Pricing Options

Pay for what you use.

The authoring platform that works with any design system. Start free with the web app, download the desktop app for local workflows, and publish when you're ready.

Desktop App

Freeto explore

Live preview of your site as you edit. Work with local files, markdown, and any Foundation. Editing unlocked with a paid plan.

macOS, Windows, and Linux
Live site preview with any Foundation
Read-only on a free account
Full editing on any paid Author plan
Works with git, Google Drive, or any sync

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Author Plans

Free& plans from $8/mo

Create and manage your content, collections, and sites. Work with any Foundation and template.

Free Includes

Full visual editor in the browser
Standard Foundations and templates
1 GB storage
1 collaboration seat

Paid plans add

Desktop app editing
Dynamic content on your sites
More storage & collaboration seats
Machine translation credits

Start Free

Site Publishing

from$14/mo per site

Put your site live. Available on any account, including free. One plan per site, regardless of team size.

Every plan includes

Fast, reliable hosting with global CDN
Custom domain and SSL
Optimized assets (images, PDFs)

Available on higher plans

SEO-optimized publishing
Multilingual sites
Video hosting (no 3rd-party ads)
Site search, analytics & high-traffic

Managed directly in the App.

What does it cost?

It depends on your workflow. Here are some common paths.

Build and publish with the web app

$14/mo

Use the web app on a free account. Pick a template, create your site, and publish. No paid plan needed.

Create and publish with the desktop app

from $22/mo

Work with local files, live preview, and professional authoring tools. Requires an Author plan ($8/mo) plus site publishing.

Research group or lab

from $14/mo total

One published site, many contributors. Each member signs up free and uses their included collaboration seat to contribute through shared folders. The only cost is publishing.

Organization with a custom Foundation

$8/mo per author + publishing

Your agency or dev team builds a Foundation. Your content authors use the desktop app for content editing, or the web app for cloud collaboration. Live content distribution for articles, events, projects.

Common questions

Yes. The web app is fully functional on a free account — it's not a trial. The desktop app is free to download and explore in read-only mode. You can see your content rendered live with any Foundation. A paid plan unlocks editing.

No. You can publish a site from a free account. Publishing is a separate per-site cost starting at $14/mo. A paid account plan is only needed for desktop app editing, more cloud storage, translation credits, or additional collaboration seats.

No. They're for different workflows. The web app is for working in the browser with cloud content. The desktop app is for working with local files on your machine. Choose the one that fits, or use both — one account covers everything.

Every account includes one collaboration seat. To work with someone, one of you uses a seat to establish the relationship — then you can share anything with each other. Either side can provide the seat. For larger teams, paid plans include more seats, or you can add them for $4/mo each.

Yes. If contributors use the web app, they can stay on free accounts and each use their included collaboration seat. The only required cost is publishing the site itself. Desktop app contributors need a paid plan for editing.

Your content is always yours. If you cancel publishing, your site goes offline but your content stays in the web app or in your local files. If you downgrade your account, the desktop app switches to read-only — your files don't change.

Everything is managed in your account settings inside the app. Publishing options appear when you're ready to publish a specific site. The pricing page you're reading now is just an overview — the app guides you through decisions with full context.