RQL Pricing & Plans
Flexible AI review, polish, translation, reviewer workflow, certificates, credits, and journal workspace plans.
How RQL pricing works
RQL uses a mixed model: direct service payments, credits, subscriptions, and journal/institution plans.
Credits are an alternative payment route for eligible services. Subscriptions mainly unlock access,
workflow limits, visibility, tools, and convenience features. They do not automatically include free service credits.
RQL does not guarantee journal acceptance, publication, indexing, citation, or external peer-review approval.
It helps authors and organizations improve research quality, documentation, and workflow readiness.
AI Review
Workflow:
Upload → Free Preliminary Assessment → Unlock Full AI Review → Optional Real Reviewer Board
Preliminary Assessment
Free first-stage assessment before payment.
- Structured reviewer-style preview
- Some sections limited or locked
- Helps users decide whether to continue
- Does not unlock Real Reviewer Board
Price: Free
Start Free Assessment
Quick Check
Fast full review for early-stage papers.
- Full AI review unlocked
- Useful for early drafts
- Improvement priorities
- No certificate included
Price: $7.90 or 7 credits
Start Quick Check
Standard Review Recommended
Best for submission preparation.
- Full AI review unlocked
- Deeper reviewer-style structure
- Prioritized revision guidance
- Good for pre-submission decisions
Price: $18.90 or 18 credits
Start Standard Review
Submission Confidence
Full review with certificate documentation.
- Full AI review unlocked
- Certificate of structured review workflow
- Useful for records and co-author documentation
- Verification page where enabled
Price: $29.90 or 29 credits
Start Confidence Review
Post-Publication Review (PPR)
PPR is for published or publicly available papers that need structured post-publication assessment,
Paper Quality Score support, reviewer-board visibility, and improvement documentation.
Full PPR AI Review
- Full paper upload or DOI/publication link
- Post-publication review orientation
- Paper Quality Score support
- Can link to imported paper page
Suggested price: $12 or 12 credits
Start PPR
PPR + Reviewer Board Entry
- Everything in Full PPR AI Review
- Reviewer-board listing after completion
- Human comments can update workflow record
- Useful for public quality documentation
Price: $19 or 19 credits
Start PPR Workflow
Managed Peer Review
- RQL helps manage reviewer stages
- Reviewer coordination support
- Review progress tracking
- Best for authors, journals, and organizations
Price: Custom / quoted
Request Managed Review
Academic Polish
Improve grammar, clarity, academic tone, readability, structure, and presentation without changing scientific meaning.
Polish Preview
- Short sample preview
- Useful before purchase
- Limited output
Price: Free where available
Try Polish Preview
Main Sections Polish
- Abstract, introduction, selected sections
- Academic clarity improvement
- DOCX export where enabled
Price: $9 or 9 credits
Start Polish
Full Manuscript Polish
- Full manuscript language polish
- Academic tone and readability support
- DOCX export where enabled
Price: $19 or 19 credits
Start Full Polish
Submission-Ready Polish
- Full polish plus consistency check
- Better for final pre-submission stage
- Optional certificate/record support where enabled
Price: $29 or 29 credits
Start Advanced Polish
Translation Support
Academic translation and language refinement for multilingual research communication.
Translation Preview
- Short preview or selected excerpt
- Useful before full translation
- Limited output
Price: Free or low-cost where enabled
Explore Translation
Key Sections Translation
- Title, abstract, keywords, selected sections
- Good for bilingual visibility
- DOCX output where enabled
Price: $12 or 12 credits
Start Key Sections
Full Draft Translation
- Full manuscript translation
- Academic tone support
- Terminology refinement layer
Price: $29 or 29 credits
Start Full Translation
Submission-Ready Translation
- Translation plus academic refinement
- Terminology and consistency check
- Certificate documentation where enabled
Price: $49 or 49 credits
Start Submission-Ready Translation
Individual Subscriptions
Subscriptions improve access, visibility, workflow limits, and convenience features.
They do not include free monthly credits at this stage.
Free
For trying RQL and building a basic profile.
- Free preliminary assessment
- Basic public profile
- Limited collaboration/reviewer-board activity
- Limited reviewer discovery
- One free lifetime profile certificate where enabled
Price: $0/month
Create Free Account
RQL Plus
For active researchers and authors.
- Higher collaboration and reviewer-board limits
- Expanded reviewer discovery
- More profile visibility
- More invitations and notifications
- Access to selected export/convenience tools
Price: $10/month, $100/year
Choose Plus
RQL Pro
For frequent users and advanced research support.
- High or unlimited collaboration posting limits
- Priority reviewer-board visibility
- Advanced profile and reputation features
- More reviewer invitations
- Advanced dashboard and workflow tools as released
Price: $18/month, $180/year
Choose Pro
RQL Professional
For consultants, research assistants, and heavy workflow users.
- Highest individual limits
- Priority workflow visibility
- Enhanced profile/reputation tools
- Advanced reviewer/collaboration features
- Early access to new workflow tools where available
Price: $29/month, $290/year
Contact / Upgrade
Credit Refills
Credits are flexible service tokens. Use them for eligible AI review, PPR, polish, translation,
certificates, reviewer workflow features, and other paid services where enabled.
Credit Pack 1
- 10 credits
- No bonus
- Good for occasional use
Price: $10
Buy Credits
Credit Pack 2
- 25 base credits
- 5% bonus credit
- Total: 26 credits
Price: $25
Buy Credits
Credit Pack 3
- 50 base credits
- 10% bonus credit
- Total: 55 credits
Price: $50
Buy Credits
Credit Pack 4
- 100 base credits
- 15% bonus credit
- Total: 115 credits
Price: $100
Buy Credits
How credits can be used
- Pay for eligible RQL services without a subscription
- Reward or appreciate reviewers and collaborators
- Transfer credits to other users where enabled
- Use credits for additional certificates or entitlement-based features
Real Reviewer Support
After a full AI review, eligible users can post a title and abstract to the Real Reviewer Board,
invite reviewers, receive volunteer offers, and manage reviewer conversations.
Reviewer Board Entry
- Unlocked after full AI review or eligible PPR flow
- Public title/abstract listing
- Private sharing controlled by request owner
View Reviewer Board
Managed Peer Review
- RQL-supported reviewer coordination
- Progress tracking
- Useful for authors, journals, and organizations
Request Managed Review
Journal Plans
For journals that want editorial workspace tools, reviewer coordination, AI screening,
author payment workflow, reviewer board options, and production tracking.
Journal Starter
- Journal workspace access
- Basic editorial roles
- AI screening/report support
- Limited reviewer workflow tools
- Basic author/payment status tracking
Price: $29/month or $290/year
Start Journal Plan
Journal Professional
Recommended for active journals.
- Expanded editorial workspace
- Section/editor/reviewer role workflows
- Reviewer assignment and tracking
- Author payment request/confirmation tools
- Production desk and certificate workflow support
Price: $79/month or $790/year
Contact for Onboarding
Journal Network
- Multiple journals or sections
- Publisher-level oversight
- Advanced stats and editorial member activity
- Configurable workflows
- Priority support and custom setup
Price: From $149/month or $1490/year
Discuss Journal Network
Organization & Institution Plans
For universities, departments, research groups, thesis support centres, NGOs, laboratories,
and organizations that want shared research quality infrastructure.
Research Group
- Shared organization workspace
- Member access management
- Shared credit pool where enabled
- Basic reporting
Price: $49/month, $490/year
Contact RQL
Department / Centre
- Team dashboard
- Research quality support for multiple users
- Institutional credit pool
- Researcher profiles and activity overview
- Reviewer/collaboration discovery tools
Price: $129/month, $1290/year
Contact RQL
Institution / Enterprise
- Custom onboarding
- Large-scale research support workflows
- Advanced reporting and integrations
- Priority support
- Custom pricing and implementation
Price: Custom
Request Institutional Plan
Certificates
RQL certificates document selected platform records and completed workflows.
Profile Certificate
- One free lifetime profile certificate where enabled
- Additional downloads may require credits
- Shows profile and activity metadata
Review Workflow Certificate
- Documents paper review workflow
- Can include AI score, reviewer activity, PQS, and revision status
- Available in eligible tiers or through credits
Reviewer Certificate
- Documents reviewer contribution where eligible
- Useful for reviewer records
- May require completed review activity
Translation Certificate
- Documents academic translation/language-support workflow
- May include source/target language and service tier
- Available where translation workflow is completed
