Academics and startups

Academics

Creating a Biodock account is free for academic scientists, as part of our mission to support and accelerate bio R&D with AI. Academic users can sign up at https://app.biodock.ai using an email from an accredited research institution (e.g., .edu, .ac.uk) and receive immediate access to 10 GB of storage and 3 run credits for AI training and AI analysis.

Free academic credits are provided at Biodock's discretion as part of our academic support program. Because the program is supported by Biodock's computing resources, the number of free credits, eligibility criteria, and availability may change over time based on program demand and available resources.

Run credits automatically expire after 12 months, but if you are unable to use all of them before expiration, you can reach out to us and we will extend the expiration so you keep access to your remaining credits. If you need more than the included 3 run credits or additional storage, you can purchase more at any time through the billing page.

If you are an academic but do not have a qualifying email, reach out to us so we can set you up with a free account!

Upload Limitations for Free Academic users

Free Academic accounts can upload any supported imaging file type, with a maximum file size of 250 MB per upload.

This limit is designed to support most medium and large imaging datasets while preventing excessive resource usage. Processing large files requires significant computing resources, which are shared across AI training and analysis workloads on the platform. The upload limit helps ensure fair and reliable access for all users.

FAQs for academic researchers

I'm an academic user - why do I have 0 analysis capacity on my account?

Our system automatically detects academic emails and assigns an academic account for those emails. If you signed up with a non-academic email (like a Gmail account) or one that our system incorrectly classifies as non-academic, your account will not automatically given an academic standing. You can reach out to us and once we have proof of your academic affiliation we can upgrade your account to an academic account.

Will I ever need to convert to a paid membership?

Once free credits are used, your lab must purchase additional credits via the Billing page. For large academic storage and analysis needs, we offer services at cost—the prices shown reflect this. Our goal is to support academic R&D at minimal cost while preventing resource abuse.

What are the terms of services and privacy policy?

https://www.biodock.ai/termsprivacy/

Is my data sold or shared?

We will never sell or share your data, images, results, or otherwise to third parties. We will also never claim IP ownership over any discovery made using our platform. In some cases, we use our corpus of data as a starting point to help train more accurate models.

What limitations do I have for publishing and usage?

Please give an inline citation. See https://docs.biodock.ai/company/citing-biodock.

For academic account usage, even for usage towards a publication, your use case must be strictly noncommercial. An academic account is not appropriate for use by a for-profit business or institution in most cases. Additionally, being a nonprofit or academic does not necessarily qualify your use case if it is still primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary compensation. Papers that include any significant authorship from a non-academic affiliated author generally require a paid account.

Startups

Biodock has special startup pricing for high-growth small startups that are affiliated with a top accelerator like YCombinator, IndieBio, and Alchemist and with less than 25 FTEs.

Reach out to [e-mail] to learn more.