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Draft, organize sources, cite, and export in core formats. Enough AI to keep momentum across a few essays each month.
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- Unlimited essays
- Source library and citation metadata
- Citations in every major style
- Word and PDF export
- Core drafting quick actions
- One full essay draft, on us
- 10 AI messages per month
- 30 inline suggestions per month
Pro
Recommended$40 every 4 months, or $10/mo on average
Find academic sources, review the full draft, check citations, use your saved voice, and analyze papers before you submit.
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$40 every 4 months, billed today. Cancel any time.
- Everything in the Free plan
- Academic source discovery
- Deep Analysis plus review suite
- Citation integrity checks
- Voice tools and Formulaic review
- PDF and paper analysis
- Research-backed quick actions
- 500 AI messages per month
- 2,000 inline suggestions per month
- Markdown, HTML, and plain text export
- Bibliography, BibTeX, RIS, and EndNote export
Downgrading never removes essays, notes, or sources. Only your monthly AI limits change.
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Free includes the editor, source organization, citations, Word/PDF export, core drafting quick actions, 10 AI messages and 30 inline suggestions per month, and one full essay draft so you can see what EssayGenius can do. Pro adds academic source discovery plus the review, integrity, voice, and paper-analysis tools that help before submission.
Your essays, notes, and sources stay exactly where they are. The editor keeps working; you just can't generate more AI content on the free plan until the next monthly reset, or until you upgrade to Pro.
Yes. You can cancel from billing settings at any time. Pro access stays active until the current billing period ends.
No essays, notes, or sources are removed. Downgrading mainly affects the premium review, integrity, voice, paper-analysis, and advanced export features.
The goal is to keep the core drafting workflow broadly accessible while charging for the higher-trust review and submission tools that cost more and matter most near the deadline.
Annual billing is one $108 payment for 12 months of Pro, which works out to $9/month. Card collected at checkout, billed today, cancel any time from billing settings.
The Semester Pass is one $40 payment for 4 months of full Pro access. Card collected at checkout, billed today, cancel any time from billing settings.
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The draft, sources, and citations stay with you either way. Pro is there for the final confidence pass, not to hold the editor hostage.
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