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Wolfram Alpha API now free and open
- riffer 16y agoBeware: The free development account is allowed a maximum of 2,000 calls per month
- Turing_Machine 16y agoIf they're going to offer a commodity service, they should probably come up with a better pricing structure than "call a salesman".
- wheaties 16y agoTheir last pricing strategy failed horribly because it was too expensive. I hope they're just searching for a price point rather than hiding their fees. Anyone in contact with them about pricing?
- svetlins 16y agoWhat is Wolfram Alpha's business model?
- metatronscube 16y agoTo hook you like a fish
- piramida 16y agoThe reason they failed is fairly simple. People are not that smart, on average, so the usage of their service, besides initial "have some fun" period, is limited to data researchers (of all kinds), scientists and students. It may be not the smallest audience, but I think their best bet would be working on direct deals with schools and universities instead of trying to attract small-scale developers -- why would developers be interested in a project that probably won't ever pay back but will start charging after 2000 uses?
- iamjustlooking 16y agoAt 2000 requests per month that is one request about every 20 minutes, laughable.
- mark_l_watson 16y agoI signed up for it and have played with the Ruby client library. While the limit of 2000 per month free API calls seems limiting it is enough for both play and possibly using it to generate some machine learning data for your own experiments (e.g., learn to produce similar results in a very narrow domain).
- MJR 16y agofree and open to all developers making a maximum of 2000 requests per month for non-commercial usage. Doesn't sound very free and open.