specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Taxi - Describe How Your APIs and Data Relate
providerId: taxi-describe-how-your-apis-and-data-relate
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: true
tags:
  - API Description
  - Data Integration
  - Open Source
  - Query Language
  - Schema
  - Semantic
description: The Taxi language and TaxiQL are open source (Apache 2.0) and have no commercial
  pricing. The companion Orbital platform from Orbital HQ (which hosts and executes TaxiQL queries
  and the Taxi schema registry) is the commercial offering and publishes a tiered usage-based
  subscription with monthly call quotas, workspace caps, endpoint caps, and overage and add-on
  pricing.
sources:
  - https://taxilang.org/
  - https://orbitalhq.com
  - https://orbitalhq.com/pricing
plans:
  - id: taxi-language-open-source
    name: Taxi Language (Open Source)
    type: freemium
    description: The Taxi language, TaxiQL, and the Taxi Playground are Apache 2.0 open source
      and free to use. There is no per-seat or per-call charge for the language itself.
    entries:
      - label: Open Source Use
        name: open_source_use
        type: flat
        metric: usage
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Taxi Language
      - name: TaxiQL Query Language
      - name: Taxi Playground
      - name: Apache 2.0 License
  - id: taxi-orbital-free
    name: Orbital Free
    type: freemium
    description: Free entry tier for the Orbital platform that hosts TaxiQL queries and the Taxi
      schema registry. Intended for getting started before going live.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Calls
        name: calls
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 100000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Workspaces
        name: workspaces
        type: quota
        metric: workspace
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Endpoints
        name: endpoints
        type: quota
        metric: endpoint
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Community Support
      - name: 1 Workspace
      - name: Up to 10 Endpoints
  - id: taxi-orbital-team
    name: Orbital Team
    type: subscription
    description: Team tier for production usage, billed annually. 1M calls/month, 3 workspaces,
      up to 25 endpoints, 3 admin users, with Git sync.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$149/month, billed yearly'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly Calls
        name: calls
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 1000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Workspaces
        name: workspaces
        type: quota
        metric: workspace
        limit: 3
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Endpoints
        name: endpoints
        type: quota
        metric: endpoint
        limit: 25
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Admin Users
        name: admin_users
        type: quota
        metric: seat
        limit: 3
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Additional Users
        name: additional_users
        type: metered
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$99 per user'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Git Sync for Projects
      - name: 3 Workspaces
      - name: 3 Admin Users
  - id: taxi-orbital-business
    name: Orbital Business
    type: subscription
    description: Business tier with 10M calls/month, 5 workspaces, up to 100 endpoints, 5 admin
      users, private Slack support, caching, and serverless execution.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$499/month, billed yearly'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly Calls
        name: calls
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 10000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Workspaces
        name: workspaces
        type: quota
        metric: workspace
        limit: 5
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Endpoints
        name: endpoints
        type: quota
        metric: endpoint
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Admin Users
        name: admin_users
        type: quota
        metric: seat
        limit: 5
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Private Slack Support
      - name: Caching
      - name: Serverless Execution
  - id: taxi-orbital-platform
    name: Orbital Platform
    type: subscription
    description: Platform tier with 100M calls/month, 10 workspaces, unlimited endpoints, and a
      dedicated solution architect. Pro support is available as a 15% add-on.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$3,499/month, billed yearly'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly Calls
        name: calls
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 100000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Workspaces
        name: workspaces
        type: quota
        metric: workspace
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Endpoints
        name: endpoints
        type: quota
        metric: endpoint
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Pro Support Add-On
        name: pro_support
        type: flat
        metric: subscription
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 15% of subscription
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Dedicated Solution Architect
      - name: Unlimited Endpoints
      - name: 10 Workspaces
  - id: taxi-orbital-enterprise
    name: Orbital Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Enterprise tier with 1B calls/month, unlimited workspaces and endpoints, and
      20 admin users. Pricing is custom; managed on-prem deployment is available at $3,000/month.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly Calls
        name: calls
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 1000000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Admin Users
        name: admin_users
        type: quota
        metric: seat
        limit: 20
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Managed On-Prem
        name: managed_onprem
        type: flat
        metric: month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$3,000/month'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Unlimited Workspaces
      - name: Unlimited Endpoints
      - name: 20 Admin Users
      - name: Managed On-Prem Option
  - id: taxi-orbital-ai-copilot
    name: Orbital AI Copilot Add-On
    type: subscription
    description: Per-user AI Copilot add-on available across all paid Orbital tiers.
    entries:
      - label: AI Copilot
        name: ai_copilot
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$49/user/month'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: AI Copilot
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - subscription
  units:
  - none
  - object
  - period
  - request
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Taxi Language (Open Source)
    access: freemium
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - none
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Orbital Free
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - object
    - other
    - request
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Orbital Team
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - object
    - other
    - period
    - request
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Orbital Business
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - object
    - other
    - period
    - request
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Orbital Platform
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - object
    - other
    - period
    - request
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Orbital Enterprise
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    - request
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
    - year
  - name: Orbital AI Copilot Add-On
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month