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.
Plans
Limited demo access available for the FoodData Central API using the DEMO_KEY without registration. Suitable for initial exploration and testing only.
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.
Elevated rate limits available on request for applications requiring more than the standard thresholds. Contact the respective USDA agency to request increased limits.