Member

Member is the entry annual plan, at $5,000/year — for organizations that rely on OpenAlex and want a bigger API budget, organizational tooling, and a voice in where OpenAlex goes. To buy or ask questions, email sales@openalex.org; for prepaid-usage alternatives and purchase mechanics, see Buying & renewing.

Benefits

$20/day API budget

Every day, your organization gets $20 of API usage — 20× the free tier, worth $7,300 over a year. That’s a 32% saving compared to buying the same usage pay-as-you-go.

Admin dashboard

Manage your organization’s users and billing in one place. How to activate →

Community representation

Nominate candidates for the Community Advisory Board that helps guide OpenAlex’s direction, and attend our quarterly supporter meetings — open-forum roundtables with the product team. Advisory board nominations → · Quarterly supporter meetings →

Support

Member includes community support: post to our public forum and get help from community members. For ticket-based support from our team, see Member+ and Partner.

For academic & government institutions

Academic and government subscribers get two additional benefits on every plan tier:

Affiliation editor

Curate how OpenAlex matches author affiliation statements to your institution — fixing your institution’s profile at the source. How to activate →

Unsub access

A free subscription to Unsub, our tool for forecasting and supporting toll-access journal cancellations, used by hundreds of libraries worldwide. How to activate →

Add-ons and upgrades

Any plan can add the PDF sync service — persistent sync of our full open-access PDF archive to your own storage. Need a bigger budget, daily sync, or real support tickets? Member+ includes everything here and more.