USDA · Pricing Plans

Usda Plans Pricing

All USDA public APIs are provided as a free government service with no commercial pricing tiers. Access is governed by agency-specific terms of service and api.data.gov usage policies.

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

It defines 3 plans, with named plans including Free (No Key), Free Registered, Higher Rate Limits (On Request).

Tagged areas include Agriculture, Food Safety, Nutrition, Statistics, and Geospatial.

3 Plans
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AgricultureFood SafetyNutritionStatisticsGeospatialMarket NewsFederal-Government

Plans

Free (No Key)

Limited demo access available for the FoodData Central API using the DEMO_KEY without registration. Suitable for initial exploration and testing only.

Free Registered

Standard free access tier available to all registered users across all USDA APIs. Registration requires providing a valid email address to receive an API key via api.data.gov or the agency-specific portal.

Higher Rate Limits (On Request)

Elevated rate limits available on request for applications requiring more than the standard thresholds. Contact the respective USDA agency to request increased limits.

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All plans 
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