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No reduced features: all available APIs and services and 5 GB of storage.

Trial means training: access tutorials, walkthroughs, code samples, and experts to help you along the way.

Trial duration: free trials last 90 days.

After Trial: your account will automatically roll into Full Access granting you commercial use of all free and premium APIs. Note if your apps call premium APIs you will begin to incur charges (see pricing below).

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Full Access to Autodesk Platform Services (formerly Forge) 

Full Access: total access to all free and premium APIs and services. Includes additional storage with Full Access.

Free API access: enjoy unlimited and uninterrupted use of free APIs.

Premium API access: once your account is Full Access you will begin to incur charges if your apps call premium APIs (see pricing below).

No renewal needed: having a positive balance of Flex tokens will enable Full Access to Autodesk Platform Services (formerly Forge).

Grace Period: if your account goes into a negative balance of Flex tokens then you will enter a 14-day grace period. After the grace period elapses your account may risk suspension.

Add Flex tokens: purchase additional Flex tokens as needed and get a full year to use them.

Manage your usage: visit the Usage Analytics page to check your Flex token usage and balance.

For enterprise: volume discounts start at 5,000+ Flex tokens. Submit this form to get help assessing your needs or to purchase from a sales representative.

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Pay-per-call API pricing pilot

Pay-per-call pricing applies to customers who do not have existing subscriptions to Autodesk software. These customers are not eligible for the subscription plans. The pay-per-call pricing uses tokens that you pre-purchase to access the following API endpoints.

All other endpoints associated with these APIs are free.

Pay-per-call APIs and endpoints
Data Management API GET
  • Endpoint 1: Get Folder Details
  • Endpoint 2: Get Folder Contents
  • Endpoint 3: Search folder hierarchy

1 token per 2,000 API calls
BIM 360 Issues API GET calls
1 token per 1,000 API calls
ACC Issues API GET calls
1 token per 1,000 API calls
Pay-per-call APIs and endpoints
Costs (tokens)
Value per token
Data Management API GET
  • Endpoint 1: Get Folder Details
  • Endpoint 2: Get Folder Contents
  • Endpoint 3: Search folder hierarchy
1
2,000 API calls
BIM 360 Issues API GET calls
1
1,000 API calls
ACC Issues API GET calls
1
1,000 API calls

API Subscription Pilot

Eligibility*: you are an Autodesk customer with existing subscription(s) to Autodesk software, you do not have an Enterprise Business Agreement, and you are in the UK, Italy, or Spain.

Cost: 3,260 GBP or 3,725 EUR per month.**

Free or Paid: Customers with usage below these thresholds will automatically be enrolled in free subscriptions. Customers with usage at or above any of these thresholds may participate in the paid subscription plan.

  • Data Management API - 2,000,000 API calls per month
    • Endpoint 1: Get Folder Details
    • Endpoint 2: Get Folder Contents
    • Endpoint 3: Search folder hierarchy
  • ACC Issues API GET endpoint – 300,000 API calls per month 
  • BIM 360 Issues API GET endpoint – 1,000,000 API calls per month 

* Eligibility: Autodesk reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, who is eligible to participate in this pilot. You may only access and use the APIs in this pilot for your internal business use pursuant to the Autodesk General Terms of Use.

** For the duration of the pilot, pricing per month is 3,260 GBP or 3,725 EUR. Other currencies may be supported, and any corresponding currency conversion rate as of the pilot launch date will be applied to the pilot pricing.

Map of regions for the API pricing pilot

Benefits of the Autodesk Platform Services (formerly Forge) 

Autodesk Platform Services APIs, Flex tokens, and token estimator

Premium APIs and Services
Design Automation API for Fusion
3.0 Flex tokens per processing hour
Design Automation API (all others)
2.0 Flex tokens per processing hour
Flow Graph Engine API
1.0 Flex token per processing hour
Model Derivative API
0.5 Flex tokens per complex jobs
0.1 Flex tokens per simple job
Reality Capture API
1.0 Flex token per 50 photos processed
Premium APIs and Services
Costs
Info
Design Automation API for Fusion
3.0
Flex tokens per processing hour
Design Automation API (all others)
2.0
Flex tokens per processing hour
Flow Graph Engine API
1.0
Flex token per processing hour
Model Derivative API
0.5
Flex tokens per complex jobs
0.1
Flex tokens per simple job
Reality Capture API
1.0
Flex token per 50 photos processed
Pay-per-call APIs and endpoints
Data Management API GET
  • Endpoint 1: Get Folder Details
  • Endpoint 2: Get Folder Contents
  • Endpoint 3: Search folder hierarchy

1 token per 2,000 API calls
BIM 360 Issues API GET calls
1 token per 1,000 API calls
ACC Issues API GET calls
1 token per 1,000 API calls
Pay-per-call APIs and endpoints
Costs (tokens)
Value per token
Data Management API GET
  • Endpoint 1: Get Folder Details
  • Endpoint 2: Get Folder Contents
  • Endpoint 3: Search folder hierarchy
1
2,000 API calls
BIM 360 Issues API GET calls
1
1,000 API calls
ACC Issues API GET calls
1
1,000 API calls

Flex tokens expire 12 months after date of purchase. 

**TokenFlex API is usable by enterprise customers only 

All prices shown in US dollars. Your use of Autodesk Platform Services ("APS") (formerly Forge) as a Flex offering is subject to the terms included in the APS Terms of Service (available here), the General Terms (available here), and the Flex terms (available here). If there is any conflict between the APS Terms of Services, the General Terms, and the Flex terms, the APS Terms of Service will control in relation to their subject matter.

Autodesk will provide Autodesk Platform Services (formerly Forge) API usage equivalent to the number of Flex tokens specified above.   

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