# Plans

The API Evangelist API and MCP server are built on sixteen years of independent API research.
**Discovery is free.** The research *depth* — full content, curated guides, and catalog
intelligence — is **Pro**.

| | Free | Pro | Team | Enterprise |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Price** | $0 | **$29/mo** | **$149/mo** | Contact |
| **Access** | Discovery — search, browse, tags, related, summaries | Everything, incl. full content, `/guide`, `/stats` | Everything in Pro | Everything + advisory |
| **Keys** | Keyless | 1 key | Multiple keys | Negotiated |
| **Rate limit** | 1,000 req/day | 5,000 req/day | 25,000 req/day | Custom |
| **Support** | Community | Email | Priority email | Kin, directly |

Pro and Team unlock the same capabilities — Team adds multiple keys, higher limits, and priority
support for a group. Enterprise pairs API access with Kin Lane's
[advisory engagements](https://apievangelist.com/services/). Prices are introductory; annual billing
and volume pricing are available on request.

## Free

Everything you need to discover and navigate the network, keyless:

- **Search & browse** every content type — 5,100+ stories, 77 topic areas, 2,500+ governance
  building blocks, papers, conversations, videos, solutions, tools, and vocabulary.
- **Summaries & metadata** for every item (title, summary, tags, links).
- **Tag taxonomy** — `/tags` and `/tags/{slug}`: the map of everything API Evangelist covers.
- **Related content** — `/{type}/{slug}/related`: the shared-tag relevance graph across the network.
- **Contact & feeds** — every way to engage, plus the static JSON feeds.

Rate limits: 5 req/s, 1,000 req/day. No key required.

## Pro

The research layer — for teams and agents that need the depth, not just the map:

| Capability | Endpoint / tool | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Full research content** | `?include=content` on any item | The complete markdown bodies and transcripts — the actual research, ready to quote and synthesize. |
| **Curated topic guides** | `/guide?topic=` · `guide_topic` | One call bundles the topic area, top guidance/rules/policies/standards, papers, recent stories, and the services that can help. |
| **Catalog intelligence** | `/stats` · `get_stats` | Per-type counts, stories-per-year, and the top tags by reach across the network. |

Pro also unlocks the paid **MCP prompts** (`research_topic`, `governance_starter_kit`,
`vendor_landscape`) and the `ae://stats` / `ae://guide/{topic}` MCP resources.

### Getting started with Pro

To start a **Pro** ($29/mo) or **Team** ($149/mo) plan, email
[info@apievangelist.com](mailto:info@apievangelist.com) with the plan you want and a short note on
what you're building — Kin Lane will get you a key and set up billing. (Self-serve checkout is on
the way; for now every plan starts with a quick email so limits are matched to your use case.)

Send your key in the `x-api-key` header:

```bash
curl "https://api.apievangelist.com/v1/guide?topic=api%20governance" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_PRO_KEY"
```

## Work directly with API Evangelist

The API and MCP are one way to tap the research. The other is working with Kin Lane directly — API
strategy, governance, discovery, and evangelism engagements drawn from the same sixteen years.
See [the services](https://apievangelist.com/services/) or email
[info@apievangelist.com](mailto:info@apievangelist.com).