
  excludes: [product certification, IPR use for manufacturing]
  url: https://www.openadr.org/join
- name: Sponsor Member
  category: membership
  audience: Industry stakeholders approved by the Board; limited to the first nine approved.
  billing: annual
  price: 40000
  period: year
  entitlements:
  - Automatic participation on the Board of Directors
  - Everything in Contributor, plus a prominent website listing
  url: https://www.openadr.org/join
- name: OpenADR 2.0 a/b Development and Test Tool
  category: tooling
  vendor_partner: QualityLogic
  current_version: 1.1.7
  price_member: 6500
  price_non_member: 17500
  billing: one-time licence (upgrades require a Software Maintenance Contract)
  delivery: download link within 48 hours of payment
  url: https://www.openadr.org/openadr-test-tool-store
- name: OpenADR 3.x Online Test Tool
  category: tooling
  price_member: 2250
  price_member_note: for either VTN or VEN testing
  price_member_both: 3500
  price_member_both_note: for VTN + VEN testing
  price_non_member: null
  price_non_member_note: >-
    The 3.x tool licence is currently only available to members through the store; non-members
    must email the Alliance.
  billing: usage licence, log in at any time
  url: https://test-tool.openadr.org/
- name: EcoPort (CTA-2045) Test Tool
  category: tooling
  includes_hardware: true
  vendor_partner: SkyCentrics
  price_member: 3999
  price_non_member: 9999
  components:
  - {name: AC SGD, price: 300}
  - {name: AC UCM, price: 150}
  - {name: DC SGD, price: 200}
  - {name: DC UCM, price: 150}
  url: https://store.skycentrics.com/cta-2045-ecoport-test-tool-hardware-software-package/
- name: Implementation Support — free consultation
  category: consulting
  price: 0
  eligibility: new members only, one 30-minute session with an external consultant, paid for by the Alliance
  url: https://www.openadr.org/get-implementation-help
- name: Implementation Support — 2 hours
  category: consulting
  price: 450
  applies_to: [OpenADR 2.0, OpenADR 3.0]
  url: https://www.openadr.org/get-implementation-help
- name: Implementation Support — 5 hours
  category: consulting
  price: 1050
  applies_to: [OpenADR 2.0, OpenADR 3.0]
  url: https://www.openadr.org/get-implementation-help
- name: Implementation Support — 10 hours
  category: consulting
  price: 2000
  applies_to: [OpenADR 2.0, OpenADR 3.0]
  url: https://www.openadr.org/get-implementation-help
certification:
  requirement: Manufacturers must at least be a Contributor member; membership must be maintained to keep certification current.
  certification_licence: purchased separately from the Alliance; price not published publicly
  test_lab: final testing must be conducted at an Alliance-endorsed test lab / appointed test house
  test_certificates:
    test: free, from Eonti (https://eonti.com/openadr)
    production: 20-year validity, priced by Eonti
  note: >-
    "Issued certificates do not expire if membership lapses. However, the web listing will be
    amended to say 'Certification no longer maintained'."
  url: https://www.openadr.org/how-to-build-a-product