Commercial Licensing
Kanehisa Laboratories owns and controls the rights to KEGG. Although the KEGG database is made freely available for academic use via the website, it is not in the public domain. All commercial use of KEGG requires a license. Pathway Solutions is the exclusive worldwide licensing agent for KEGG and provides the following licenses:
End User License
- For end consumers of KEGG
- Intended for internal research and development only
- Includes access rights to the KEGG FTP site for commercial users (the content is identical to the KEGG FTP site for academic users) and the KEGG website
Business License
- For businesses who assist end users (commercial end users with valid end user licenses or academic end users) by providing products or services
- Includes access rights to the KEGG FTP site
(Note) The Business License is available only for customers outside of Japan. A new service provider license is being prepared for Japanese customers.
Please email us at licensing@pathway.jp for more information
