Ciena Plans Pricing
Ciena does not publish list pricing for Blue Planet, MCP, or Emulation Cloud. Commercial pricing is quoted per project to telecom carriers and managed-service providers and bundles software licenses with hardware (optical and packet platforms), professional services, support, and term durations. Open APIs (TM Forum, MEF Legato / Sonata, ONAP) are included with the Blue Planet / MCP software entitlement; Emulation Cloud access for developer testing is free with developer-portal registration.
Ciena Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Ciena on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 2 plans, covering freemium and enterprise tiers, with named plans including Emulation Cloud (Developer Sandbox), Blue Planet / MCP License.
Tagged areas include MEF, Network Automation, Network Management, Optical, and SDN.
Plans
Free developer environment with full API definitions, tutorials, and sample code. Used to build and test applications against simulated Ciena platforms before purchasing a production license.
- Developer portal access
- Full API definitions
- Tutorials and sample code
- Community forums
Commercial software license for production use of the Blue Planet automation suite and / or MCP NMS. APIs are included; pricing is project-quoted and typically bundled with hardware, support, and professional services.
- TM Forum Open APIs
- MEF LSO Legato and Sonata APIs
- ONAP-aligned policy controls
- Topology, provisioning, and performance APIs
- NETCONF / RESTCONF interfaces (MCP)
- Vendor support and SLAs