Fdc3 Plans Pricing
FDC3 is an open standard maintained by FINOS (Fintech Open Source Foundation) under the Community Specification License 1.0 for the standard itself and Apache License 2.0 for code. There are no usage fees, API call charges, or subscription costs for implementing or consuming the FDC3 standard. The specification, TypeScript/JavaScript npm packages, JSON schemas, and reference implementations are all freely available. FINOS membership (optional) ranges from free Associate membership for non-profits to $200,000/yr Platinum for large corporations, and grants governance participation rights — it is not required to use FDC3. Desktop Agent implementations (e.g. OpenFin, Finsemble, Glue42/Interop.io) are commercially licensed separately by their respective vendors.
Fdc3 Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for FDC3 on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 5 plans, covering free, freemium, and paid tiers, with named plans including Open Standard (Free), FINOS Associate Membership (Governance), FINOS Silver Membership (Governance), FINOS Gold Membership (Governance), FINOS Platinum Membership (Governance).
Tagged areas include Financial Services, Fintech, Desktop Interoperability, Open Standard, and FINOS.
Plans
The FDC3 specification, TypeScript/JavaScript API packages, JSON schemas, and reference documentation are free for anyone to implement, use, or build upon under the Community Specification License 1.0 (spec) and Apache 2.0 (code). No registration, API key, or membership is required.
Free FINOS membership for non-profits, government agencies, and academic institutions that want to participate in FDC3 governance. Does not affect API access.
Paid FINOS membership for organizations wanting governance influence over FDC3 and other FINOS standards. $10,000–$30,000/yr based on company size. Does not affect API access.
Gold-tier FINOS membership for $50,000/yr. Provides higher governance influence and visibility in the FINOS ecosystem. Does not affect API access.
Platinum-tier FINOS membership at $200,000/yr for the largest institutions. Maximum governance influence over FINOS standards including FDC3. Does not affect API access.