specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Rainbow
providerId: rainbow
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:
  - Communications
  - CPaaS
  - Chat
  - Voice
  - Video
  - Telephony
notes: Rainbow CPaaS by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) does not publish a public per-API pricing tier
  table on its developer or product pages; both the al-enterprise.com Rainbow CPaaS landing path and
  the openrainbow.com pricing path returned 404 during reconciliation. Commercial terms are arranged
  through ALE's CPaaS sales team, with a free developer tier on the openrainbow.com developer hub for
  prototyping. Reconciled flagged false until a public pricing surface is published.
description: Rainbow exposes 200+ APIs and SDKs (Node.js, C#, iOS, Android) for chat, voice, video,
  file sharing, and telephony PBX. Developer access is available on the openrainbow.com developer hub;
  production pricing is contracted through Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise sales rather than a public tier
  table.
sources:
  - https://www.al-enterprise.com/en/products/communications/rainbow
  - https://developers.openrainbow.com/
plans:
  - id: rainbow-contact-sales
    name: Contact Sales
    type: enterprise
    description: Production Rainbow CPaaS deployments (chat, voice, video, telephony PBX) are contracted
      through Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise; pricing depends on user count, telephony connectivity, and
      regional regulatory requirements.
    entries:
      - label: Production Engagement
        name: production_engagement
        type: flat
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Developer Hub Access
        name: developer_hub
        type: flat
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        unit: 1
        price: free for prototyping
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Chat and Group Chat APIs
      - name: Voice and Video APIs
      - name: File Sharing APIs
      - name: Telephony PBX Features
      - name: Node.js, C#, iOS, Android SDKs
      - name: Webhooks
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: Contact Sales
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - per-use