BioCyc Academic/Non-Profit Subscriptions

Academic/Non-Profit subscriptions provide unlimited, unrestricted access to all of the BioCyc databases, which currently number over 20,000.

Purchase an Academic/Non-Profit Subscription for an Individual or Lab

Purchase a subscription by credit card -- provides one year of access to BioCyc by a single person or lab.

Contact your institution's library -- in many cases libraries will purchase a subscription for the entire institution (see below) at no cost to you.

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Purchase for Academic/Non-Profit 2024 (USD)​
Individual $375
Student​ $175
Lab ≤ 5 people $675
Lab ≤ 10 people​ $850
Lab ≤ 15 people $1,025


Purchase an Institutional Academic/Non-Profit Subscription

Subscription Pricing

After the first year, annual or multiyear subscription prices are based on usage in the previous year. Not shown in the pricing table are first-year subscription prices, which are based on the size of organizations and likely correlate to the amount of usage. Contact us for details. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
Pricing Level Academic/Non-Profit 2024 (USD)​
Level 1​ $1,618
Level 2​ $2,772​
Level 3​ $4,225​
Level 4​ $6,041​
Level 5​ $8,462
Level 6​ $11,487
Level 7​ $14,840
Level 8​ $18,020
Level 9​ $21,200

An academic consortium discount is available if two or more institutions in the same university system subscribe and pay under one transaction. Please contact us for more information.

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