Pricing
Free for the workspace.
Pay only for the Reader.
The writing room is free. The Reader is a real compute cost, so it costs real money, yours (Studio) or ours (Pro). Pick the one that matches how you want to handle your prose.
The workspace alone replaces a paid writing app. The Reader replaces the separate manuscript-analysis subscription most writers buy on top of it, the one that runs a hundred and sixty dollars a year. Here both live in one tool.
Free
Everything that makes DraftProse a writing tool, without the Reader.
- Unlimited projects
- Binder: folders, documents, characters, research notes
- Distraction-free Markdown editor with autosave
- Per-document and per-project word count
- Daily writing goals + streak counter
- Revision history on every save
- Export to Word, EPUB, PDF, screenplay, and Markdown
- The Reader, switched off (upgrade to turn it on)
Studio
RecommendedThe Reader, running on the AI account you already have. Your prose never touches our account.
- Everything in Free
- Pacing read
- Plot read
- Character voice workshop
- Use your own AI account — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, or a local endpoint
- Reader calls bill to your provider directly, never to us
- Inspect the exact prompt on every read
For writers who already pay a provider and want full data sovereignty.
Pro
Reader included, no key management. We cover the provider bill within fair-use limits.
- Everything in Studio
- No provider key required, we cover the calls
- Fair-use of about 1,500 reads a month, roughly a full novel
- Heavy users get a friendly nudge, not a wall
- Priority support
For writers who want it to just work without managing keys.
For comparison: the standalone manuscript-analysis tools writers usually buy alongside their writing app run $159 to $180 a year. The Reader is $7 on your own key, or $29 fully covered.
Writing a team, residency, or MFA program?
We do volume contracts for writing rooms, residencies, and programs that want to standardise on one tool. Email teams@argonode.studio with how many seats you need and we’ll figure something out.
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- Will the free tier disappear?
- No. The free tier is forever. The Reader tiers are how we keep the lights on, and many writers will only ever use the workspace. That is fine — the workspace alone is a complete product.
- What providers does Studio support?
- Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT), Google (Gemini), and any local endpoint that speaks the OpenAI-compatible API (Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp). Pick one as your default and switch any time.
- What counts as fair use on Pro?
- About 1,500 reads a month, roughly the equivalent of running pacing + plot reads daily and ~30 character voice turns per day on a novel-length project. If you cross that, we email you and figure it out together. No automatic throttling.
- Can I switch tiers anytime?
- Yes, monthly. Switching down does not remove access mid-cycle; you keep what you paid for until the period ends.
- Does DraftProse write the manuscript for me?
- No. The Reader reads. It does not generate prose for the page. If you want a chatbot to draft sentences for you, use ChatGPT — that is the line we will not cross.
- Do you train on my prose?
- No. See how it works for the full mechanics.