Our plans
Scribeist offers a free plan plus paid plans in two billing styles:
| Plan | Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | Testing Scribeist with basic features |
| Hobby | $15 monthly or $144/year | Writers who want standard Scribeist-managed AI usage |
| Pro | $24 monthly or $230/year | Writers who want higher AI limits and advanced features |
| Hobby (BYOK) | $10 monthly or $96/year | Writers who want to use their own AI provider |
| Pro (BYOK) | $18 monthly or $173/year | Writers who want advanced features with their own AI provider |
Annual plans save approximately 20% and continue receiving their included AI allowance each calendar month.
What's the main difference?
All plans include access to every workspace type (Blog, Novel, and General). The differences are:
AI Credits
- Free: No AI access
- Hobby: Standard monthly managed AI usage
- Pro: 2.5× Hobby monthly managed AI usage
- Hobby (BYOK): Supported requests use your connected provider
- Pro (BYOK): Supported requests use your connected provider
Advanced Features
- Free: Core writing access without AI or paid workspace tools
- Hobby: AI tools, research, planning, Mythos, Site Board, imports, sharing, publishing, and integrations
- Pro: Everything in Hobby, plus Canvas, Writing Analytics, Advanced Site Board audits, pro chat models, and Custom AI Assistants
- BYOK plans: The same feature access as their matching Hobby or Pro plan, with supported AI requests routed through your connected provider
BYOK plans
BYOK stands for Bring Your Own Key.
With a BYOK plan, Scribeist keeps the same plan-level features but routes supported AI requests through a provider you connect instead of consuming managed Scribeist AI usage. Supported connections include OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Ollama, and LM Studio.
Learn more about BYOK and AI providers →
AppSumo plans
AppSumo lifetime licenses use their own tier features and monthly credit allowances. AppSumo Tier 3 and Tier 4 include optional BYOK access, while Tier 4 also includes Custom AI Assistants.
View AppSumo tiers and activation help →
All workspace types included
Every plan gives you access to Blog, Novel, and General workspace types. You're not choosing between workspace types. The main choice is which features you need and whether you want Scribeist-managed AI or a BYOK setup.
Changing plans
You can upgrade or downgrade at any time from Account Settings → Manage Subscription.
Learn more: Managing Your Subscription