specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Red Hat 3scale
providerId: red-hat-3scale
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:
  - API Management
  - Gateway
  - Enterprise
description: Red Hat 3scale API Management is sold as part of the Red Hat subscription portfolio.
  The product page does not publish per-tier pricing; commercial terms are negotiated through
  "Talk to a Red Hatter" / Red Hat sales based on environment, deployment model (on-prem, OpenShift,
  or hybrid), and call volume.
sources:
  - https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/jboss-middleware/3scale
notes: 3scale product page lists no pricing; trial available at /en/products/trials, full subscription
  is contact-sales. Treat as gated.
plans:
  - id: red-hat-3scale-trial
    name: Product Trial
    type: freemium
    description: Time-limited evaluation accessed via the Red Hat product trial center; not a
      commercial tier.
    entries:
      - label: Evaluation access
        name: trial
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Trial subscription via redhat.com/en/products/trials
  - id: red-hat-3scale-contact-sales
    name: Contact Sales
    type: enterprise
    description: Production 3scale subscriptions are quoted by Red Hat sales based on deployment
      model, included support, and traffic volume.
    entries:
      - label: Custom subscription
        name: custom
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: API gateway runtime
      - name: Developer portal
      - name: Analytics and rate limiting
      - name: OpenShift-native deployment option
      - name: Red Hat support (Standard or Premium)
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
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Product Trial
    access: freemium
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Contact Sales
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - year