Scientific & engineering notation
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Scientific Notation API
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Scientific number representation as an API. The scientific endpoint expresses a number in both scientific notation (one digit before the decimal point × a power of ten) and engineering notation (the exponent a multiple of three, lining up with SI prefixes), and reports the mantissa and exponent. The sigfigs endpoint rounds a number to a chosen number of significant figures, and counts the significant figures in a value — respecting the rules for leading zeros, trailing zeros and the decimal point, and flagging the ambiguous cases such as "1200". The si-prefix endpoint formats a number with the right metric prefix (1500 → 1.5 k, 2.3×10⁹ → 2.3 G, 0.0023 → 2.3 m) with an optional unit, and parses a prefixed value back to a plain number (2.2 MΩ → 2,200,000). Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for science and engineering tools, lab and measurement software, electronics and signal work, and education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 4 endpoints. This is scientific number representation; for locale number formatting use a number-format API and for number-to-words or Roman numerals use a number API.
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Free
Free
- 8,635 calls / month
- 2 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 8,635 calls/month
- 2 req/sec
- Scientific + sigfigs + SI prefix
- No credit card
Starter
€10.15 /month
- 18,150 calls / month
- 8 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 18.15k calls/month
- 8 req/sec
- Engineering notation
- Email support
Pro
€30.05 /month
- 232,500 calls / month
- 20 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 232.5k calls/month
- 20 req/sec
- Science / engineering pipelines
- Priority support
Mega
€68.05 /month
- 1,205,000 calls / month
- 50 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 1.205M calls/month
- 50 req/sec
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How much does Scientific Notation API cost?
Scientific Notation API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €10.15 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
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Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
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curl https://api.oanor.com/sigfig-api/SOME_PATH \
-H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/sigfig-api/SOME_PATH", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/sigfig-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/sigfig-api/SOME_PATH",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
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