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Pricing FAQ

Straight answers to the questions we get most about tiers, caps and what's free.

What do I get on the Free plan?

The whole core loop, forever, at no cost:

  • Capture, reproduce and benchmark runs — including the Compare vs. the fleet action that lights the Benchmarked badge. No upgrade is required to earn any badge rung on your own runs.
  • Unlimited public result cards and badges — publishing is never capped.
  • 250 private records — private by default, capped by volume, not by privacy.
  • A FAIR compliance checklist — enable the FAIR framework, evaluate it and watch your completion percentage. (Issuing a signed attestation is a paid feature — see below.)
  • Full qlprov export — the open, portable provenance format is never gated, on any tier.

What happens when I hit the 250 private-record cap?

Nothing is deleted, ever. When a workspace reaches its private-record cap:

  • Existing records stay fully readable, exportable and reproducible.
  • Publishing a record to a public card still works — and it frees a private slot, because public cards don't count against the private cap. So you're never blocked from sharing results.
  • To capture new private records beyond the cap, publish some existing ones or move to a plan with an unlimited private cap (Academic and up).

A usage meter ("187 / 250 private records") is shown on your dashboard and records page so there are no surprises.

Is fleet comparison really free?

Yes. Compare vs. the fleet is available on Free. It scores a run by the Hellinger fidelity of its measured distribution against the noiseless ideal for the same circuit, ranks it within your workspace benchmark, and records the BenchmarkEntry that earns the Benchmarked badge. The badge ladder is fully reachable on Free for your own runs.

Compliance — what's free vs. paid?

  • Free includes a read-only FAIR view: enable FAIR, see the evidence checklist and your completion percentage. The "Issue attestation" button is shown but locked, with an upgrade link.
  • Academic and up can issue signed, verifiable attestations and enable all frameworks (Team is capped at 10 concurrently; Academic, Lab and Enterprise are unlimited).
  • Team and up add continuous monitoring & alerts; Lab and up add a public Trust Center.

Do you issue DOIs?

Every record already gets a free, citable internal PID on every tier — that never costs anything. Minting external DOIs via Zenodo is on the roadmap and will be metered per month; the caps shown on the pricing matrix are indicative for that future feature and don't affect the always-free PID.

Can I self-host?

A free community single-node deployment is on the roadmap. The Lab tier adds the hosted attestation signing service and a hosted Trust Center on top of self-hosting, which is what most labs actually need for auditable, signed artifacts.

How does academic verification work?

Sign up with an email at a recognised academic domain — .edu, .ac.<country> (e.g. .ac.uk), .edu.<country> (e.g. .edu.au), and common uni-*/univ-* institution domains worldwide — and your workspace is automatically granted the Academic plan (free) once your email is verified. If your institution isn't recognised, email us and we'll add it.

How do I pay / upgrade?

Paid tiers are provisioned by our team — there's no self-serve checkout. Pick a tier on the pricing page, hit Request access, and we'll enable it on your workspace (invoicing is handled off-platform). Prices are indicative; for volume, academic or air-gapped terms just talk to us.