specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
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provider: Phraseanet
providerId: phraseanet
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Digital Asset Management
- DAM
- Open Source
- Plans
description: >-
  Phraseanet is open-source (GPL-v3) and free to download, self-host, and use -
  including its full REST API - with no license fee and no per-seat or per-call
  charge from Alchemy. Because it is self-hosted, there is no metered API
  pricing; your cost is the infrastructure you run it on. Alchemy, the company
  behind Phraseanet, sells commercial services around the open-source core:
  setup and integration, training, hosting, maintenance and support contracts,
  and custom development. These are quoted per engagement rather than published
  as fixed tiers; published references indicate setup/support packages starting
  around EUR 5,000. Exact figures are not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  There is no single public shared Phraseanet API - each organization runs its
  own instance. Verify current Alchemy service and hosting pricing by contacting
  Alchemy via phraseanet.com. Figures below are indicative and must be confirmed
  during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.phraseanet.com/
- https://github.com/alchemy-fr/Phraseanet
- https://docs.phraseanet.com/
plans:
- id: phraseanet-open-source
  name: Open Source (Self-Hosted)
  type: free
  description: >-
    The full Phraseanet DAM, GPL-v3 licensed and self-hostable. Includes the
    production, admin, thesaurus, lightbox, and reporting interfaces, plus the
    complete REST API (v1/v2/v3) with OAuth2. No license fee; there are no API
    rate limits imposed by Phraseanet in v1.
  entries:
  - label: Self-Hosted API Usage
    name: self_hosted_api_usage
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (self-hosted; you provide infrastructure)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Full REST API (v1/v2/v3)
  - name: OAuth2 Authentication
  - name: Records, Collections, Metadata, Search
  - name: Stories, Baskets, Feeds
  - name: All Web Interfaces
- id: phraseanet-hosting
  name: Alchemy Hosting
  type: subscription
  description: >-
    Managed hosting of a Phraseanet instance operated by Alchemy, sized to the
    organization's asset library and workload. Quoted per engagement.
  entries:
  - label: Managed Hosting
    name: managed_hosting
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact Alchemy for a quote
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Managed Phraseanet Instance
  - name: Infrastructure and Operations
  - name: Backups and Monitoring
- id: phraseanet-services
  name: Alchemy Services and Support
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Professional services around the open-source core - setup, integration,
    training, maintenance and support contracts, and custom development.
    Published references indicate packages starting around EUR 5,000.
  entries:
  - label: Services Engagement
    name: services_engagement
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: from ~EUR 5,000 (indicative; contact Alchemy)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Setup and Integration
  - name: Training
  - name: Maintenance and Support
  - name: Custom Development
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com