Four plans, clearly tiered by output — from two chapters per month up to twenty-five. All monthly cancellable, no contract, no minimum term. If you're not writing, you cancel. What's in the plan is what you get — no asterisks, no hidden limits. And if you're not sure SYMBAN is for you yet: you can write your first two chapters free, no credit card. Nothing sticks if it's not your thing.

    Four plans. One goal: your book.

    Start free. Write your book. Become an author.

    Draft
    $0one-time

    Try it out — 2 chapters, one time.

    • 2 chapters (one time)
    • 1 book
    • Full text quality
    • Markdown export
    Starter
    $35/ month

    Getting started — 1 book per year.

    • 2 chapters / month
    • Standalone books
    • Book-level editing
    • Concept upload
    Recommended
    Hobby
    $89/ month

    Active hobby writers — series possible.

    • 5 chapters / month
    • Series possible
    • Book-level editing
    • Concept upload
    Selfpublisher
    $199/ month

    For Amazon KDP — 4–6 books per year.

    • 12 chapters / month
    • Series possible
    • Book-level editing
    • Concept upload
    Pro
    $399/ month

    For series producers. With your own OpenAI API key (BYOK) unlimited book, series and chapter production.

    • 25 chapters / month incl.
    • Series possible
    • Book-level editing
    • Concept upload

    All prices incl. VAT. Cancel anytime — no minimum term.

    On any plan: Additional chapters available anytime in your dashboard ($5/chapter).

    PANATHINAIA — Band 1
    THE MEN — Volume 1

    Not sure yet? Two finished novels await in our bookstore — free to read.

    Which plan fits you?

    Draft — start free

    For anyone who wants to try SYMBAN before committing. You get two chapters at full text quality and Markdown export — enough to see how your story feels in SYMBAN. No credit card. No auto-renewal. Nothing sticks if it's not your thing.

    Starter — one book per year

    For authors writing one book per year — crime, novel, non-fiction. Two chapters per month add up to a full manuscript over twelve months. Book-level editing included. You upload your concept at the start — plot, characters, setting — as PDF or text. SYMBAN remembers all of it, even in chapter 24.

    Hobby — series with consistency

    For hobby writers with series ambition. Five chapters per month — enough for a trilogy or quadrilogy in a year. SYMBAN remembers across volumes: who gave whom the sword in book 1, SYMBAN knows in book 4 too. For writers building not just one book, but a world.

    Selfpublisher — 4–6 books per year

    For self-publishers on Amazon KDP or Kobo. Twelve chapters per month yield four to six full books per year — enough for a solid backlist. Book-level editing is tuned for novel length. SYMBAN remembers what happened in each volume — even when you flip back in book 6.

    Pro — unlimited via BYOK

    For series producers writing at scale. Twenty-five chapters per month are in the plan. Beyond that, you activate BYOK (Bring Your Own Key): you provide your own model — Claude or the OpenAI API — and produce unlimited. API costs run through your account; SYMBAN stays your production software. For self-publishers releasing twelve or more books a year, or planning series across ten-plus volumes.

    What's in every plan

    FeatureDraftStarterHobbySelfpublisherPro
    Chapters per month2 one-time2 / month5 / month12 / month25 / month
    Books & series1 bookStandaloneSeries possibleSeries possibleSeries possible
    Book-level editing
    Concept upload
    Chapter top-up€5 / chapter€5 / chapter€5 / chapter€5 / chapter
    Included
    Full text quality
    Markdown export
    Cancel anytime

    Pricing FAQ

    Yes. SYMBAN runs month by month. You cancel via Settings → Subscription, and your access stays active until the end of the already paid month. No minimum term, no renewal trap.

    Your manuscripts stay in your account, even on the free Draft plan. Markdown export available anytime.

    Not currently. Only monthly plans: €29, €79, €169, or €349. Clearly tiered, no discount labyrinth.

    Credit card, debit card, SEPA direct debit, and Apple Pay / Google Pay. Processed via Stripe — we never see your payment details.

    BYOK = Bring Your Own Key. On the Pro plan (€349/month), you can provide your own OpenAI API key. Text production then runs through your OpenAI account — for power users with high production volume who want to control OpenAI costs directly.

    €5 per additional chapter (one-time) when you've used up your monthly quota. No subscription, no commitment — only when you want to produce more than your plan allows.

    Starter (€29) is for standalone books — 1 book per year, 2 chapters per month. Hobby (€79) allows series with multiple volumes and 5 chapters per month — perfect for active hobby writers.

    Anytime — upgrades take effect immediately, downgrades at the next month's start. No penalty fees.

    You. What you write with SYMBAN belongs to you — fully. SYMBAN is a tool, not a co-author. If the EU AI Act 2026 requires a label in the export, we add it. You publish under your name.

    Depends on the plan. At five chapters per month (Hobby plan), a typical 20–25 chapter novel manuscript takes about four to five months of productive time. Plus book-level editing (a day or two after completion) and your own revisions. It's not three-day magic. It's solid writing at your pace.

    All. Crime, thriller, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, LitRPG, non-fiction, memoirs. SYMBAN learns from your concept — plot, characters, style. Not from genre templates. If you don't want magic in your crime novel, there is none. If your fantasy goes without dragons, it goes without.

    In Europe. Database in Frankfurt. Nothing leaves the EU. Backups are encrypted. GDPR-compliant — we're based in Germany ourselves.

    Trust

    14-day right of withdrawal

    If it wasn't for you, you get your money back. All of it.

    Data in Europe

    Database in Frankfurt. Nothing leaves the EU.

    Your book is yours

    What you write with SYMBAN belongs to you. If the EU AI Act 2026 requires a label in the export, we add it. Otherwise we don't.

    Payment via Stripe

    We never see your card details. Stripe handles it, GDPR-compliant.

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