NASA CMR · Pricing Plans

Nasa Cmr Plans Pricing

Access plans and pricing for the NASA Common Metadata Repository (CMR) APIs. CMR is a free public service operated by NASA/EOSDIS. All search APIs are publicly accessible without authentication. Write (ingest) access requires registration and provider authorization through NASA Earthdata Login (EDL).

Nasa Cmr Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for NASA CMR on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.

It defines 3 plans, with named plans including Public Search (Anonymous), Authenticated Search (EDL Token), Provider Ingest Access.

Tagged areas include NASA, Earth Science, Satellite Data, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial.

3 Plans
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NASAEarth ScienceSatellite DataRemote SensingGeospatialOpen DataMetadataCollectionGranules

Plans

Public Search (Anonymous)

Unauthenticated read access to all public CMR search endpoints including collections, granules, variables, services, tools, and concepts. No registration required. Suitable for open data discovery and exploration of NASA's Earth science catalog.

Authenticated Search (EDL Token)

Authenticated search using an Earthdata Login (EDL) Bearer Token. Grants access to restricted and embargoed collections beyond the public catalog. Tokens are free to obtain and valid for 30 days.

Provider Ingest Access

Authorized metadata ingestion access for NASA data providers and data partners. Requires registration as a provider with NASA/EOSDIS and assignment of appropriate ACL roles. Enables creating, updating, and deleting collections, granules, variables, services, and tools in CMR.

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  • find_plansBrowse and filter every plan in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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