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KEGG Commercial Licensing

KEGG is a self-sustaining database. Without any substantial public funding, Kanehisa Laboratories continues to develop KEGG and makes the KEGG website freely available on a trust basis. Please honor the request made by Kanehisa Laboratories (see Non-academic use of KEGG) and obtain a license for any commercial use of KEGG. Pathway Solutions operates the KEGG FTP site and the KEGG mirror website for commercial customers and provides the following licenses.
End User License
  • For end consumers of KEGG
  • Includes rights to download and use KEGG FTP data (see content) internally for business purposes
  • Optionally includes rights to access the KEGG mirror site and use KEGG mapping tools (KEGG Mapper and KEGG Web Apps) for research and development purposes
  • License given to a legal entity; a group including affiliates may also be eligible
Service Provider License
  • For customers providing services using KEGG
  • Includes rights to provide services to authorized end users (commercial end users with valid end user licenses or academic end users)
  • Includes rights to download and use KEGG FTP data
  • Includes rights to access and use KEGG mapping tools at the KEGG mirror website
The terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement (EULA) and the Service provider License Agreement (SPLA) are not negotiable. By simplifying the licensing procedure, Pathway Solutions can spend more time and effort to focus on its primary role of making KEGG a sustainable project. Besides, the newly introduced EULA and SPLA are less complicated and less stringent. However, on condition that the customer agrees to pay a surcharge the following legacy license, which is negotiable, may be given.
Business License
  • For businesses that cannot be covered by the standard licenses
  • Includes rights to download and use KEGG FTP data
  • No rights to use KEGG web service
Please use the following form to request for a license or make any other inquiry to the Licensing Department of Pathway Solutions. Direct emails are not accepted.
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