specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: ReqRes
providerId: reqres
created: '2026-05-29'
modified: '2026-05-29'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Development
  - Testing
  - Fake API
  - Agent Sandbox
description: >-
  ReqRes (reqres.in) — originally launched by Ben Howdle as a free unauthenticated
  fake REST API for prototyping — was relaunched in 2025 as a freemium SaaS
  product. As of the 2025 relaunch every request to /api/* and /app/* requires
  an x-api-key header obtained via free signup at app.reqres.in. The /agent/v1/*
  Agent Sandbox is open in v1 but IP-rate-limited. Pricing is tiered (Free,
  Lite, Dev, Pro, Team), with a separate Agent Developer plan targeted at AI
  coding agents and a self-hosted option for teams. The legacy /api/users,
  /api/login, /api/register, /api/unknown surface continues to work as the
  free-tier demo data; what changed in 2025 is the API-key gate, not the
  fixture payloads.
sources:
  - https://reqres.in/
  - https://reqres.in/docs
  - https://reqres.in/pricing
  - https://reqres.in/blog/free-api-for-testing
plans:
  - id: reqres-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    description: >-
      Free tier with API-key signup. Covers the legacy demo endpoints, basic
      collections, app users, and request logs. Required as of the 2025 relaunch
      — what used to be open is now gated by a free key.
    entries:
      - label: API requests
        name: api_requests
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 250
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: API key signup
        name: api_key
        type: flat
        metric: varies
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'free signup at app.reqres.in'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Legacy demo endpoints (/api/users, /api/unknown, /api/login, /api/register, /api/logout)
      - name: Collections — CRUD on /api/collections and /api/collections/{slug}/records
      - name: App users — session-scoped /app/* endpoints
      - name: Request logs
      - name: One project
  - id: reqres-lite
    name: Lite
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $5/month entry tier. Four times the free request budget; designed to keep
      continuous test suites running without trial-window expiry.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$5'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: API requests
        name: api_requests
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 1000
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'included'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Everything in Free
      - name: 4x request budget
      - name: No trial expiry
      - name: Continuous test-suite friendly
  - id: reqres-dev
    name: Dev
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $12/month tier. Adds persistent collections with custom schemas, 30-day
      request logs, and automations on data changes.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$12'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Everything in Lite
      - name: Persistent collections with custom schemas
      - name: 30-day request logs
      - name: Automations on data changes
  - id: reqres-pro
    name: Pro
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $29/month tier. Adds multiple projects, app users suitable for production,
      and outbound webhooks.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$29'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Everything in Dev
      - name: Multiple projects
      - name: App users for production
      - name: Webhooks
  - id: reqres-team
    name: Team
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      $79/month tier (recommended for teams). Shared projects, scoped API keys
      per engineer with usage tracking, 30-day logs, single invoice. The team
      tier raises the request ceiling to 100K requests/day.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$79'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: API requests
        name: api_requests
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 100000
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'included'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Everything in Pro
      - name: Shared projects
      - name: Scoped API keys with usage tracking
      - name: 30-day logs
      - name: Single invoice
      - name: 100K requests/day for the whole team
  - id: reqres-agent-developer
    name: Agent Developer
    type: usage-based
    description: >-
      $49/month tier targeted at AI coding agents. Unlocks all 15 deliberate
      failure scenarios on /agent/v1/* (auth failures, rate-limit responses,
      pagination edge cases, deeply nested resources, deterministic seeded
      fixtures). Includes a usage dashboard and an issued API key. Bills against
      the /agent/v1/* surface specifically.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$49'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Agent sandbox requests
        name: agent_requests
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 10000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'included'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All 15 failure scenarios on /agent/v1/*
      - name: Usage dashboard
      - name: Issued API key
      - name: Cursor pagination
      - name: Deeply nested resources
      - name: Deterministic seeded fixtures
  - id: reqres-self-hosted
    name: Self-Hosted
    type: enterprise
    description: >-
      From $499/year per team. Deploy the ReqRes endpoint surface inside your
      own infrastructure with no external dependencies. Sold per-team; pricing
      scales with team size and deployment footprint.
    entries:
      - label: Annual license
        name: license
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'from $499/year per team'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Self-hosted ReqRes deployment
      - name: No external dependencies
      - name: Per-team licensing
      - name: Custom enterprise terms available