specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Yummly
providerId: yummly
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
reconciled: false
status: deprecated
tags:
- Recipes
- Food
- Recipe Search
- Deprecated
- Historical
- Plans
description: >-
  HISTORICAL / DEPRECATED. These plans describe the Yummly Recipe API developer
  program as it was offered at developer.yummly.com before it stopped accepting
  new signups and was wound down (commonly cited end date of September 30, 2019).
  Yummly offered a free evaluation tier and two paid tiers, each with a 14-day
  free trial, plus custom/enterprise plans. All plans required Yummly Attribution.
  None of these plans are available today - the developer portal and the
  api.yummly.com endpoints are offline. Figures are reproduced from historical
  documentation and archived pricing pages for archival and migration reference
  only.
notes: >-
  The developer.yummly.com hostname no longer resolves. Developers who previously
  relied on the Yummly API were directed by the community to alternatives (e.g.
  EatID, RapidAPI-hosted recipe APIs). Do not treat these numbers as a current
  offer.
sources:
- https://developer.yummly.com/plans
- https://developer.yummly.com/documentation.html
plans:
- id: yummly-free
  name: Free (Evaluation)
  type: free
  status: deprecated
  description: >-
    Free evaluation access historically capped at roughly 500 API calls, intended
    for testing the Recipe Search and Get Recipe endpoints. Yummly Attribution
    required.
  entries:
  - label: Included API Calls
    name: free_api_calls
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 500
    timeFrame: total
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (evaluation only)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Recipe Search
  - name: Basic Recipe Data with Images
  - name: Yummly Attribution Required
- id: yummly-lite
  name: Lite (Paid)
  type: paid
  status: deprecated
  description: >-
    Lower paid tier historically providing about 250,000 API calls per month with
    full Yummly database access and recipe search filtering, offered with a 14-day
    free trial (about 5,000 calls). Overage was billed per additional call. Yummly
    Attribution required.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly API Calls
    name: lite_api_calls
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 250000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: subscription (see historical pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Overage per Additional Call
    name: lite_overage
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.002 per additional call
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Full Yummly Database Access
  - name: Recipe Search Filtering
  - name: 14-Day Free Trial
  - name: Yummly Attribution Required
- id: yummly-plus
  name: Plus (Paid)
  type: paid
  status: deprecated
  description: >-
    Higher paid tier historically providing about 4,000,000 API calls per month
    with full Yummly database access, offered with a 14-day free trial (about
    5,000 calls). Overage was billed per additional call at a lower rate than the
    Lite tier. Yummly Attribution required.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly API Calls
    name: plus_api_calls
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 4000000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: subscription (see historical pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Overage per Additional Call
    name: plus_overage
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.001 per additional call
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Full Yummly Database Access
  - name: Recipe Search Filtering
  - name: 14-Day Free Trial
  - name: Yummly Attribution Required
- id: yummly-custom
  name: Custom / Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  status: deprecated
  description: >-
    Negotiated custom plans for high-volume use, historically starting around
    $75,000 per year, with terms arranged directly with Yummly.
  entries:
  - label: Custom Agreement
    name: custom
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: from ~$75,000 per year (historical)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
  - name: Full Yummly Database Access
  - name: Yummly Attribution Required
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com