The cloning suite and the lab notebook are free for everyone, academic or commercial. You pay only for compute: protein folding, drug discovery runs and the AI assistant.
Free
The whole cloning suite and lab notebook, for everyone.
Multiple sequence alignment and Sanger trace verification
CRISPR guide design
Restriction digest and agarose gel simulation
SnapGene .dna, GenBank, FASTA import and export
Lab notebook
Electronic lab notebook, protocols and inventory
eLabFTW two-way sync
PDF and Word export
Storage
1 GB
25 GB
150 GB
Protein structure
Folding demos, to view
AlphaFold DB search and 3D viewer
ESMFold structure predictions
50 / month
300 / month
Extra predictions
$0.50 each
$0.30 each
Drug discovery (FoldRx)
FoldRx demos, to view
Drug discovery runs
10 / month
50 / month
Compounds docked per run
100
500
Iterative design rounds per run
2
5
Extra runs beyond the allowance
Coming soon
Coming soon
Hosted models (Boltz-2, DiffDock, RFdiffusion)
From predictions
From predictions
Free-energy perturbation (FEP)
Coming soon
Priority GPU queue
Coming soon
AI and integrations
Sequence-aware AI assistant
300 messages / month
2,000 messages / month
MCP server and API
Frequently asked questions
Is Talindrew free?
Yes. The sequence editor, all eight cloning strategies, the OpenCloning-compatible cloning workspace, primer design, multiple sequence alignment, CRISPR guide design, restriction digests, gel simulation and the electronic lab notebook are free for everyone, academic or commercial, with no verification step. Protein folding, drug discovery runs and the AI assistant start on the Pro plan.
What does the free plan leave out?
Anything that runs on a GPU or a language model: ESMFold structure predictions, FoldRx drug discovery runs, hosted models such as Boltz-2 and DiffDock, and the AI assistant. Free users can still open the protein folding and FoldRx demos to see what those tools produce.
What counts as a drug discovery run?
One pass of the FoldRx pipeline on one target: fold the protein, find its pockets, dock a compound library and score the results for ADMET. Pro docks up to 100 compounds per run and Max up to 500. Each further design round on the same run counts within that run, up to the plan's round limit.
What happens if I use up my allowance?
The molecular biology tools and the lab notebook have no limit and keep working. Compute pauses until your allowance resets, each month on the day your plan renews, or until you move to a bigger plan, which takes effect straight away and is charged pro rata. A move to a smaller plan takes effect at your next renewal. Packs of extra runs are coming soon. Allowances do not roll over.
Is there an academic discount?
Yes. Verified academic and non-profit researchers pay $15 a month for Pro and $69 a month for Max. The free plan needs no verification at all.
How does Talindrew's price compare with SnapGene and Geneious?
SnapGene charges $350 a year per academic user and $1,845 a year per corporate user to edit and simulate cloning. Geneious Prime charges $620 and $2,150. Talindrew's cloning suite is free, and Pro, at $240 a year, adds protein folding and drug discovery, which neither SnapGene nor Geneious offers.
Do you offer team plans?
Yes. Teams pay $59 per seat per month with runs pooled across the group, single sign-on and audit exports. Larger organisations can ask for an enterprise agreement without a sales call being required to start.