plans:
  - name: Free Public Access
    description: >
      FAOSTAT provides free, unrestricted public access to all agricultural and food
      statistics data. No registration, API key, or authentication is required for
      the standard REST API and bulk download endpoints. The new developer portal
      (launched 2024) offers sign-in for enhanced features such as saved queries
      and Excel integration, but core data access remains free and open.
    url: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#developer-portal
    pricing:
      - name: Free
        description: Unlimited free access to all FAOSTAT data domains
        amount: 0
        unit: USD
        per: month
    features:
      - Access to 70+ data domains
      - 180+ country coverage
      - Historical data from 1961 to present
      - JSON and CSV output formats
      - Bulk download of complete datasets
      - Metadata and dimension code access
      - Area, item, element, and year filtering
      - Query builder for Microsoft Excel
      - No authentication required