Pricing

Honest pricing.Yes, we read that out loud.

Free is actually free. Pro pays for itself the day you have a team. BYOK is for the heavy AI users who'd rather route through their own provider. That's the whole menu — no Business tier, no enterprise upsell, no "contact sales."

Yearly = 2 months on us
Free
$0· no card

Run your own week. Built for one — already kind to a team.

For you

  • Captures · tasks · docs · calendar — unlimited, no card
  • Ask Kairo to try it · ~50 replies/mo on Haiku
  • Apple Calendar + ICS feed, both free at every tier

For your team

  • Up to 5 team spaces · 50 members each · 3 rooms each
  • Live activity + DMs · roles · invites · @mentions
  • Block comments, decisions, polls, announcements
Pro add-on · heavy AI
Pro + BYOK
$20/ member / mo

$12 Pro · +$8 BYOK add-on

Use Ask Kairo without limits, on the AI account you already have.

For you

  • No monthly reply cap — chat, draft, brainstorm freely
  • Use the model you trust per task · Claude · GPT-4o · Gemini
  • Audited token-spend dashboard so heavy users keep cost in sight

For your team

  • Per-seat add-on — each teammate brings their own key
  • Switch providers any time; the Kairo workflow doesn't change
  • Toggle off and fall back to Pro · no data loss

Built for one · Grown for teams · Full feature matrix below

No card on Free · BYOK is Pro-only · Cancel any time · Yearly billing saves 2 months

How BYOK worksPro add-on · + $8 / mo

Bring your own AI key. Use as much as you want.

Pro users can attach the BYOK add-on for $8 / month and route every Ask Kairo turn through their own Anthropic, OpenAI, or Gemini account. You decide the pace — five replies a week or five hundred a day. Your provider account is the only ceiling, and the bill goes there too.

  • Bring Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4o, or Google Gemini
  • Use Ask Kairo as much or as little as you want
  • Switch providers any time from Settings → Integrations
  • Toggle off and Kairo falls back to managed AI on Pro

Side by side.

Free vs Pro vs Pro + BYOK
FeatureFreeProPro + BYOK
Core
Personal spacesUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Team spacesUp to 5UnlimitedUnlimited
Seats per team (subteams share the pool)Up to 50UnlimitedUnlimited
Subteams per teamUp to 3UnlimitedUnlimited
Captures · tasks · docs · decisions · pollsUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Tasks views — List · Board · Focus (AI lanes) · Timeline
Custom task statuses + dependencies
Per-task time tracking
Team contacts (CRM)Up to 50 per teamUnlimitedUnlimited
Team bookmarksUp to 30 per teamUnlimitedUnlimited
Block-level doc comments
Realtime activity feed
Direct messages
Ask Kairo
Monthly Ask KairoEnough to try (~50 replies)Daily use (~500 replies)As much as you want · your key
Priority Anthropic queue
Live web search inside Ask Kairo
Missing-info smart alerts
Bulk slash commands (/convert, /sweep)
Doc AI: continue · summarize · brainstorm
Talk-to-type for docs
YouTube link → cleaned doc with title, description, notes
Syllabus PDF → preview tasks and dates
Pick your model (Anthropic · OpenAI · Gemini)
Usage billed to your provider account
Calendar · Time
Week · Month · Year views
Apple Calendar (iCloud share link)
Generic ICS feed
Google Calendar two-way sync
Travel context + Maps directions
Daily digest email
Documents
Documents per workspace10200200
Max file size5 MB50 MB50 MB
AI extraction (search-friendly)
Team
Email invites
Roles (owner / admin / member / viewer)
Team analytics dashboard
Off-hours invite nudges

Curious how we stack against ClickUp, Notion, or Slack? See the side-by-side.

What stays free, forever

The fundamentals never go behind a paywall.

  • Calendar interop (Apple, ICS, share-out)
  • Unlimited personal spaces
  • Tasks, docs, decisions, polls
  • Realtime activity feed + DMs
  • Enough Ask Kairo to try it (~50 replies/mo)
  • Live web search inside Ask Kairo
  • Off-hours invite nudges
  • Export everything as JSON

You should not pay rent for the basics of running your own week. We charge for AI scale and team-grade infrastructure — not for the fundamentals.

Pricing questions

The six things people ask first.

Is Free really free, forever?+

Swear to god. No card. No countdown trial. No "free until we find a reason." Personal spaces are unlimited at every tier; calendar interop is free at every tier. Free covers solo founders, freelancers, and students running their own week. If we ever change this, you'll hear it from us 30 days ahead — that's a written commitment in our Terms.

When should I upgrade to Pro?+

When it pays for itself. You actually have a team, you hit the 5-team-space ceiling, you want daily Ask Kairo use on a smarter model, you want talk-to-type, or you want the YouTube → doc and syllabus → tasks flows. Not before. We don't want you on Pro if Free still fits.

What does BYOK actually mean?+

Bring Your Own Key. Pro users can attach the BYOK add-on for $8/mo and route every Ask Kairo turn through their own Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini account. You set the pace — five replies a week, five hundred a day, whatever fits. The $8 keeps Kairo running — context, memory, agent tools, doc generation, the whole product layer — and the add-on lifts your reply cap so heavy users don't run out at 500 turns/month. Pro is required because the product layer is Pro.

How is Kairo different from Notion / ClickUp / Slack?+

Notion makes you build the system before you can use it. ClickUp gives you every feature plus the configuration overhead. Slack forgets by Friday. Kairo handles the daily loop — capture → decide → act — with AI that actually reads your work. We picked one job and refused to be a kitchen sink.

How does billing actually work?+

Each person pays for their own seat. Your plan sets your personal Ask Kairo quota, document caps, and integration access — for you. You and your teammates can be on different tiers in the same workspace; everyone gets what they're paying for. Yearly billing saves you 2 months — same plan, two months free.

Can I cancel any time?+

Yes. Settings → Billing → Cancel. You keep paid access through the end of the billing period, then drop back to Free with everything intact. No hoops, no retention call, no "are you sure" five times.

Do you have a Business tier?+

Not yet, and not on a roadmap timer. We'd rather ship Free and Pro extraordinarily well first than launch a Business tier that's just Pro with a price tag. If you need SSO, admin controls, or specific compliance posture today, write hello@heykairo.io — we'll talk before we build.

Different question? Full FAQ · Email us.

Try Free. Upgrade later if it earns it.

No card needed. Cancel anytime. We'll never bill you for a feature you weren't using.

Pricing — Free is actually free · Kairo