pricing
Capability and cost, stated plainly. The library is free forever; the hosted tier exists for what's annoying to install; paying will exist for what's expensive to run.
| Tier | What you get | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Library | Everything, locally: every format, OCR and transcription included if you install the extras. MIT licensed, no telemetry, no account. | Free, forever |
| Hosted | OCR, transcription, and every format — on our server, so you skip the heavy installs. Files to 25 MB, 10 requests/minute, processed in memory, never stored. No key, no signup. | Free |
| Paid | Removes the limits: bigger files, higher volume, GPU OCR for hard documents, video. Not available yet — we're deciding between credits and subscription, and we'd rather get it right than get it out. | Not yet for sale |
When the paid tier exists, the self-host path stays documented next to it — you can leave at any time is the deal, not a slogan. If you'd pay for this today and want to tell us what you need, open an issue.