Pricing
Priced by the book, not by the seat.
Every plan includes the full studio — recall, continuity, collaboration, versions, export. Collaborators are always free to invite. Paid plans unlock the generative AI routes, and managed cloud AI is prepaid: never a surprise on an invoice.
Free
$0
Your personal workspace, forever
- 1 project · 5,000 words
- Every deterministic tool — recall, continuity, knowledge
- Collaboration, versions, export
- —No generative AI routes
Writer
$10/month
One work in progress, AI unlocked
- 1 project · 10,000 words
- Local AI on your machine — no usage fees
- Bring your own API keys
- Managed cloud, prepaid from $5
Author
For novels$30/month
A full manuscript and its companions
- 3 projects · 100,000 words
- Everything in Writer
- Room for the novel, its notes, and book two
Studio
$50/month
Series, teams, and writers’ rooms
- 100 projects · 1,000,000 words
- Everything in Writer
- Collaborators never cost a seat
Monthly only in v1 — no annual interval, no paid trial, no per-collaborator billing, no word or project overage charges.
| What you get | Free | Writer | Author | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Projects | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 |
| Canonical words across projects | 5,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Recall, continuity checks, knowledge, sources — deterministic, private | ||||
| Live collaboration, comments, tracked suggestions | ||||
| Versions, review copies, publishing, and export — DOCX, EPUB, PDF, more | ||||
| Local AI on your machine — Ollama, LM Studio, compatible servers | — | |||
| Bring your own API keys — billed by your provider, no Publighter fee | — | |||
| Publighter-managed cloud AI — prepaid balance, no included credit | — |
Managed cloud AI
Prepaid. Reserved. Settled. Never negative.
Fund a balance from $5. Before any managed request runs, its maximum possible cost is reserved from that balance; when it finishes, only the actual cost settles. If the balance can't cover the reserve, the request simply doesn't start — your invoice can't surprise you, and Local or your own keys keep working.
- Provider, model, and maximum cost shown before every request
- Optional auto-recharge with a hard monthly cap you set
- Workspace and project budgets stop dispatch — never your typing
$0.08 committed / $0.19 maximum reserved — the same numbers the editor's status bar shows during the run.
Downgrading never locks your words away
Projects over the new limit stay readable, searchable, and exportable — read-only until they fit or you upgrade. Your manuscript is never held hostage.
One free personal workspace, always
Every account includes it. A second workspace you own needs a paid plan — joining someone else’s is always free.
Words are counted honestly
Only canonical manuscript words count against your plan — not history, comments, suggestions, knowledge, or AI drafts you haven’t accepted.