BookForge is free while we harden the pipeline with real publishing houses. Paid plans roll out at general availability — early-access users get advance notice and a fair transition path.
For everyone, while we're in private beta
Free while the beta runs. We'll give every active user advance notice before pricing kicks in.
For individual authors and freelance editors
Subscription priced like a creative tool, not like enterprise SaaS. Final number announced before launch.
For small & mid-sized publishers, imprints, packagers
Per-seat with role-based access for editors, copyeditors, production, design. We talk to you first.
Nothing changes about your work. Project folders live on your disk; the desktop app keeps reading them whether you're on a paid plan or not. If you don't subscribe at launch, the cloud-synced niceties (account-bound auto-updates, shared style guides for teams) pause — but your manuscripts and pipeline output stay yours.
You always pay Anthropic for AI usage directly through your own Claude account — that doesn't change at any tier. BookForge's subscription only covers the desktop app, the cloud account, and (at higher tiers) team features. We're never reselling your API tokens.
Yes. Active beta users will get an introductory price locked in for the first year, plus advance notice well before paid plans go live. We'd rather have a small, loyal group of working publishers than a huge churn-prone funnel.