Based on the fee decree entering into force on 1 January 2026, the prices of data permits and Findata’s service fees will change. The aim of the changes is to clarify the fee categories and simplify the fee structure.
The fees charged for the services of the Social and Health Data Permit Authority are determined in accordance with the Act on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State (150/1992). The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has issued a fee decree for 2026.
The fee categories for data permits will change so that, in 2026, there will be one reduced fee category for researcher-driven studies instead of two.
For other data permits, there will be two fee categories instead of three: a limited data permit (processing time under 7 hours) and a normal data permit (processing time over 7 hours). Previously, data permits had three fee categories (limited, normal and extensive). The fee for Findata’s ready-made datasets will be the same as for normal data permits.
In addition, fees are increased for some services and reduced for minor amendments to data permits.
The decree applies to decisions and data processing carried out in 2026
The decree is valid from 1 January to 31 December 2026 and applies to all permit and data request decisions made during that period. The decree therefore also determines the prices for data requests as well as data permit and amendment applications that were pending before the decree entered into force.
The fee decree also defines the costs of hourly data processing and other work carried out by Findata. If a permit decision is made in 2025 but the data processing is carried out in 2026, the hourly work will be charged in accordance with the 2026 fee decree.
We will update the Pricing page with the new information on 2 January 2026.
Findata’s service and permit fees in 2026
Data permits
| Price category | Criteria | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Data permit for a thesis | A data permit related to a thesis for an applicant who is domiciled in Finland or another EU or EEA country. If the project produces several theses or other outputs not related to the thesis, another permit fee category will be applied. | €250.00 |
| Limited data permit | The processing of the application takes less than 7 hours and the applicant’s place of business is an EU or EEA country. For example, new research questions without changes to the data or new extractions. | €300.00 |
| Normal data permit | The processing of the application takes more than 7 hours or the application concerns Findata’s ready-made datasets and the applicant’s place of business is an EU or EEA country. | €1,600.00 Before €1,400.00 (normal data permit) / €2,000.0 extensive data permit) |
| Data permit for researcher-driven research | Data permit for the applicant whose place of operation is in Finland or another EU or EEA country and it concerns research that is conducted without external funding or with funding from a public health care unit, university, research institute or other public or non-profit association. | €800.00 Before €700.00 (normal data permit) / €1,000.00 extensive data permit) |
| Data permit for outside the EU or EEA area | Data permit for the applicant whose place of business is in a country outside the EU or EEA. | €3,000.00 |
Amendment permits
| Price category | Criteria | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Minor amendment or change | The application seeks one or more of the following amendments or changes : – extending the validity of the permit – changing the persons authorised to process the data – changing the controller of data disclosed with a data permit – changing the secure processing environment from Findata’s Kapseli environment to another service provider’s environment. | €230.00 Before €300.00 |
| Other amendment or change | The application seeks one or more of the following amendments or changes : – extending the period from which data is extracted, provided that the persons to be examined and the data to be extracted remain the same – expanding the processing of data outside the EU/EEA as opposed to the granted permit – adding variables to the data collection after the extraction has already taken place – combining data that some other authority has issued a permit for with the data covered in Findata’s permit | €700.00 Before €600.00 |
Data requests
| Price category | Criteria | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Data request for a thesis | A data request is related to a thesis for an applicant who is domiciled in Finland or another EU or EEA country. If the project produces several theses or other outputs not related to the thesis, the discounted price does not apply. | €250.00 |
| Data request decision for researcher-driven research | Research is conducted without external funding or with funding from a public health care unit, university, research institute or other public or non-profit association. The applicant must be established in an EU or EEA country and the application must be accompanied by an explanation of how the research will be funded. | €1,300.00 Before €1,250.00 |
| Data request | All other data requests. | €2,600.00 Before €2,500.00 |
Expiry decisions
| Payment category | Criteria | Price |
| Free of charge expiry decision | The applicant withdraws the application before Findata has started processing it. | €0.00 |
| Charge of approx. 20% of the permit fee | The applicant withdraws the application when Findata has started processing the application but before the cost estimate requests for data extraction have been sent to the controllers. | Hourly charge of €81.00/hour Before 80.00/hour |
| Charge of approx. 60% of the permit fee | The applicant withdraws the application after the cost estimate requests for data extraction have been sent to the controllers but before a cost estimate summary has been sent to the applicant. | Hourly charge of €81.00/hour Before 80.00/hour |
| Charge of approx. 75% of the permit fee | The applicant withdraws the application after receiving the cost estimate summary. | Hourly charge of €81.00/hour Before 80.00/hour |
Data processing
| Price category | Criteria | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Data processing and transferring | Hourly fee for data combining, pre-processing, pseudonymisation and/or anonymisation and transferring. Minimum one hour. | €151.00/hour Before €147.00/hour |
Read more (in Finnish)
- Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön asetus Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tietolupaviranomaisen suoritteiden maksullisuudesta (PDF, 64 kt)
- Maksuasetus Findatan asiakasmaksuista hankeikkunassa (stm.fi)
- Maksuasetus Findatan asiakasmaksuista lausuntopalvelussa (lausuntopalvelu.fi)
Contact
Essi Suonvieri
Senior Specialist,
p. 0295 163 137
firstname.surname(at)gov.fi
Mervi Siltanen
Acting Director, Findata
mervi.siltanen(at)findata.fi