The split is not a pricing tactic. A reviewer who cannot check which public records the index draws on — without paying — cannot review it, and an index nobody can review is worth less than the access fee. So the descriptive surface stays open, and the meter runs on computation.
Free, no key#
What the index measures, the structural formula behind each dimension, the source inventory, the connector registry, the record types, and the public challenge process — because charging to dispute a published result would make the correction mechanism a product.
index · methodology · sources · connectors · downloads · schema · codebook · relational · traceability · assurance · governance · challenges
Requires a key#
score · validate · sensitivity · series · lineage · conformance · rehearsal · intake · calibration · release · dossiers
Tiers#
| Tier | Term | Intended use |
|---|---|---|
| Research | 365 days | One year of access to the compute endpoints for a named researcher or team. Intended for methodology review, replication, and teaching. |
| Commercial | 365 days | One year of access for use inside a commercial product or service, including redistribution of derived figures with attribution. |
Prices are set in Stripe and shown on the checkout page rather than here, so there is one place a price can be wrong instead of two.
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Using a key#
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <key>" \
https://gii.apiautomations.com/api/v1/seriesAn x-api-key header works too. A key is a bearer credential: anyone holding it can use it, so treat it as a password.
What a key does and does not do#
- It is not stored. The key carries its own claims and a signature; nothing is written down when it is issued. That means it cannot be recovered — if it is lost, the remedy is a new purchase — and it also means there is no key database to breach.
- It expires rather than being metered. There is no per-request quota, because counting requests needs somewhere to write and this design has nowhere. A key is time-bounded, not volume-bounded.
- Revocation is possible but manual. A key can be added to a deny list if it is compromised. It is not instant and it is not self-service.
- GII-US is pre-pilot. The compute endpoints run the reference implementation on supplied or illustrative inputs. No production score exists for any real government decision, and buying access does not change that. Read what is actually built before deciding it is worth paying for.