Wolfram|Alpha Opens Up Paid API
Wolfram|Alpha, the very impressive fact engine, has announced their new API that will allow third-parties to access and display results from their database. The API is priced out with three tiers: Developer & Personal Use Plans Small & Medium Business Plans (up to 750,000 requests per month) Enterprise Plans (over a million requests per month) […]
Barry Schwartz on October 16, 2009 at 9:05 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Wolfram|Alpha, the very impressive fact engine, has announced their new API that will allow third-parties to access and display results from their database.
The API is priced out with three tiers:
- Developer & Personal Use Plans
- Small & Medium Business Plans (up to 750,000 requests per month)
- Enterprise Plans (over a million requests per month)
The data within Wolfram|Alpha is rich and detailed, where many search engines, universities, businesses and individuals can benefit from on some level.
There have been rumors of a private API for a while now, some suspected a deal with Bing in the past.
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