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Start free with up to four ideas, or take a membership. It follows you across every idea and every project on your account, and it sets what you can do.
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A free account costs nothing and lets you brainstorm up to four ideas. A membership is a subscription on your account, at Member, Pro or Max: it opens projects and sets what you can do. A project grade is a one-time purchase for one project, at Bronze, Silver or Gold, and it opens every FORGE phase for that project. Buying a grade does not change your membership, and a grade stays with its project if your membership changes or ends.
Prices are in US dollars and are shown without tax. Sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where it applies, and is shown before you pay.
Choose how you want to invent
Start free with up to four ideas, or take a membership. It follows you across every idea and every project on your account, and it sets what you can do.
See membershipsTake a membership to start a project, then ask support about a grade for it. A grade is a one-time purchase for that project, opens every FORGE phase, and never expires.
See project gradesA membership gives you a 10% coupon for every project grade and grade upgrade. On Bronze that is US$39.90.
How the discount workspush_pin A membership follows you. A project grade stays with one project.
The method
Define the idea and the outcome.
Gather evidence and see what is already known.
Strengthen what is useful and novel.
Assess readiness, risk and opportunity.
Turn decisions into deliverables.
lock_open Member includes FORGE · Focus. Pro adds FORGE · Observe. A project grade opens every phase, including FORGE · Refine, FORGE · Grade and FORGE · Execute, for that project.
Ideas are free to explore on every level. See the five phases in full.
Account memberships
FREE
MEMBERMake it yours.
PROThe full toolkit.
MAXLet it run.
| Capability | FreeUS$0 | MemberUS$86.40 | ProUS$172.80 | MaxUS$345.60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenarios | Up to 4 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Brainstorm with Nova, Expand and the Idea pages | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Go deeper methods | 7 core | All 15 | All 15 | All 15 |
| Thinking frames | 5 | All 12, and your own questions | All 12, and your own questions | All 12, and your own questions |
| Experts on a scenario | 3, seated for you | 3, your choice | Up to 5 | Up to 7 |
| Research with cited sources, websites and your own files | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| My Library, reused across scenarios | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Crew consultation | remove | Critique and Perspective | Adds stress test, customer voice and debate | Adds sales view |
| Roundtable chat | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Signals and Idea Evaluation | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Studio | Descriptions, product sheets, formal and in-use pictures | Adds the concept image, the library, and cover and reference shots | Adds story shots, boards, sets and 3D | Adds concept video |
| Studio pictures a month | Product sheet only | 100 | 200 | 400 |
| Prior-art searches a month, in projects | remove | remove | 100 | 200 |
| Documents | 3 | 19 | 31 | All 37 |
| Scenario Director | remove | remove | remove | check_circle |
| Compare and merge scenarios | remove | remove | remove | check_circle |
| Projects | remove | FORGE · Focus and project research | Adds FORGE · Observe and prior-art search | Adds landscape, watch, video and the Director |
| Discount on project grades | remove | 10% coupon | 10% coupon | 10% coupon |
Annual prices shown. Members have no limits on ideation. Free has up to four scenarios and no research. Idea validation is a separate offering, coming soon.
Project grades
A grade is a one-time purchase attached to a single project. It is permanent for that project, includes its enabled capabilities, and never renews. You buy a grade for a project on your membership, and it stays with that project if your membership later ends. Grades are granted by our support team: email support@ipguru.ai with your project name and the grade you need.
Project grades are arranged through support. Contact us to confirm the FORGE phases, filing materials and capabilities available for your project before purchasing. The prices below are the published grade prices.
BRONZEA focused, single-mechanism idea heading for a straightforward filing.
SILVERThe workhorse for most inventions.
GOLDComplex claims and alternative embodiments.
Everything a grade exposes is included in its price. Allowances exist so a runaway job cannot surprise anyone.
| Capability | No gradeUS$0 | BronzeUS$399 | SilverUS$699 | GoldUS$999 |
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| The journey | ||||
| FORGE · Focus | Member | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| FORGE · Observe | Pro | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Refine, Grade and Execute (the build) | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| PIVOT, carrying your grade to a fresh start | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Director on this project | Max | remove | remove | check_circle |
| People on the project | ||||
| Specialist experts on the project | remove | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Virtuoso profiles (350+) | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Full expert catalogue (1,150+) | remove | remove | remove | check_circle |
| Your composed project expert | Prepared | Writes deliverables | Writes and chats | Writes and chats |
| Patent advisor | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Country advisor and examiner personas | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Drafting and mock examination | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Prior art and analysis | ||||
| Cited prior-art search | Pro | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Claims-based full-draft patent search | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Freedom to operate | remove | remove | check_circle | check_circle |
| Patent analysis reports | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Claims and examination | ||||
| Alternative embodiments | remove | remove | remove | check_circle |
| Mock examination | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Deliverables | ||||
| Core deliverables | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Plain-English reading | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Attorney binder | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Filing pack | remove | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Allowances for each project | ||||
| Research runs a month | Membership | 100 | 200 | 400 |
| Prior-art searches a month | Membership | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Studio pictures, when you have no membership | Membership | 100 | 300 | 1,000 |
| Assessment versions a month | 20 | 60 | 120 | 240 |
| Grade checks a month | remove | 30 | 60 | 120 |
| Drafting runs a month | remove | 100 | 200 | 400 |
| Metered documents a month | 10 | 40 | 80 | 160 |
| Service | ||||
| Job queue | Standard | Standard | Priority | Priority |
| Support | Standard | Standard | Standard | Premium |
Moving up
Move to a higher level at any time. We cancel your current subscription without a refund and sell you the new one at its list price, less a credit for the unused part of your current term. The credit is worked out on whole days, against the amount you actually paid, in the currency of your original order, and it is shown on the order and your receipt before you confirm.
Downgrading takes effect at the end of your current term. Nothing is refunded, because you keep what you paid for until it runs out, and nothing is deleted.
A grade upgrade is its own item at a fixed price, being the difference between the two grades. The higher grade supersedes the lower one for that project. Nothing is refunded for the grade you already bought, and the difference is all you pay.
 Bronze to Silver | US$300 |
 Silver to Gold | US$300 |
 Bronze to Gold | US$600 |
The member coupon takes 10% off a grade upgrade too.
link Once applied, a grade cannot be moved to another project. If you applied one to the wrong project, contact support and we will help.
The member discount
Your member coupon is in your account while your membership is active. Use it at checkout and the discount is shown before you pay. Four rules attach to it, and they are the same in every market.
It applies while the membership is active at the moment of purchase. If your membership later ends, nothing you already bought is affected and no discount is reclaimed.
It is the same 10% on every grade and every grade upgrade, on every project.
One coupon applies to an order: the member coupon and a promotional code do not stack.
Refunds are calculated on the amount you actually paid, not on the list price.
Buying, renewing, leaving
Payments are processed by Cleverbridge GmbH, our authorised reseller and merchant of record. Cleverbridge is the seller of record for the transaction, issues your invoice, and collects and remits any applicable tax. We never receive your card details.
Prices are in US dollars and are shown without tax. Sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where it applies, and is shown before you pay.
Memberships renew automatically at the then-current list price until you cancel. You are told before every renewal charge, and at least thirty days beforehand for an annual membership or for any change in renewal price.
You can cancel at any time from inside the service. Cancelling takes no more steps than subscribing did, and we will not put anything in the way of it. It takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for.
Nothing is deleted. Your account returns to Free and your projects, files and history remain. Projects without a grade, and scenarios beyond the free four, become read-only rather than disappearing. A project with a grade keeps everything its grade includes.
The merchant of record retries and contacts you. Your access continues to the end of the period you paid for. If payment is not collected by then your account returns to the free tier. Nothing is deleted.
Refunds
| Situation | Outcome |
|---|---|
| A new membership, cancelled within fourteen days of your first payment | Refunded in full, no questions |
| A renewal that caught you by surprise, raised within fourteen days | Refunded, if you have not made substantial use in that period |
| Cancelling mid-term | Not refunded. You keep the service until the period ends |
| A grade bought and not yet applied to a project | Refunded in full, within thirty days |
| A grade applied, with no generative work run | Refunded in full, within fourteen days |
| A grade applied, with some work run | Refunded in part, reduced by the work consumed. We show the calculation |
| Charged in error, charged twice, or a materially extended outage | Refunded in full, whatever the timing |
Refunds are made in the currency you paid, for the amount you paid, and are processed through the merchant of record. Policies cannot anticipate everything: if something has gone wrong and this does not cover it, ask us. The full position is in the Refund Policy.
Questions
These pages summarise the commercial terms. The Terms of Service and the Refund Policy govern.
Work a real idea through with Nova and the crew before anyone asks for a card.
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