Onebusaway Plans Pricing
OneBusAway is an open-source platform; there is no commercial SaaS pricing for the API itself. The reference Puget Sound deployment (api.pugetsound.onebusaway.org) is publicly accessible and requires a free API key. Transit agencies self-host OneBusAway using the open-source application modules; each deployment controls its own key issuance and throttling policy. The plan tiers below reflect the open/self-hosted model rather than a paid cloud service.
Onebusaway Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for OneBusAway on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 2 plans, covering freemium and paid tiers, with named plans including Public Open Access, Self-Hosted Deployment.
Tagged areas include Transit, Public Transit, Real-Time, Open Source, and GTFS.
Plans
Free API key for accessing any publicly hosted OneBusAway deployment (e.g., the Puget Sound reference server). Keys are issued by each deployment administrator and are used for usage tracking and basic connection throttling. No monetary cost; rate limits are configurable per deployment and are not globally published.
- All REST API Endpoints
- JSON and XML Responses
- Real-Time Arrivals and Departures
- Schedule Data
- Agency, Route, Stop, and Trip Lookups
- Vehicle Positions
- Problem Reporting Endpoints
- Community Support via GitHub and Slack
Transit agencies and organizations can deploy OneBusAway on their own infrastructure using the open-source application modules (Java) or the next-generation Maglev server (Go). Infrastructure costs are borne by the deploying organization. Full administrative control over API keys, rate limits, and data sources.
- Full API Surface
- Admin Key Management Interface
- GTFS and GTFS-Realtime Data Ingestion
- Custom Agency Branding
- SMS and IVR Integration (Twilio module)
- Waystation Arrival Display Support
- Android and iOS App White-labeling
- Open Transit Software Foundation Community Support
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Every plan here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.