generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://www.opensanctions.org/api/
docs:
  - https://www.opensanctions.org/api/
  - https://www.opensanctions.org/licensing/
  - https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/faq/#metering
  - https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/commercial/faq/
plan_count: 4
currency: EUR
model: usage-based
note: >-
  OpenSanctions publishes a real unit price rather than hiding behind "contact us":
  EUR 0.10 per query on the Screening API, pay-as-you-go, with a 30-day
  complimentary trial for business-email registrations. The bulk-data and
  reseller/OEM licences are quoted, not listed. The dataset itself is free for
  non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0, which is a genuine free tier rather than a
  marketing one — journalism, civil society and academia can also request free API
  keys.
plans:
  - name: Screening API (pay-as-you-go)
    price: 0.10
    currency: EUR
    unit: per query
    billing_period: usage-based
    included_quota: null
    overage: n/a — every query billed at the unit rate
    limits:
      - A default per-key monthly request ceiling applies; 429 until the next month.
      - Up to 100 queries per /match request.
      - "/entities and /statements are not billed."
    signup: https://www.opensanctions.org/account/
    source: https://www.opensanctions.org/api/
  - name: 30-day trial
    price: 0
    currency: EUR
    billing_period: 30 days
    included_quota: >-
      A default trial key quota applies (numeric value not published); exceeding it
      returns 429 until the next month.
    requirements: registration with a business email address
    source: https://www.opensanctions.org/api/
  - name: Non-commercial / public-interest use
    price: 0
    currency: EUR
    billing_period: null
    included_quota: null
    terms: >-
      The dataset is free for non-commercial users under CC BY-NC 4.0. Free API keys
      are offered for public-interest work — journalism, civil society, academia —
      on request to support.
    source:
      - https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/authentication/
      - https://www.opensanctions.org/licensing/
  - name: Bulk data licence / Reseller-OEM / On-premise
    price: null
    currency: EUR
    billing_period: annual contract
    included_quota: null
    terms: >-
      Quoted, not listed — "Talk to sales". Covers the bulk data licence
      (/licensing/screening/), the reseller/OEM embed licence
      (/licensing/reseller/) and self-hosted yente deployments (/docs/on-premise/).
    source: https://www.opensanctions.org/licensing/
billing:
  processor: Stripe
  note: >-
    Billing migrated from Chargebee to Stripe on 2025-11-13
    (https://www.opensanctions.org/changelog/37/).
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-27'
  probes:
    - {url: 'https://www.opensanctions.org/api/', status: 200}
    - {url: 'https://www.opensanctions.org/licensing/', status: 200}
    - {url: 'https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/faq/', status: 200}