Free for students.
Straightforward for institutions.
Students never pay — the advising intelligence layer is free, no cap, no credit card. Institutions and platforms fund it through a REST API and MCP partnership.
Students
Free
No credit card. No usage cap. Always.
- ✓Live course search across 120+ active colleges and universities
- ✓Faculty research profiles, publications, and active NIH grants
- ✓Real degree requirements — not approximations
- ✓Academic fit scoring against any school's curriculum
- ✓AP/IB credit articulation across 30 covered schools
- ✓Multi-term course planning from your major and completed coursework
- ✓Career outcome data — salary ranges, job outlook, named internships
- ✓A saved academic profile that follows you across sessions
Institutions & platforms
Contact us
Scoped per integration — no published rate card.
- ✓REST API — academic fit, AP/IB credit articulation, multi-term planning
- ✓Hosted MCP server for agentic AI workflows
- ✓Per-institution usage analytics and coverage-gap signals
- ✓120+ active institutions, expanding toward 400
- ✓90-day deprecation notice on all API changes
- ✓99.5% monthly uptime, direct technical support
Frequently asked
Is Open Campus Advisor really free for students?
Yes. Every student-facing capability — course search, faculty research, degree requirements, fit scoring, AP/IB credit articulation, multi-term planning, and career outcomes — is free, with no usage cap and no credit card required. It stays free because institutions and platforms, not students, fund the API.
Do I need to create an account?
No account is required to ask questions through the ChatGPT GPT or the Claude.ai MCP connection. Signing in with Google is optional — it saves your academic profile (year, major, completed courses, goals) so it's available automatically in future sessions instead of restating it each time.
What does institutional API or MCP access cost?
Pricing for institutions and platforms is set per partnership, based on integration scope and expected volume. There's no published self-serve rate card — reach out and we'll scope it to what you're building.
Is there a free trial for institutions?
Course, faculty, and degree data on the REST API is publicly readable without a key. An x-api-key is required for usage attribution, per-institution analytics, and the personalization endpoints (fit scoring, credit articulation, multi-term planning) — contact us and we'll issue an evaluation key.
Will the free student tier ever become paid?
No. Free access for students is the model, not an introductory offer.