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title: "Nutritionix API Pricing: Plans, Active-User Limits and Trials"
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last_reviewed: "2026-11-04"
description: "Nutritionix lists Starter at $499 a month for 200 active users, MVP at $999 for 1,000 and Unicorn from $1,850, billed annually. No public free tier."
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# Nutritionix API Pricing: Plans, Active-User Limits and Trials

> As of November 4, 2026, Nutritionix's API page lists four plans, billed annually: a free Business Trial for up to 2 monthly active users, Starter at $499 a month for up to 200, MVP at $999 for up to 1,000, and Unicorn from $1,850 a month with a customizable user count. Its developer portal says it no longer keeps a public free-access tier and offers limited trial accounts through its sales team, and the API page says it no longer offers non-commercial free trials. Freemium apps, hardware products and apps above 100K monthly active users are sent to a custom plan.

- Canonical: https://aifitnessapi.com/pricing/nutritionix-api-pricing
- Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
- Publisher: AIFitnessAPI (https://aifitnessapi.com) — independent, not sponsored
- Cite as: "Nutritionix API Pricing: Plans, Active-User Limits and Trials", AIFitnessAPI, https://aifitnessapi.com/pricing/nutritionix-api-pricing

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## What Nutritionix charges

Nutritionix publishes its plan table on its API page. As we read it on November 4, 2026:

| Plan | List price | Monthly active users | Attribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Trial | Free | Up to 2 | Required |
| Starter | $499 a month | Up to 200 | Required |
| MVP | $999 a month | Up to 1,000 | Required |
| Unicorn | From $1,850 a month | Customizable | "Removable Option" |

"API plans are billed annually." The page also says: "If you have a freemium app business model, sell a hardware product, or have more than 100K monthly active users, please contact us to discuss a customized pricing plan to fit your needs." Every page on this site about Nutritionix is collected in the [Nutritionix API overview](/apis/nutritionix); to call it, see the [Nutritionix API integration guide](/integrate/nutritionix-api).

## The free trial is no longer public

The plan table still shows a free Business Trial with a "Request an API Key" row, but Nutritionix's developer portal tells a different story: "due to increased misuse of free trial accounts, we are no longer able to maintain a public free-access tier." Instead, for "a commercial, research, or enterprise application", its team will "provide a limited trial account tailored to your use case" after you contact sales. The API page's FAQ adds: "we no longer offer non-commercial free trials." Plan for a sales conversation before your first API key.

## Our arithmetic

Our calculations from the list prices, not a quote from Nutritionix:

| Plan | A year at list price | Price per active user at the limit |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $5,988 | About $2.50 |
| MVP | $11,988 | About $1.00 |
| Unicorn | From $22,200 | Depends on the users you negotiate |

Because billing is annual, the commitment is the yearly figure, not the monthly one. Your 201st monthly active user moves you from Starter to MVP, doubling the list price.

**Non-profits.** "For non-profits on annual pricing plans over $6K/year, we offer a 10% discount." By our arithmetic Starter, at $5,988 a year, sits just under that line; MVP clears it, so the discount would be about $1,199 a year.

## What the price buys

Nutritionix's API page describes natural-language food logging ("Turn spoken text into precise nutrition analysis"), autocomplete search, common foods built from the USDA database and curated by its dietitians, and "over 1M grocery foods with barcodes and 203K restaurant foods". The table's other rows are Natural Language Engine, Barcode Scanning, Derived Wellness Claims, Caching Allowed, Request Database Additions, Support and an uptime guarantee of 99.9%. Which plan gets which of those is shown with marks that did not come through in the page text we read, so confirm the row you care about, caching above all, with Nutritionix.

**Bulk licensing instead.** If you would rather hold the data, Nutritionix sells "a monthly export of our entire database in CSV format" under Bulk Database Licensing, priced by contact.

**The company behind it.** The site's footer reads "© 2026 Syndigo LLC", and its homepage says "Our full website is temporarily offline while we roll out major upgrades", with the database and API "still available" to registered partners.

## Evaluating Nutritionix on price

If Nutritionix is the API you are evaluating, check four things first:

- **Your monthly active users.** The plan limits are 2, 200 and 1,000, and Nutritionix's pages we read do not define a monthly active user; ask how it counts one.
- **Caching.** If you plan to store results, confirm that your plan allows caching.
- **Attribution.** It is required on every plan below Unicorn, which offers a removable option.
- **Your business model.** Freemium apps and hardware products are sent to a custom plan, so the table may not apply to you at all.

## How it compares

Nutritionix's entry price is higher than most nutrition data sources this site covers, several of which are free. [Nutrition API pricing](/pricing/nutrition-api-pricing) compares the field, [Nutritionix vs Edamam](/compare/nutritionix-vs-edamam) the closest commercial pair, and [Nutritionix alternatives](/alternatives/nutritionix-alternatives) the free and paid options if the plans do not fit.

## What we could not verify

- Which features each plan includes; the plan table's marks are images.
- How Nutritionix counts a monthly active user.
- Which plans the Support and uptime rows apply to: the page text shows three values each for four plans.
- Whether a Business Trial key can still be requested self-serve, since the developer portal says trials now go through sales.

*Plans above are from Nutritionix's pages as read on November 4, 2026. Re-read the live API page before you sign.*

## Sources

- [www.nutritionix.com/api](https://www.nutritionix.com/api) — plan table, annual billing, custom plans, FAQ, data coverage (snapshot) (checked 2026-11-04)
- [developer.nutritionix.com/](https://developer.nutritionix.com/) — no public free-access tier, limited trials via sales (snapshot) (checked 2026-11-04)
- [www.nutritionix.com/](https://www.nutritionix.com/) — site offline notice, bulk licensing, Syndigo (snapshot) (checked 2026-11-04)

## FAQ

### Can I still sign up for a free Nutritionix API key?

Not publicly. As of November 4, 2026, Nutritionix's developer portal says misuse of free trial accounts means it no longer maintains a public free-access tier, and that its sales team provides limited trial accounts for commercial, research or enterprise projects. Its API page also says it no longer offers non-commercial free trials, although its plan table still lists a free Business Trial for 2 active users.

[Permalink](https://aifitnessapi.com/pricing/nutritionix-api-pricing#faq-1)

### How much does Nutritionix cost per year?

By our arithmetic from its list prices on November 4, 2026: $5,988 for Starter ($499 a month, up to 200 monthly active users), $11,988 for MVP ($999 a month, up to 1,000) and from $22,200 for Unicorn (from $1,850 a month). Nutritionix bills API plans annually, so the yearly figure is the commitment. Freemium and hardware products get a custom plan.

[Permalink](https://aifitnessapi.com/pricing/nutritionix-api-pricing#faq-2)

### Which Nutritionix plan lets me remove attribution?

Only Unicorn. Nutritionix's plan table, read on November 4, 2026, shows attribution as required on the Business Trial, Starter and MVP plans and a removable option on Unicorn, which starts at $1,850 a month billed annually. If your design cannot show a Nutritionix credit, price Unicorn.

[Permalink](https://aifitnessapi.com/pricing/nutritionix-api-pricing#faq-3)

### Does Nutritionix offer a non-profit discount?

Yes, above a threshold. Its API page, read on November 4, 2026, says non-profits on annual pricing plans over $6K a year get a 10% discount. By our arithmetic, Starter at $5,988 a year falls just below that line and MVP at $11,988 clears it, for a discount of about $1,199 a year.

[Permalink](https://aifitnessapi.com/pricing/nutritionix-api-pricing#faq-4)