Pricing

Paid discovery. Professional research translation.

Institium puts the full research workspace behind active access: search, paper pages, source intelligence, citation graphs, new scientific translations, PDF overlays, whole-document translation, usage credits, and team administration.

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Credit model

Characters are the meter.

Each active paid seat starts with a monthly character allowance. New translation work and costly research tools draw from that balance; cached translation reads do not spend new credits.

Included monthly1,000,000

Top-up pack$38

1,000,000 characters

Provider details stay abstracted so billing reads as Institium credits, not infrastructure plumbing.

Plans

Choose the level that matches the research workflow.

Use public pages to understand the platform, then unlock the research index through an individual plan or centralize access under an organization.

1M characters included

Individual

Translation access

Monthly or yearly

price shown at checkout

For one researcher who needs reliable translation, reading, annotations, and graph workflow.

1M characters included

Included monthly

Included

PDF page translation overlay and saved versions

Included

Multilingual expansion search

New title and abstract translations from paper pages and search results.
PDF page translation overlay, saved overlay versions, and full PDF translation for print.
Multilingual search expansion, text translation surfaces, annotations, and personal usage analytics.

Start individual plan

shared credit pool

Team

Team license

Seat based

monthly or yearly

For labs, departments, and research groups that want billing, seats, and governance in one place.

Paid seats with personal monthly allowances and optional shared team credits.
Owner controls for billing, invoices, cancellation review, ownership transfer, and continuity safeguards.
Admin operations without financial authority: invitations, member visibility, and usage review.

Create team license

Credits

Top-ups are simple, auditable, and separate from subscriptions.

Subscriptions unlock paid workflows. Credit packs add more capacity when a researcher or team burns through the monthly allowance.

$38 / 1,000,000 characters

Personal top-ups

An individual paid user can add another 1M characters from the billing center.

Team member packs

A team owner can add capacity for a specific seated researcher when their allowance is depleted.

Shared team pool

Owners can buy pooled capacity in million-character increments, with limits scaled to paid seat count.

Access map

What sits behind the paywall

Feature	Individual	Team seat	Team owner
Research discovery, topics, metadata, source links	Included	Included	Included
New title and abstract translation	Included	Included	Only with an active seat
PDF page translation overlay and saved versions	Included	Included	Only with an active seat
Whole PDF translation for print	Credits reserved	Credits reserved	Can fund team usage
Multilingual expansion search	Included	Included	Included if seated
References, appears-in lists, and graph depth	Included	Included	Included if seated
Team seats, invitations, shared credits, invoices	No	Member view only	Full authority

Billing flow

Built to stay clear under real research usage.

Start an individual plan or create a team license from the billing center.

Use credits

Translation and metered research actions subtract characters or configured query credits.

Top up

Add personal, member-specific, or shared team packs when the monthly allowance is not enough.

Audit

Usage charts and member views show where credits are going without exposing ordinary members to team billing controls.

FAQ

Details researchers usually ask before upgrading

Is search free?+

No. Research discovery, result lists, paper pages, directories, citation context, and graphs require an active individual plan or team seat. pricing, account entry, and billing surfaces remain public.

What happens when credits run out?+

Paid access remains active, but new paid translation work needs more capacity. Individuals can buy a pack; team owners can fund a member or shared pool.

Can an owner use team translation credits?+

The owner role manages the organization. The owner needs an active seat if they also want researcher translation access.

Do cached translations cost again?+

Reading an already stored metadata translation should not create a new translation charge. New generation and heavy research actions are metered.

Institium

Ready when translation becomes real work.

Unlock discovery, translation, PDF-native reading, graph depth, and team governance in one paid research workspace.

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