ROR · Pricing Plans

Ror Plans Pricing

ROR provides free, open access to its REST API and registry data under the CC0 license. No API key is currently required, but beginning Q3 2026, a free client ID will be required to maintain the standard rate limit. Registration for a client ID is available at no cost at https://ror.org/api-client-id.

Ror Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for ROR on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.

It defines 2 plans, covering free and freemium tiers, with named plans including Free (No Client ID), Free (With Client ID).

Tagged areas include Research, Organization, Identifiers, Registry, and Scholarly.

2 Plans API Commons Plans
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ResearchOrganizationIdentifiersRegistryScholarlyOpen DataPersistent Identifiers

Plans

Free (No Client ID) free

Open access to the ROR REST API without registration. Currently provides 2,000 requests per 5-minute period per IP address. After Q3 2026, this tier will be reduced to 50 requests per 5-minute period for unidentified clients.

API Requests (Current) 0.0 USD
API Requests (Post Q3 2026) 0.0 USD
Data Dump Access 0.0 USD
Free (With Client ID) freemium

Open access to the ROR REST API with a registered client ID. Maintains the standard 2,000 requests per 5-minute period after Q3 2026. Client ID registration is free at https://ror.org/api-client-id.

API Requests 0.0 USD
Client ID Registration 0.0 USD
Data Dump Access 0.0 USD

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