They get Academic Pricing
An Academic Invitation lets another eligible researcher activate Academic Pricing without submitting the standard application. Academic affiliation is still verified.
For university researchersAcademic Pricing Program
PlotStudio's Academic Pricing Program offers researchers at universities, research institutes, and research hospitals access to substantially discounted plans.
Approved members also receive a small number of Academic Invitations to share with other researchers in their network. When an invitation is used, you'll receive one complimentary month of PlotStudio.
BYOKBring Your Own Key
Never set up an API key? Here's how →$39.99$14.99/mo
Managed CreditsWe handle the model usage
$69.99$29.99/mo
Available after approval. Monthly billing. Cancel anytime.
Why we offer Academic Pricing
PlotStudio originally had a broader focus on business and professional data analysis, but we are increasingly shifting the product toward researchers and research workflows.
Academic Pricing helps us make PlotStudio more accessible to researchers while building a closer relationship with the people actually using it for research.
We are particularly interested in researchers who
Regularly work with data
Use analysis or visualisation in their research
Teach or supervise students doing applied research
Collaborate with other researchers who may also benefit from PlotStudio
Can help us understand what researchers in their field actually need
Work with sensitive or IRB-governed data that cannot leave their machine
Having an academic affiliation makes you eligible to apply, but applications are reviewed individually.
Who can apply
PhD students
Master's students doing research
Clinical researchers and research clinicians
Postdoctoral researchers
Faculty and lecturers
Research staff and lab scientists
You must have an active affiliation with an accredited university, research institute, or research hospital, and use data analysis as part of your work.
Invite researchers you work with
Approved Academic Members receive a small number of Academic Invitations to share with researchers who would benefit from PlotStudio.
You get a complimentary month
When someone activates a paid Academic plan with your invitation, we add one complimentary month to your membership.
1 invitation used → 1 month free
Inviting anyone is completely optional and does not affect your Academic Membership.
Faculty and classroom access
If you're a faculty member, lecturer, instructor, or research supervisor, tell us about courses, capstones, labs, or research cohorts where students regularly work with data.
For a limited number of suitable courses, we may be able to provide complimentary PlotStudio credits for students as part of a classroom or cohort pilot.
Pilots are reviewed separately and depend on
Class or cohort size
Expected usage
Type of research work
How PlotStudio would be incorporated into the course
We ask instructors to use PlotStudio themselves first. If you think it would work for your students after trying it, we can discuss what a pilot might look like.
Research walkthroughs and reviews
See how creators put PlotStudio to work on research data, and what they found.
The Effortless Academic
See PlotStudio used on research data
A walkthrough of exploratory analysis, missing-data handling, and research figures. Watch the video or read the full breakdown.
Written review
Era of the Research Bots · Razia Aliani
Finally, an AI Tool for SERIOUS Data Analysis
Razia tested PlotStudio on a 971-person COVID survey, checked its missing-data calculations, and challenged it with a misleading treatment-effectiveness question. Her review covers what worked, where it needed scrutiny, and why researcher judgment still matters.
Read Razia's review (opens in a new tab)How it works
01
Apply
Apply using your institutional email and tell us briefly about your research, how you would use PlotStudio, and the type of research community you work in.
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We review your application
We verify your academic affiliation and review each application individually. We primarily look for researchers who have a clear use for PlotStudio and whose work can help us better understand how agentic analytics is used across different research fields. Not every eligible applicant is accepted. Most applications are reviewed within 48 hours.
03
Activate Academic Pricing
If your application is approved, you'll receive a code for your selected plan — BYOK at $14.99/month or Managed Credits at $29.99/month. Your approval is valid for 14 days.
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Receive your Academic Invitations
We'll also send you your first Academic Invitations. You can share them with researchers in your network who you think would benefit from PlotStudio. Each activated invitation gives you one complimentary month.
Apply for Academic Pricing
The application is short, and each submission is reviewed individually.
Questions
The full PlotStudio product at Academic Pricing: BYOK at $14.99/month instead of $39.99, or Managed Credits at $29.99/month instead of $69.99. Academic Members also receive Academic Invitations, direct access to our team, onboarding support, and a channel for feature requests.
Want to take a more active role in shaping PlotStudio for your field? See the Research Partner Program →
Join the Academic Pricing Program
Get Academic Pricing for PlotStudio and join a growing group of researchers using agentic analytics in their work.