Pricing

Start free. The core research toolkit for $79 a month.

One login for AI protocol design, guided runs, a computational notebook, literature tools, and client-side stats — plus a deterministic engineering workspace. The only thing metered is AI. Protocols, runs, the notebook, and the whole engineering side stay unlimited.

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Plans

Four plans. Start on the free one.

Prices in USD. AI is the only thing metered — protocols, runs, the notebook, and the whole engineering workspace stay unlimited within fair use.

Student or academic? We price case by case →
Explorer
$0
Free forever

For researchers just getting started with AI protocol design.

Up to 5 protocols
5 AI calls / month (Olto AI)
100 MB storage
Protocol library & versioning
Engineering calculators & unit converter
Email support
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Researcher
$79/month
Billed monthly

For individual researchers who run the full lifecycle daily.

Unlimited protocols
200 AI calls / month (AI Pro)
10 GB storage
AI research agent (searches your data)
Literature library & synthesis
Client-side Statistics Workbench
Computational notebook (Python + inline calcs)
Engineering workspace: tolerance, BOM & metrology
Inventory, reagents & ledger
Real-time collaboration
Email support
Start Researcher
Lab
$499/month
Billed monthly · up to 10 seats (~$50/seat)

For research teams, labs, and growing biotech companies. One bill for the whole team.

Everything in Researcher, for every seat
2,000 AI calls / month per seat
100 GB storage
1 team workspace, up to 10 seats (~$50/seat)
Team co-editing & sharing
LIMS: test ordering + Lab Console
Lab Spaces
Audit logging
Admin controls & RBAC
Priority support
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Enterprise
Custom
Custom pricing

For institutions, hospitals, and large biotech organizations.

Everything in Lab — every feature, unmetered
Unlimited AI calls (subject to fair use)
Unlimited team workspaces & multi-team workflows
Custom seat counts
Admin controls, RBAC & audit logging
Priority support
Available on custom contract
SSO / SAML authentication
Dedicated / single-tenant or self-hosted deployment
Custom data residency & private networking
HIPAA BAA eligibility (scoped agreement)
Custom integrations, retention & AI model configuration
Contractual uptime SLA
Scoped per engagement — talk to us first.
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Encrypted in transit and at rest (via Supabase/Vercel) Statistics run in your browser Row-level isolation + a service-role-written, RLS-protected audit log Cancel anytime · you own & export your data
Billing terms

Cancel anytime; the plan stays active until the end of the paid period.

Annual plans include a 7-day refund window from purchase.

Downgrade anytime and your data is retained — content above the lower plan’s limits becomes read-only until you’re back within them, never deleted.

Prices are in USD and exclude tax; any applicable sales tax or VAT is calculated at checkout.

What's metered

One meter. Everything else runs free of it.

Most platforms nickel-and-dime every action. We meter exactly one thing — AI calls — on a monthly quota that resets each month. The rest of the workspace has no counter.

METEREDAI calls / seat / month
Explorer5
Researcher200
Lab2,000
EnterpriseUnlimited

One AI call is a single AI-assisted action — generating, refining, simulating, or asking the assistant. It is counted once, per seat, when the request is made. Actions that count include generation, refine, simulate, risk scoring, the assistant, image QC, the standards finder, and file or paper analysis. Viewing or editing never counts. Lab is 2,000 per seat; allowances are per seat, not a shared team pool.

UNLIMITEDOn every paid plan
Protocols & versions Guided test runs & reports Findings & evidence Computational notebook Statistics Workbench (client-side) 32 engineering calculators Tolerance, BOM & metrology Standards library & finder PDF & structured export

Storage is the one soft cap that scales by plan (100 MB100 GB). It is not a per-action charge.

Line by line

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What is on, what is gated, and what is scoped per contract — stated plainly, with no checkmark standing in for a feature we haven't built.

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FeatureExplorerResearcherLabEnterprise
Plans & limits
Saved protocols5UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
AI calls / month (per seat)52002,000Unlimited
AI modelOlto AIAI ProAI ProAI Max
Storage100 MB10 GB100 GBCustom
Team seats11Up to 10Custom
Design & testing
Manual protocol designerIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Library, versioning & forkIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Active testing & run reportsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Findings & evidenceIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
PDF & structured exportIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Standards library & finderIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Image & gel analysisIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
AI protocol generation5 / moIncludedIncludedIncluded
Research suite
AI Scientific AssistantNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Literature & paper intelligenceNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Inventory, reagents & ledgerNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Custom toolsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Real-time collaborationNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Engineering workspace
32 deterministic calculatorsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Unit converter, materials & fastenersIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Tolerance stack-up & BOM builderIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Metrology (GUM, SPC, Gage R&R, RTM)IncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Verification Passport (SHA-256 fingerprint)IncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Notebook inline calc blocksNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Teams & labs
Team workspaces & co-editingNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
Lab SpacesNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
LIMS: test ordering + Lab ConsoleNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
Audit loggingNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
SSO / SAML & BAANot includedNot includedNot includedOn contract
FAQ

The questions everyone asks.

Can I change plans at any time?

Yes. You can change plans at any time from your billing settings, which manage your subscription through Stripe. Any billing adjustments for an upgrade or downgrade are applied through Stripe on your invoice.

What counts as an AI call?

One call is any action that runs AI: protocol generation, refine, simulate, risk scoring, the AI assistant, AI Improve in the designer, image QC, the standards finder, and file or paper analysis. Explorer (free) gets 5 AI calls per month on Olto AI, Researcher 200 and Lab 2,000 per seat on the advanced AI Pro tier, and Enterprise is unlimited (subject to fair use) on AI Max. Calls reset monthly. Viewing or manually editing protocols does not count.

What is actually metered, and what is unlimited?

Only AI calls are metered, on a monthly quota that resets each month. Everything else on a paid plan is unlimited within fair-use limits: protocols, guided test runs, findings and evidence, the computational notebook, the client-side Statistics Workbench, the full engineering workspace (32 calculators, tolerance stack-up, BOM, metrology), the standards library, and PDF/structured export. Storage scales by plan (100 MB on Explorer up to 100 GB on Lab); it is a soft cap, not a per-action charge.

How is my data secured?

Your statistics and notebook Python run client-side, so raw data can stay in your browser. Everything else is encrypted in transit and at rest by our infrastructure providers (Supabase/Vercel), with Postgres row-level security isolating each researcher's data and a service-role-written audit log. We are not SOC 2 or HIPAA certified and do not claim to be; see the security page for exactly what we do (and don't) claim.

Do you offer discounts for academic institutions?

Reach out — we work with academic and student researchers on pricing case by case. Email academic@oltodiscovery.com from your institutional address and tell us about your program.

What is the AI research assistant?

A tool-using assistant that can search your own protocols, papers, and inventory and run a statistical test, then answer your question grounded in that data, with citations and an audit trail. It works within a conversation thread (it does not carry memory across separate conversations), and every output is a starting point you review and sign off on, not a finished result.
Enterprise

Building for an institution or large biotech?

Custom contracts and volume pricing for large teams, with a dedicated point of contact. Here is exactly what is live today, what we scope into your contract, and what is still on the roadmap — so nothing is oversold.

Contact EnterpriseHIPAA BAA and self-hosting are available only under a scoped Enterprise agreement.
AVAILABLE TODAY
  • Everything in Lab — every feature, unmetered
  • Unlimited AI calls (subject to fair use)
  • Unlimited team workspaces & multi-team workflows
  • Custom seat counts
  • Admin controls, RBAC & service-role audit logging
  • Priority support
  • Storage scaled to your team (soft cap, negotiated)
Available by contract
  • SSO / SAML authentication
  • Dedicated / single-tenant deployment
  • Self-hosted deployment
  • Custom data residency
  • Private networking
  • Custom integrations
  • HIPAA BAA eligibility (scoped agreement)
  • Custom data-retention terms
  • Contractual uptime SLA
  • Custom AI model configuration
Scoped per engagement — not flipped on out of the box.
Planned
  • Public / programmatic API
On the roadmap — not yet generally available. No public API today.

“Unlimited” usage is subject to reasonable fair-use limits. Storage is a soft cap scaled to your team, not a per-action charge.

*Illustrative comparison using an assumed $3,000 / seat / yr for a comprehensive lab platform. Enterprise platforms rarely publish per-seat pricing — it is typically quoted through sales — so treat this as a hypothetical basis for scale, not a quoted rate; actual pricing varies and may change. Made in good faith — tell us at support@oltodiscovery.com if anything looks wrong. Unlimited usage is subject to reasonable fair-use limits. Olto is not a SOC 2- or HIPAA-certified, GLP, or clinical system-of-record.

Start free. Upgrade when the workflow earns it.

Create an account with no card, keep 5 AI calls a month forever, and move to a paid plan only when you need more. You own and can export your data at any time.

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