name: Open States API Plans & Pricing
description: >
  Open States provides free and tiered access to its legislative data API. Most
  users operate on the free Default tier. Higher quotas are available on request
  by contacting the Open States team. The project is volunteer-powered and
  maintained under the Plural Policy umbrella.
url: https://open.pluralpolicy.com/accounts/profile/
plans:
  - name: Default
    description: >
      Free tier available to all registered API key holders. Suitable for
      personal projects, research, and low-volume integrations.
    price: 0
    priceCurrency: USD
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerMinute: 10
      requestsPerDay: 500
    features:
      - Access to all v3 API endpoints
      - Jurisdictions, People, Bills, Committees, Events
      - JSON responses
      - API key via open.pluralpolicy.com
  - name: Bronze
    description: >
      Elevated quota for active developers and civic-tech projects. Available
      on request by contacting contact@openstates.org.
    price: 0
    priceCurrency: USD
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerMinute: 40
      requestsPerDay: 5000
    features:
      - All Default tier features
      - Higher daily request quota
      - Suitable for production apps with moderate traffic
  - name: Silver
    description: >
      High-volume tier for applications serving many users or performing bulk
      lookups. Available by arrangement with the Open States team.
    price: 0
    priceCurrency: USD
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerMinute: 80
      requestsPerDay: 50000
    features:
      - All Bronze tier features
      - High daily request quota
      - Suitable for larger civic and commercial integrations
  - name: Unlimited
    description: >
      Maximum quota tier for partners with very high throughput requirements.
      Requires direct agreement with Open States / Plural Policy.
    price: 0
    priceCurrency: USD
    rateLimits:
      requestsPerMinute: 240
      requestsPerDay: 1000000000
    features:
      - All Silver tier features
      - Near-unlimited daily requests
      - Reserved for institutional partners
contact: contact@openstates.org
notes: >
  Pricing is not publicly listed. All tiers are currently provided at no
  monetary cost. To request a quota upgrade, email contact@openstates.org
  describing your use case. Bulk data downloads are also available separately.