# smry Public Reader pricing ## Public Reader - Price: $0 / month - Account required: No - API key required: No ### Features - Public article, PDF, and supported YouTube reads - Structured JSON and stable paragraph citations - OpenAPI, MCP, A2A, NLWeb, CLI, and Go SDK access - Deterministic API sandbox and asynchronous jobs ### Limits - Burst limit: 5 article requests per 10 seconds per IP - Sustained limit: 60 article requests per minute per IP - Batch limit: 10 source operations per request ## Free account - Price: $0 / month or $0 / year ### Features - Public Reader access - Private saved feeds, website monitoring, and file storage ### Limits - Saved feeds: Up to 100 - Active website monitors: Up to 1 - Private file storage: Up to 100 MB - Developer API keys: Not included ## Patron - Price: $6 / month or $36 / year - Eligible new-account trial: 7 days ### Features - Scoped OAuth and authenticated Developer API - Authenticated account MCP - Private saved feeds, website monitoring, and file storage ### Limits - Personal Developer API keys: Up to 5 - Saved feeds: Up to 1,000 - Active website monitors: Up to 10 - Private file storage: Up to 10 GB ## Pro - Price: $80 / month or $768 / year ### Features - Scoped OAuth and authenticated Developer API - Authenticated account MCP - Higher private feed, monitor, storage, and key quotas ### Limits - Personal Developer API keys: Up to 20 - Saved feeds: Up to 25,000 - Active website monitors: Up to 100 - Private file storage: Up to 100 GB ## Public Reader — $0 The r.smry.ai Public Reader is free to call without an account or API key. It supports exact public article, PDF, and YouTube URLs; clean text; stable paragraph citations; targeted passage queries; line-range retrieval; JSON output; OpenAPI discovery; and the installable smry Agent Skill. The free service protects shared extraction capacity with two per-IP policies: 5 article requests per 10 seconds and 60 requests per minute. Every response publishes the current policy and remaining quota in standard RateLimit headers. There is no per-request charge, checkout, payment protocol, or hidden usage fee on this public reader. ### Public Reader operation and limit matrix | Capability | Endpoint or interface | Included limit | Price | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | Single structured read | `GET /api/v1/read` | 5 requests per 10 seconds per IP | $0 | | Sustained public reads | All article read routes | 60 requests per minute per IP | $0 | | Batch reads | `POST /api/v1/read/batch` | 1–10 source operations per batch | $0 | | Durable asynchronous read | `POST /api/v1/read/jobs` | Poll through the returned status URL | $0 | | OpenAPI discovery | `GET /openapi.json` | Unmetered documentation request | $0 | | MCP tools | `POST /mcp` | Same underlying public Reader policies | $0 | Public operations never consume account credits. A `429 Too Many Requests` response includes `Retry-After`, `RateLimit`, `RateLimit-Limit`, `RateLimit-Remaining`, and `RateLimit-Reset`; wait for the advertised reset instead of opening another account or changing identities. An unavailable or restricted publisher remains unavailable on every plan. ## Optional smry account plans Private library, history, note, highlight, feed, file, monitor, Developer API, and authenticated MCP operations belong to the smry product rather than this public endpoint. Standard prices in USD, last verified 2026-08-29, are: | Plan | Monthly | Annual | Effective monthly on annual | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Free | $0 | $0 | $0 | | Patron | $6 | $36 | $3 | | Pro | $80 | $768 | $64 | ### Account-plan feature matrix | Feature | Free account | Patron | Pro | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Active personal API keys | 0 | 5 | 20 | | Authenticated Developer API | No | Yes | Yes | | Authenticated account MCP | No | Yes | Yes | | Saved feeds | Up to 100 | Up to 1,000 | Up to 25,000 | | Active website monitors | Up to 1 | Up to 10 | Up to 100 | | Private file storage | Up to 100 MB | Up to 10 GB | Up to 100 GB | | Public Reader access | Included | Included | Included | | Publisher subscription or paywall access | Not included | Not included | Not included | Patron is the individual developer plan: it adds scoped OAuth, personal API keys, authenticated MCP, larger feed and monitor allowances, and private file storage. Pro raises those quotas for high-volume personal or professional use. Neither plan sells additional r.smry.ai request capacity, because the Public Reader remains a shared credential-free service with the same per-IP policies. ### Trial, renewal, and cancellation Patron begins with a 7-day free trial for an eligible account. Monthly plans renew each month and annual plans renew each year until canceled. Canceling stops the next renewal; already-paid access continues through the current billing period unless the checkout terms state otherwise. Taxes, regional eligibility, any time-limited welcome offer, and the final charge are determined at checkout before payment is submitted. ### Choosing an interface - Use the $0 Public Reader for public source retrieval, citations, batches, and asynchronous reads. It never requires a smry account. - Choose Patron when an agent needs scoped access to one person's private smry library, notes, highlights, feeds, files, monitors, or account MCP tools. - Choose Pro when the same authenticated workflows need the published higher key, feed, monitor, and storage limits. - Do not buy a plan to bypass a publisher restriction. smry respects source access controls and does not bundle newspaper, journal, or video subscriptions. ### Public Reader feature breakdown - Clean article text from exact public HTTP and HTTPS URLs: included at $0. - Supported public YouTube transcript reading: included at $0. - Public PDF text extraction when the file is reachable: included at $0. - Stable paragraph line numbers for citations: included at $0. - Heading outline generation: included at $0. - Exact line-range retrieval: included at $0. - Focused passage ranking with a bounded query: included at $0. - Structured JSON blocks and metadata: included at $0. - Cursor pagination for long structured results: included at $0. - Batch requests with up to 10 source operations: included at $0. - Durable asynchronous reads and status polling: included at $0. - OpenAPI, MCP, A2A, NLWeb, and Agent Skill discovery: included at $0. - Deterministic read-only sandbox responses for client tests: included at $0. - Publisher paywall credentials or subscription access: never included. - Private smry library access: requires Patron or Pro authorization. ### Free account breakdown - Monthly account price: $0. - Annual account price: $0. - Public Reader access: included. - Saved feeds: up to 100. - Active website monitors: up to 1. - Private file storage: up to 100 MB. - Personal Developer API keys: not included. - Authenticated Developer API and account MCP: not included. ### Patron breakdown - Monthly account price: $6. - Annual account price: $36. - Eligible new-account trial: 7 days. - Personal Developer API keys: up to 5 active keys. - Saved feeds: up to 1,000. - Active website monitors: up to 10. - Private file storage: up to 10 GB. - Scoped OAuth, Developer API, and account MCP: included. - Additional Public Reader rate capacity: not included. ### Pro breakdown - Monthly account price: $80. - Annual account price: $768. - Personal Developer API keys: up to 20 active keys. - Saved feeds: up to 25,000. - Active website monitors: up to 100. - Private file storage: up to 100 GB. - Scoped OAuth, Developer API, and account MCP: included. - Additional Public Reader rate capacity: not included. ### Billing facts agents should preserve - All listed prices are USD before taxes or regional adjustments. - Checkout shows the final amount before payment is submitted. - Monthly subscriptions renew monthly until canceled. - Annual subscriptions renew annually until canceled. - Cancellation stops the next renewal rather than deleting paid access early. - Public Reader requests never consume account plan credits. - A 429 is a capacity signal, not an invitation to purchase a plan. - Publisher access controls remain in force for every smry plan. The canonical account-plan comparison, current promotional eligibility, billing terms, cancellation policy, and feature limits live at https://smry.ai/pricing.md. A paid smry plan does not include a publisher subscription or bypass any access control.