specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: TIDAL
providerId: tidal
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Music
  - Streaming
  - Hi-Fi
  - Subscription
description: Reconciled subscription plans for TIDAL's consumer music streaming product. TIDAL's developer
  API is free for registered developers; this file captures the end-user subscription tiers backed by the
  Commerce API and Plans surface.
sources:
  - https://tidal.com/pricing
  - https://developer.tidal.com/documentation/api-sdk/api-sdk-overview
  - https://developer.tidal.com/documentation/api-sdk/api-sdk-manage-apps
plans:
  - id: tidal-free
    name: Free
    type: tier
    description: Ad-supported, limited audio quality. Available in supported markets.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: flat
        metric: user
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    features:
      - Ad-supported listening
      - Standard audio quality
      - Limited skips on mobile
  - id: tidal-individual
    name: Individual
    type: tier
    description: Single-user Hi-Fi plan with HiRes Lossless FLAC and Dolby Atmos.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: flat
        metric: user
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '10.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    features:
      - HiRes Lossless (FLAC up to 192 kHz / 24-bit)
      - Dolby Atmos Music
      - Offline listening
      - Ad-free
  - id: tidal-family
    name: Family
    type: tier
    description: Up to six profiles on a single Family plan.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: flat
        metric: user
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 6
        price: '16.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    features:
      - HiRes Lossless for up to 6 members
      - Dolby Atmos Music
      - Individual profiles and recommendations
      - Offline listening per member
  - id: tidal-student
    name: Student
    type: tier
    description: Discounted Hi-Fi plan for SheerID-verified students.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: flat
        metric: user
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '4.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    features:
      - HiRes Lossless
      - Dolby Atmos
      - SheerID student verification required
  - id: tidal-dj
    name: DJ
    type: tier
    description: Hi-Fi Individual plan with DJ Extensions for Serato, Rekordbox, djay, VirtualDJ, Engine DJ.
    entries:
      - label: Subscription
        name: subscription
        type: flat
        metric: user
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '19.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    features:
      - HiRes Lossless
      - DJ Extensions (Serato, Rekordbox, djay, VirtualDJ, Engine DJ)
      - Beatgrid, cue points, key metadata
  - id: tidal-developer
    name: Developer Access
    type: tier
    description: Free developer access to the TIDAL API. Apps register at developer.tidal.com/dashboard and
      receive Client Credentials and PKCE-flow client IDs subject to TIDAL's Developer Terms and rate limits.
    entries:
      - label: API Access
        name: api-access
        type: flat
        metric: app
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    features:
      - Free Client Credentials and Authorization Code with PKCE clients
      - Access to catalog metadata, search, recommendations, playlists, user collections
      - Playback restricted to the official TIDAL Player SDK
      - Subject to Developer Terms and Design Guidelines