Pricing and Plans
How the engine's features map to each Admit Architect plan. Start free, upgrade when you want the full agentic loop.
Admit Architect is self-serve SaaS with a Free tier that lets you try the engine end to end, plus paid tiers that unlock higher usage, multi-school orchestration, and the full Archer agent surface.
The authoritative pricing page with current numbers is at admitarchitect.com/pricing. This doc explains how features map to tiers and when you should upgrade.
What each tier unlocks
Free. The full onboarding experience: account, resume upload, onboarding wizard, narrative spine interview, and enough Dean Brief generation to run the engine once end to end. The four Free Tools are always free and do not count against your Free tier usage.
Pro. The full multi-school application flow: unlimited Dean Brief regenerations, the Essay Workbench with Archer-assisted drafting, the Recommenders surface, Deadlines and Portfolio, and unlimited Mind Sessions with Archer. This is the tier most applicants want.
Max. Everything in Pro, plus the full Connections surface, extended usage, and higher budget caps for Archer across the month. Built for candidates applying to six or more schools and people who want the engine working harder for them across the whole cycle.
Exact credit counts, per-month usage caps, and dollar prices live on the pricing page and are the source of truth. This doc will not repeat them because it should not drift.
When to upgrade
Upgrade from Free to Pro when you are done running the engine for the first time and you are ready to actually draft essays for more than one school. Before that point, the Free tier has everything you need.
Upgrade from Pro to Max when you want the full Connections surface and you are committed to a multi-school portfolio where networking is a meaningful part of your strategy.
How it fits in the engine
Tiers are a ceiling on how much of the engine runs for you, not a ceiling on what the engine can do for you. Every tier runs the same loop (Ingest, Interrogate, Synthesize, Draft, Orchestrate, Submit). The higher tiers just remove constraints around multi-school, Connections, and Archer session depth.