Pricing
Every plan starts with a 14-day Pro trial. No card up front, and $1 of Kernel Credits to try AI without setting up a provider account. Then Free forever.
A project is a space for your files, instructions, and AI work. In the app, these spaces are called nodes.
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Free
$0 forever
For one project, with room to work together.
- 1 owned project
- 1 recurring task on that project
- 1 Mac · 1 local collaborator
- Assay capture, labelling, and local work history
- Use your own supported AI agent or Kernel Credits
- Learning and Computer Use are off
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Basic
$19.99/month
$199/year
For your own projects on one Mac.
$16.58/month, billed yearly
- Up to 10 projects
- Up to 3 recurring tasks per project
- 1 Mac
- 1 local collaborator
- Computer Use with approval rules
- Assay capture and labelling
- Connect your preferred supported AI agent
- Chat and email tools with approval rules
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Pro
$49.99/month
$499/year
For ongoing work, memory, and collaboration.
$41.58/month, billed yearly
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited projects
- Up to 15 recurring tasks per project
- Saved learning for each project
- 2 Macs · 3 collaborator invitations
- Remote viewing of project files
- Frequent scheduled checks and connected AI tools
- Work history, labels, and review dashboard
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Premium
$149/month
$1,490/year
For work that spans projects, people, and Macs.
$124.17/month, billed yearly
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited recurring tasks
- Shared learning across projects
- Unlimited Macs and collaborator invitations
- View and edit project files remotely
- Live access to shared files, controlled by their owner
Kernel Credits
Credits pay for AI usage when you choose Kernel’s built-in provider option. Each request draws from your prepaid balance, separate from your plan.
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Top up in $5, $10, or $20
Buy a pack from your account page whenever the balance runs low. Credits do not expire while the account is open.
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$1 to start
Every verified account gets $1 of credits to try a task before choosing how to pay for ongoing AI use.
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Or connect your own provider
Use your own API key instead of Kernel Credits. Your AI provider bills you directly for that usage.
The details
Yearly billing is ten months for twelve. The trial runs at Pro for 14 days from the moment you verify your email. No payment card is required. When it ends, your projects and credits stay; the paid-tier features switch off until you pick a plan.
Plans are per account. You can change tier or interval at any time from your account page, and cancel from the same place.