Pricing
Start with one format and a focused audience. Add monetisation, automation, community and custom experiences as your direct-to-consumer strategy grows.
Every tier includes
01 Plans at a glance
Tiers are cumulative: Growth includes everything in Entry, and Custom includes everything in Growth plus its tailored extensions.
Entry
A focused route into direct reader relationships, with your own app, catalogue and first audience.
Capacity at a glance
For focused catalogues and publishers proving a direct-to-consumer channel.
Growth
Add formats, in-app monetisation and automated engagement as your reader community grows.
Capacity at a glance
For publishers ready to turn an app audience into a repeatable growth channel.
Custom
A tailored platform for multi-format catalogues, communities, events and custom experiences.
Capacity at a glance
For larger publishers, groups, associations and ambitious membership communities.
Entry-tier purchases take place on your website or elsewhere; the app itself carries no in-app monetisation option. Growth and Custom add in-app commercial models.
02 Full comparison
The core reading experience is included throughout. Higher tiers expand the ways you monetise, automate, integrate and bring readers together.
How each tier is configured, monetised and connected to your existing systems.
| Feature | Entry | Growth | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readium LCP DRM ProtectionLearn about Readium LCP | Included | Included | Included |
| Full Data PortabilityLearn More | Included | Included | Included |
| Catalogue capacity (books) | 500 | 1,000 | Unlimited |
| Content formats | One format | Up to 2 formats | Any combination, plus custom multimedia |
| In-app monetisation | Purchases happen on your website or elsewhere | Choose subscriptions or à la carte | Growth, plus ticketing and integrated event commerce |
| Monthly active reader capacity | 5,000 | 10,000 | Custom |
| Custom pages | Customisable home page | Up to 50 custom pages | Custom |
| Push notifications | Included | Included | |
| Automated marketing automations | Included | Included | |
| Spotlights | Included | Included | |
| Analytics | Daily active users and product engagement | 10 reports | Full suite with API-level data access |
| Integrations | One Shopify or WordPress purchase-based SSO | Entry, plus API, Zapier, Microsoft Power Automate and CRM | Growth, plus custom integrations |
| E-reader platforms | iOS and Android | iOS and Android | iOS, Android and web-based e-reader |
The core reader, audio player and unified library are standard on every tier when the relevant content format and platform are included.
| Feature | Entry | Growth | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPUB reader — reflowable and fixed-format EPUB, plus image zoom | Included | Included | Included |
| PDF reader — high-fidelity pages, zoom, navigation and bookmarks | Included | Included | Included |
| Reader preferences — text size, font, line spacing and day/night/sepia modes | Included | Included | Included |
| Chapter navigation, full-text search, notes, highlights and bookmarks | Included | Included | Included |
| Reading progress sync across devices | Included | Included | Included |
| DRM-protected offline download — Readium LCP for ebooks and encryption for PDFs | Included | Included | Included |
| Accessible text-to-speech | Included | Included | Included |
| Materials tab for worksheets, forms and supplementary downloads | Included | Included | Included |
| Optional social DRM for supplementary materials | Included | Included | Included |
| Download-first audiobooks with optional preview streaming | Included | Included | Included |
| Audio controls — 0.5× to 2× speed, configurable skip and chapter navigation | Included | Included | Included |
| Audio player — sleep timer, Bluetooth, background playback and resume position | Included | Included | Included |
| Video, screencast, AirPlay and Chromecast | Included | Included | Included |
| Unified My Library — formats together with metadata, download status and progress | Included | Included | Included |
| Labelled audio bookmarks | In development | In development | In development |
| Apple CarPlay and Android Auto | On roadmap — H1 2027 | On roadmap — H1 2027 | On roadmap — H1 2027 |
Tools that turn a catalogue into an ongoing reader relationship.
| Feature | Entry | Growth | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podcasts | Free podcasts from RSS | Free and subscription access | |
| YouTube channel and blog articles | Included | Included | |
| Scheduled or calendar-release content | Included | Included | |
| Community, reading groups and learning cohorts | Included | ||
| AI catalogue search and Q&A assistant | Included |
A tier-appropriate route from launch through ongoing platform optimisation, support and strategic review.
| Feature | Entry | Growth | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Implementation approach | Focused deployment for one format and one purchase-based connection | Expanded deployment for commercial models, automations and up to two formats | Tailored deployment for multi-format, multi-team and custom experiences |
| Launch management | Guided launch plan and shared implementation team | Named implementation lead and launch plan | Named implementation lead with a tailored launch plan |
| Admin onboarding & handover | CMS walkthrough and documentation | Role-based onboarding and documentation | Tailored onboarding, support escalation procedures and handover package |
| Post-launch hypercare | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks, coordinated around the agreed launch plan |
| Ongoing support | Business-hours email support | Priority business-hours support | Priority support with an agreed escalation path |
| Success reviews & roadmap | Annual platform review | Quarterly success review | Quarterly success review and tailored platform roadmap |
Ongoing monthly fee
The comparison above shows feature entitlement by tier. This monthly licence covers the recurring operational work behind those features: maintenance, hosting, security, store support and platform-level escalation. Inclusions apply where appropriate to the selected tier, platforms and commercial model.
Implementation scope
See the publisher-specific discovery, configuration, integration, testing, launch and handover work that takes an established platform into production.
View implementation scopeThe self-funding test
Use a directional model to explore how existing sales, direct reader relationships and recurring engagement can contribute to your platform.
Open the self-funding test03 Custom extensions
Custom can become a broader audience and commerce platform, bringing content, community, live experiences and service into one branded environment.
Shape a Custom planFull event management and conference scheduling
Live book-launch webinars with integrated commerce
Ticketing for live events
Job listings, event listings and customer-service help desk
User-generated contributions and feedback
Donor and gift options for nonprofit publishers
Own your reader relationships, keep 85-100% of your margins, and stop paying to re-acquire your own fans.
