Prices of user licences

A user licence is required for the use of research data. The user licence is subject to a charge. The price of a user licence depends on the time spent on preparing the licence.

The processing costs of a user licence are invoiced regardless of whether the application is approved or not. We also invoice any application cancelled or not supplemented after starting the processing.

Changes in the use purpose of the dataset are processed and priced similarly as licences concerning datasets.

No value added tax is charged on user licences.

Prices are valid as of 1 January 2026. Statistics Finland will review the pricing during 2026 and reserves the right to make changes.

User licence types	Typical measures included in the preparation of a user licence	Price, VAT 0 %
Minor change in user licence (preparation under 3 hours)	Simple licence changes not requiring analysis work. Such as Changes concerning users Continuation of the validity of a licence Adding a public external dataset	EUR 400
Normal user licence (preparation 3 to 4 hours)	Simple licences, e.g. Released datasets (e.g. cause of death datasets for medical research) Released anonymised interview-based research datasets Ready-made datasets or small expansions of remote access Adding an external licensed dataset	EUR 800
Extensive user licence (preparation 5 to 9 hours)	Licences requiring analysis work, e.g. Tailored datasets for remote acess use Ready-made datasets requiring analysis work or limitation External datasets requiring analysis work	EUR 1,600
Very extensive user licence (preparation 10 to 15 hours)	Licences requiring challenging analysis work, e.g. Analysis related to data protection	EUR 3,200

An hourly price in accordance with the price list valid at any given time is also charged for working time exceeding 15 hours.

User licence related to a thesis

The price of a user licence related to a thesis is EUR 500. The applicant must state in the application that it is a thesis-related licence.

The licence related to a thesis concerns the production of one thesis. If a project produces several theses or other outputs not related to the thesis, a normal or extensive user licence is applied.

The price of a minor change to a licence related to a thesis is EUR 175.

Prices of user licences

User licence related to a thesis

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