Pricing plans

manabiQ is outcome-based: there's no monthly fee required. You pay once when you publish a course to learners. Subscribing buys you a discount on every publish (plus more learners and storage).

Plan comparison

Per-publish pricing (the variable cost)

Every published course costs a one-time charge based on how many lesson modules the course contains. Subscribers pay less per publish; Enterprise gets the first 30 publishes per month for free.

Courses over 30 lesson modules require an Enterprise subscription.

Pay as you go (free account)

Sign up with no credit card and you get:

• 3 AI generations total to evaluate output quality (no time limit)
• Up to 5 learners (no extras allowed)
• 5 GB storage
• Save drafts, edit, and run the AI Confidence Report — all free
• Pay $2–$6 only when you publish a course to learners

No clock, no auto-charge. You stay on Pay as you go forever unless you choose to subscribe.

Picking a subscription

Starter ($5/mo) — Solo or very small team

• Same 5-learner cap as PAYG, but discounted publish prices
• 20 GB storage (vs 5 GB on PAYG)
• Adds extra-learner option ($7/each)
• Per-publish savings vs PAYG: $0.50 / $1 / $1 (Small / Medium / Large) — Starter pays for itself at about 5–10 publishes per month depending on course size

Standard ($15/mo) — Growing 5–25 person business (most popular)

• 50% off every publish — Medium-tier courses drop from $4 to $2
• Up to 25 learners
• 100 GB storage
• Full Agentic AI (adaptive quizzes, freshness manager, prompt evolver)
• CSV bulk import + team analytics
• 3 admins (HR + L&D + ops can collaborate)
• Best value for SMBs publishing weekly

Enterprise ($40/mo) — Established 25–100 person organization

• First 30 publishes per month are free (over-cap goes to full price)
• Up to 100 learners ($3/extra)
• Effectively unlimited storage
• Highest AI generation throughput (10/hr)
• Full analytics suite

Upgrading

1. Go to /settings/billing
2. Click Manage Subscription
3. Pick a higher plan in the Stripe portal
4. The difference is prorated to the day

Downgrading & cancelling

Same flow. Downgrades apply at the next billing cycle. Cancel anytime — you drop back to Pay as you go (no monthly fee) and keep access to your existing courses.

Warning: if a downgrade would put you over the limit:

• Extra learners: some learners' access is paused
• Storage overage: no new uploads allowed (existing files preserved)
• Admin overage: extra admins lose access

Clean up first, then downgrade.

Monthly vs annual

Annual pricing is ~15% off:

• Starter: $5/mo → $51/yr (≈ $4.25/mo equivalent)
• Standard: $15/mo → $153/yr (≈ $12.75/mo equivalent)
• Enterprise: $40/mo → $408/yr (≈ $34/mo equivalent)

Payment methods

• Credit card: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover
• Processed by Stripe; manabiQ never stores card details

Invoices

Download from /settings/billing.

Next steps

• Upgrading guide
• Cancellation