Tvdb Plans Pricing
TheTVDB sells API access through two parallel models: a subscriber-supported model where each end user maintains a personal $12/year TheTVDB subscription and the developer uses a free API key on their behalf, and a negotiated commercial license tiered by company annual revenue. The commercial tiers are free under $50k revenue (attribution required), $1,000/year for $50k-$250k, $10,000/year for $250k-$1M, and custom-negotiated terms above $1M. Both models require an API key minted from the dashboard and use JWT bearer auth acquired via /login. Pricing and terms can change at any time without notice.
Tvdb Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for TheTVDB on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 5 plans, covering freemium, tiered, subscription, and enterprise tiers, with named plans including Subscriber-Supported API, Commercial — Under $50k Revenue, Commercial — $50k-$250k Revenue, Commercial — $250k-$1M Revenue, Commercial — $1M+ Revenue (Enterprise).
Tagged areas include Television, Movies, Metadata, and Entertainment.
Plans
Free API key for developers whose end users each hold an active $12/year TheTVDB subscription. The subscriber pin is passed alongside the API key to /login.
- Full v4 REST API access
- JWT bearer authentication (1 month tokens)
- Updates endpoint for incremental sync
- Postman collection
- Official Python SDK
- Attribution requirement "Metadata provided by TheTVDB"
Free commercial usage for companies with annual revenue under $50k, provided the consuming product displays "Metadata provided by TheTVDB" with a direct link to TheTVDB.com.
- Full v4 REST API access
- Attribution requirement
- Suitable for hobby / pre-revenue / early-stage projects
Negotiated commercial license for companies with annual revenue between $50k and $250k.
- Full v4 REST API access
- Negotiated commercial terms
- Use of TheTVDB data in commercial products
Negotiated commercial license for companies with annual revenue between $250k and $1M.
- Full v4 REST API access
- Negotiated commercial terms
- Use of TheTVDB data in commercial products at scale
Custom-negotiated commercial license for companies with annual revenue above $1M. Contact TheTVDB for terms.
- Full v4 REST API access
- Custom commercial terms negotiated directly with TheTVDB
- Large-scale media / streaming / catalog use cases