Pricing
The right Ontos plan for every researcher
Choose the tier that matches your workflow. You can always start for free, and we’ll let you know the moment paid plans open up.
Annual billing saves ~20% on Pro and Team plans.
Free
For students & independent researchers
Free
Start citing in minutes
- 75 AI citation requests / month
- Individual reference library
- Top 10 citation styles
- Export to Word, PDF, BibTeX, CSL-JSON
- Community forum support
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Pro
For power users who live in citations
$15 / month
Billed monthly
- 1,500 AI citation requests / month
- Shared libraries for collaboration
- Full citation style library (8,000+)
- Advanced import from Zotero, EndNote, RIS/BibTeX
- Priority email support
Team
For research teams & labs that collaborate
$10 / seat
3-seat minimum, billed monthly
- 2,000 AI citation requests per seat (pooled)
- Team libraries with roles & permissions
- Centralized billing & usage dashboard
- Project-level access control
- Priority support + live onboarding
Institutional
For universities, libraries, and large organizations
Custom quote
Flexible deployment & billing
- Org-wide AI requests with pooled usage
- Admin dashboard, SSO/SAML, usage analytics
- Custom citation style uploads & presets
- Data residency options & DPA
- Dedicated success manager with SLA
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Every plan includes our core editor, bibliography sync, and export formats. Higher tiers unlock collaboration, management, and enterprise controls.
| Feature | Free | Pro | Team | Institutional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target user | Students & independent researchers | PhDs, academics & power users | Research teams & labs | University departments & libraries |
| AI citation requests | 75 / month | 1,500 / month | 2,000 / seat / month (pooled) | Unlimited* |
| Reference management | Individual library | Shared libraries | Team libraries with roles | Centralized management |
| Citation style support | Top 10 styles | Full library (8,000+) | Full library + team presets | Custom styles & org presets |
| Collaboration | — | Share projects with collaborators | Role-based access & project controls | Org-wide workspace & SCIM roadmap |
| Admin & security | — | Two-factor authentication | Usage dashboard & centralized billing | Admin dashboard, SSO/SAML, DPA |
| Exports & integrations | Word, PDF, BibTeX, CSL-JSON | + Zotero & EndNote import | + Bulk export & research manager sync | Custom integrations & API access |
| Support | Community forum | Priority email support | Priority support + onboarding call | Dedicated success manager |
*Fair use policy applies. Contact us for higher-volume research programs.