Thecocktaildb Plans Pricing
TheCocktailDB operates on a free and Patreon-supported model. The free tier provides full API access using the public test key "1" for development and non-commercial use. Production API keys for public commercial apps are provided to Patreon supporters. No traditional tiered pricing exists.
Thecocktaildb Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for TheCocktailDB 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 Public API, Patreon Supporter (Premium).
Tagged areas include Recipes / Open Data, Cocktails, and Free.
Plans
Free access using test API key "1" for development, educational, and personal projects. Includes all standard cocktail search and lookup endpoints. No authentication required. Not for use in public app store releases.
- Search cocktails by name, first letter, and ingredient
- Lookup cocktails and ingredients by ID
- Random cocktail endpoint
- Filter by ingredient, alcoholic status, category, and glass type
- List available categories, glasses, ingredients, and filters
- Cocktail images in multiple sizes (200x200, 350x350, 500x500px)
- Ingredient images in multiple sizes
- JSON response format
- No authentication required for test key
- Single ingredient filter only
- Database listing limited to 100 items
- No Popular or Recent cocktail lookups
For commercial apps and production releases. Patreon supporters receive a production API key with access to premium endpoints. Supports the non-profit crowd-sourced database project. API keys typically issued within 24 hours of application.
- Production API key for public app store releases
- Multiple ingredient filters (beta)
- Popular cocktail lookups
- Recent cocktail lookups
- Full database listing without 100-item limit
- Latest cocktail image API methods
- Random image API methods
- All Free tier features included
- Unlimited API usage - no rate limits