# Pricing & Access - Vedang Vatsa (veda.ng)

Veda is 100% Free and Open-Access for humans and autonomous AI agents.

## Pricing Tiers

### 1. Public & Developer Tier ($0 / month)
- **Cost**: $0 USD (Free, Keyless, Open Access)
- **Academic Research Search**: Unlimited queries across 233,000+ indexed papers in AI and Web3 (backed by OpenAlex)
- **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**: Unauthenticated access to Product MCP (`/.well-known/mcp`) and Docs MCP (`/.well-known/mcp/docs`)
- **Long-Form Essays & Research**: Full-text reading and Markdown twins (`.md`) across all publications
- **Educational Curriculum**: Free access to Prompt Engineering, MCP Development, Vibe Coding, and Agentic Web courses
- **Technical Glossary**: 100+ plain-language definitions
- **REST API Rate Limit**: Standard RFC 60 requests/minute keyless bucket
- **Authentication Required**: None (No credit card, no account required)

### 2. Commercial & Enterprise Usage
- **Terms**: Open access under standard web usage policies
- **Machine Readability**: 100% supported via OpenAPI 3.1, JSON-RPC 2.0, and Markdown content negotiation
- **SLA / Custom Integrations**: Contact Vedang Vatsa via https://veda.ng/contact