Licensing Program

Annual fee, based on terms of Partner Agreement

There are several benefits to becoming a Commercial Use Licensing Partner:

• Provides access to available X12 work products;
• Supports timely delivery of new versions as they are published, at a fixed annual cost;
• Adapts X12’s business model to include modern distribution mediums, and fairly shared costs, supporting the long-term vision for a strong library of effective, efficient, and responsive e-commerce standards; and,
• Enables compliant licensees to leverage X12 Intellectual Property (IP) for their specific uses without being concerned about legal infringements or fair use violations.

If you’re representing an organization that is or intends to use X12 IP in an solution to license or otherwise provide to your customer, a third party - then you, the organization you represent is considered an X12 Commercial Use Licensing Partner.

$3,600 annual fee

There are several benefits to becoming an Internal Use Licensing Partner:

• Provides access to available X12 work products;
• Supports timely delivery of new versions as they are published, at a fixed annual cost;
• Adapts X12’s business model to include modern distribution mediums, and fairly shared costs, supporting the long-term vision for a strong library of effective, efficient, and responsive e-commerce standards; and,
• Enables compliant licensees to leverage X12 Intellectual Property (IP) for their specific uses without being concerned about legal infringements or fair use violations.

If you’re representing an organization that is or intends to use X12 IP in an internal solution to send or receive X12 transactions - then you, the organization you represent is considered an X12 Internal Use Licensing Partner.

$180 annual fee

There are several benefits as a Licensed User:

• Allows you to leverage X12 standards that are embedded in your software or service providers offering;
• Provides timely access to view available X12 work products through Glass, X12's Online Viewer for easy reference and troubleshooting, if offered by your software or service provider;
• Adapts X12’s business model to include modern distribution mediums, and fairly shared costs, supporting the long-term vision for a strong library of effective, efficient, and responsive e-commerce standards; and,
• Enables compliant licensees to leverage X12 Intellectual Property (IP) for their specific uses without being concerned about legal infringements or fair use violations.

$1,200 annual fee

There are several benefits to being a Licensed Developer:

• Provides access to and development-only use of available X12 work products, for a low fixed annual fee;
• Supports timely delivery of new versions as they are published for reference by licensees that they may not have previously been able to see;
• Adapts X12's business model to include modern distribution mediums, and fairly shared costs, supporting the long-term vision for a strong library of effective, efficient, and responsive e-commerce standards; and,
• Enables companies to leverage X12 Intellectual Property (IP) for their specific internal uses without being concerned about legal infringements or fair use violations.

If you're representing an organization that is or intends to use X12 IP - it's standards, TR3s and derivatives - in an internal solution to send or receive X12 transactions, then you, the organization you represent is considered a Developer. In most cases, once a developed solution is in production, you transition to the Commercial or Internal Use license category to obtain the appropriate usage rights and maintain access while continuing to use X12 work internally.