Plans and prices

Darwin Suite is a family of five systems, and each is subscribed separately with plans designed for the people who use it:

• Darwin Ignite, IP management for those who manage IP cases: Free, Core, Prime and Corporate.
• Darwin Lightbox, consultation and annotation between owners and their agents: LawFirm and BrandOwner.
• Darwin Axiom, AI analysis and production of IP and legal documents: Prime and Corporate.
• Darwin GSE, trade mark search by image, sound and meaning: Free, Core and Prime.
• Darwin Genius, originality screening for creatives: Free, Core and Prime.

Within each system, every plan includes everything in the plan below it. The differences are scale (users, cases, documents, storage, accounts), allowances (credits, AI tokens, digital signatures) and capability. All systems share one sign-in and one account, so you can subscribe to one and add others whenever you need them. The current offer for each system is in Profile > Subscriptions, where the Features Matrix compares the plans.

Yes. Darwin Suite is designed so that one account, with one team, can use several systems, and so that one user can belong to several accounts. To move between systems, open the user menu and use the Systems switcher; you stay signed in, and the same account, team, roles, billing, email sending accounts and AI configuration apply. Each system is subscribed separately, so the systems available to your account depend on what its administrators have chosen in Subscriptions. If you open a system for which your account has no subscription, you are enrolled in it as a Reader, with read-only access, and the account's administrators are informed so that they can decide what to do. Separately, the Accounts switcher in the same user menu lets you change the account you are working in, for example if you work for more than one firm, if a portfolio owner deals with several service providers, or if a provider serves several clients in Lightbox. The account you select determines all the data you see, and nothing from one account is visible while you are working in another. Your personal details, language and password belong to you as a user and follow you across every system and account.

Yes. Every paid plan of every Darwin Suite system can be paid monthly or yearly. You choose the cycle in Profile > Subscriptions, where the Monthly Billing and Yearly Billing views show the plans for each. Paying yearly saves the equivalent of two months compared with paying monthly over the same twelve months. It suits organisations that know they will use the plan for the whole year, while monthly payment keeps you flexible while you are getting started.

If you are already subscribed, Switch to Yearly or Switch to Monthly changes the cycle, and the screen tells you when the new cycle starts and renews before you confirm. Free plans have no charge in either cycle. Gold credits and digital signatures are not part of the cycle: they are bought once, as needed, and never expire.

An Admin of the account changes the plan of any system in Profile > Subscriptions, and the screen explains exactly what will happen before you confirm. A move to a higher plan starts at once: the difference for the rest of the current period is charged pro rata, using the remaining credit of your previous subscription. A move to a lower plan keeps the features of the current plan until the end of the period already paid, and the new plan is charged from then on.

Only one change can be pending at a time. New features reach your session the next time you sign in. Before moving down, check that your account fits the lower plan's limits, such as the number of users, cases, documents, accounts or watched jurisdictions. For Corporate plans, Axiom quotes, cancellations or tailored arrangements, contact the sales team.

Credits pay for services that are charged by use rather than included outright in a plan. Silver credits come with your plan as an allowance, which depends on the system and plan you subscribe to, and are always used first. Gold credits are bought by an Admin in Profile > Billing with Purchase Credits. They are billed once, never expire, and are used only when no Silver credits are available, so your account keeps working when the allowance runs out.

Typical uses include searches and screenings in Darwin GSE and Darwin Genius beyond your allowance, imports of IP cases from official institutes beyond the free loads in your Darwin Ignite plan, and expert analyses authenticated by a person. Credits belong to the account, not to the user, and are shared by every Darwin Suite system the account uses. In Darwin Axiom, usage is counted in AI tokens included in the plan.

Digital signatures are units your account uses to certify documents, reports or analyses, so that recipients can be confident that what they received has not been altered since it was issued, even if they can edit PDFs. Each certification uses one signature, and only when you ask for it. Several plans include a free monthly allowance, for example 200, 2,000 and 5,000 a month on the Core, Prime and Corporate plans of Darwin Ignite.

When you need more, an Admin buys them in Profile > Billing with Purchase Signatures, in packs of 200, 2,000 or 5,000. They are added to the account straight away, never expire, and are shared by every Darwin Suite system the account uses.

Payment methods are managed by an Admin in Profile > Billing, under Payment Details. You can register several payment cards and choose a default one, pay with PayPal, or, where your account has one, use a Current Account that shows every movement with its invoice. Billing also shows the account's Cash Account and Credits Account and lets you add funds. Make sure your company's location and tax number are correct in Company Account, as they can affect the tax on your invoices. Billing is shared by every Darwin Suite system the account uses.

Prices are set in euros and are the same in every country. At checkout you can pay in EUR, GBP, USD, AUD, BRL, CAD, CHF, HKD, JPY, NOK or SEK. Taxes are added where applicable, according to your company's location and tax number.