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Pricing & Plans
Start free with AI included — no credit card required. Upgrade anytime as your needs grow.
- Everyday AI model
- Some free AI usage each month
- Docs, Sheets, Drive & chat included
- No image generation
- Everyday, Advanced, Smartest & Fastest models
- Community support
- AI that writes into your Docs, Sheets, Slides & more
- All models — Everyday, Advanced, Smartest & Fastest
- Pay only for what you use
- Unlimited image generation (billed per use)
- Max Mode for long projects
- Best value — $20 AI included for only $14/mo
- AI that writes into your Docs, Sheets, Slides & more
- All models — Everyday, Advanced, Smartest & Fastest
- Unlimited image generation (billed per use)
- Max Mode for long projects
- Priority support
- $45 River AI usage/month included
- Everything in Basic
- More AI budget for heavy weekly work
- Max Mode for long projects
- Dedicated support
- $140 River AI usage/month included
- Everything in Standard
- Built for heavy, ongoing workflows
- Extended version history & admin controls
- White-glove support
River AI Usage Rates#
Your monthly River AI budget resets each billing cycle. Prices below are what the model provider charges for the faster processing River uses. River usage rates also include the services that power your workspace.
Text Models#
| Model | Description | Input (per 1M tokens) | Output (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyday | Gemini 3.8 Flash for writing and analysis | $1.35 | $6.75 |
| Advanced | Claude Opus 5.5 for complex writing, analysis, and research | $8.00 | $40.00 |
| Smartest | GPT-6 Astra for your most demanding work | $20.00 | $100.00 |
| Fastest | Low-latency replies for quick, everyday questions | $0.40 | $2.40 |
Everyday shows Gemini 3.8 Flash's introductory provider rates through December 31, 2026. When faster processing is unavailable, a request runs at normal speed and costs less. For example, River's Advanced usage rates, including workspace services, are $12 input and $60 output per million tokens with faster processing, and $6 and $30 without it.
Image Models#
| Model | Description | Cost per image |
|---|---|---|
| Image (Fastest) | Low-latency image generation via Gemini Nano Banana 2 | $0.067 |
| Image (Standard) | High-quality image generation via GPT Image 2 | $0.053 |
| Image (HD) | Ultra-detailed high-definition images via GPT Image 2 | $0.211 |
Free plan includes an onboarding starter budget, then $3 of AI usage each month. Paid plan budgets reset monthly.
How AI usage works#
River AI usage is metered in River AI dollars. Each paid plan includes a monthly budget that resets on your billing date. The Free plan includes an onboarding starter budget, then $3 of AI usage each month (unused free balance does not roll over).
When you go over your plan's budget, usage stops until the next cycle — or you can switch to Pay As You Go to keep going without upgrading.
What happens when I reach my limit?#
When you exhaust your included monthly budget, you have two options:
Switch to Pay As You Go — Add a card and continue at the same public rates with no monthly fee. Usage is billed at the end of each month. There is no degradation in model quality or speed.
Upgrade your plan — Move to a higher tier (Basic → Standard → Premium) for a larger monthly budget that resets automatically.
Requests are never downgraded in quality or speed when you run out. River stops new AI calls and prompts you to top up or upgrade.
Teams and orgs#
Every River plan supports unlimited team members from Basic onward. Teams share a single subscription under one org — there is no per-seat charge.
An org admin can invite members, manage integrations, and view shared spaces. Usage is pooled across the org's monthly budget.
For larger teams that need custom contracts, priority support, SAML/SSO, SCIM provisioning, or invoice billing, contact us.
AI model tiers#
River offers four public cloud AI tiers. Each tier maps to the best available model for that performance level and updates automatically as models improve. Astra (Smartest) is available only on Basic, Standard, Premium, and Pay As You Go. It is a higher-cost, metered model: usage draws from your AI budget or is billed per use, and is never free or unlimited.
| Tier | Best for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday | Complex writing, analysis, research (default) | Maximum |
| Advanced | Complex writing, analysis, and research with Claude Opus 5.5 | Maximum |
| Smartest | Hardest problems, long-context reasoning with GPT-6 Astra | Maximum |
| Fastest | Quick answers, drafts, lighter everyday tasks | Maximum |
Basic includes a longer context window; Standard and above unlock the maximum context window for all models.
Max Mode#
Max Mode extends the context window from the default 200K tokens to 1M tokens for supported models. A larger context window lets River hold more of your conversation history, open documents, and workspace context in mind at once — leading to better results on long or complex tasks.
Max Mode is available on the Advanced tier. Everyday, Smartest, and Fastest already use their full supported context window and do not need this extension.
Toggle Max Mode from the flame icon (🔥) in the SpaceChat input bar. It requires a Basic plan or above — free accounts will see an upgrade prompt.
Because Max Mode sends significantly more tokens per request, it consumes your AI budget faster than a standard request at the same model tier. There is no separate charge for enabling it; it draws from your normal monthly budget at the same per-token rates.
Billing details#
Paid plans are billed monthly in USD and renew automatically. Cancel anytime from Settings → Billing. By subscribing you agree to River's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.