specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Spring Data
providerId: spring-data
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:
  - Data Access
  - Database
  - Java
  - JPA
  - Spring Framework
description: Spring Data is an Apache 2.0 open-source umbrella project under the Spring portfolio (VMware Tanzu / Broadcom). The libraries (Spring Data JPA, Spring Data MongoDB, Spring Data REST, etc.) are free; there is no SaaS endpoint, no API key issuance, and no published per-call pricing. Commercial relationships exist only as paid support via VMware Tanzu Spring (Broadcom) subscriptions.
sources:
  - https://spring.io/projects/spring-data
  - https://tanzu.vmware.com/spring-runtime
notes: No commercial API pricing exists for Spring Data itself. Commercial engagement is via VMware Tanzu Spring / Broadcom support subscriptions only.
plans:
  - id: spring-data-contact-sales
    name: Contact Sales
    type: enterprise
    description: VMware Tanzu Spring (Broadcom) provides commercial support, OSS upstream maintenance, and extended security patches for Spring Data and the broader Spring portfolio. Pricing is negotiated per agreement.
    entries:
      - label: Spring Runtime Support
        name: spring_runtime_support
        type: subscription
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Apache 2.0 Open-Source Libraries
      - name: VMware Tanzu Spring Commercial Support
      - name: Extended OSS Lifecycle Patches
      - name: Production Incident Response
maintainers:
  - name: VMware Tanzu / Broadcom
    url: https://tanzu.vmware.com/spring-runtime
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:
    - year