Free, Paid and Institutional Licenses
Annotate PRO (AP) has a strong ‘freemium’ model. Individual educators can use the basic version of AP, for free, forever.
So if you’re enjoying a trial of AP and have access to advanced features you can check out the free vs. paid differences using the tables below.
We hope you’ll see value in paying for AP, which helps us keep the lights on and invest in continuous improvements, but we’re honored if we help you on your mission regardless.
Advanced features and content include:
- Use of advanced content Libraries like the 230+ comment College Edition that covers much of academic writing
- Use of AP with email and chat platforms like Gmail, Outlook (web) and Slack
- Organize your content using Sub Groups to differentiate instruction and support larger libraries
- Use Google Translate to easily provide dual language or on-the-fly translation
- Expand the size of the AP sidebar to go Double Wide and show more Favorites
- Keep a running history of all the feedback you provide with The Feed, quickly converting one-off comments to reusable
- Structure your repetitive Comments with Forms
- In Canvas SpeedGrader keep an optional Student History of feedback by student, course and assignment
- View analytics on your feedback
Note: The basic version of AP is free for educators at non-profit institutions. Tutors, editors, instructors and other roles at for-profit institutions should purchase an AP license. We reserve the right to require users document their non-profit status (through providing ownership of an email address provided by a non-profit).
Individuals can choose to pay for advanced features (“AP+“) and content. See individual pricing for details.
Institutions/organizations can choose to license AP broadly, enabling Comment Library sharing and administrative features. See institutional pricing for more.
Platform Support
| Platform | Forever-Free | AP+ | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackboard LMS | Y | Y | Y |
| Brightspace/D2L | Y | Y | Y |
| Canvas LMS | Y | Y | Y |
| Google Docs | Y | Y | Y |
| Google Classroom | Y | Y | Y |
| Google Sheets | N | Y | Y |
| Google Slides | N | Y | Y |
| Gmail | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Teams (web) | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Word (app) | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Word (web) | Y | Y | Y |
| Schoology LMS | Y | Y | Y |
| Outlook (web) | N | Y | Y |
| Slack (web) | N | Y | Y |
N | Y | Y |
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| Other websites | N | Y | Y |
Features
| Feature | Forever-Free | AP+ | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create Unlimited Libraries | Y | Y | Y |
| Unlimited Comments | Y | Y | Y |
| Toolbars | Y | Y | Y |
| Sort and Color Favorites | N | Y | Y |
| Feedback Builder | N | Y | Y |
| Sub-Groups | N | Y | Y |
| Forms | N | Y | Y |
| Sidebar Double Wide | N | Y | Y |
| Toolbar Anywhere | N | Y | Y |
| Google Translate | N | Y | Y |
| Comment History | N | Y | Y |
| Analytics | N | Y | Y |
AP Content
| Content Library | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| College Edition | 230+ comments that cover all the bases for college-level academic writing: argument, use of evidence, style, organization, information literacy, grammar, MLA, APA...Of course you can quickly modify and extend the content to suit your needs! | $36/year/user |
| School Resources Edition | Let 11trees create a knowledge-base of student support info and resources - tutoring, counseling, advising, librarians, peer tutoring, newspaper, writing center etc. - so your faculty and staff can have the best information at their fingertips when emailing, replying to discussion forums, creating course content etc. 11trees creates and manages the content making sure it is up-to-date. Game change!!!Note: Requires an Institutional license for 25 or more users. | $1,500/year/institution |
| Legal Writing Edition | 300+ comments written by Professor Mitchell Nathanson of Villanova Law School, to support first-year law school written work. | $55/year/user |
| Career Warrior Edition | Help your students become better networkers and resume-writers with this deep template library of reach-outs, introductions, thank-yous, and cover letter snippets. Add your own resume and personal contact info then use with Microsoft Word, LinkedIn, and all major job boards to speed the application process and improve the quality of communications. | $10/user/year min 100 users |
| Motivation Station Edition | A small library of useful quotations about persistence, writing and success. Use in emails, discussion boards or when commenting on student work to add a little zing and personality. Forever free! | Free! |
| Discussion Moderator Edition | Designed for improving course discussions, by pre-writing many of the responses, encouragements, and constructive criticisms we might share with students, DME both speeds up the instructor’s moderation role and improves the specificity of the interaction. | Free! |
| Presentation Skills Edition | Authored by experts in both in-person and online presenting, the 260+ comment PSE is an expert presentation skills course in the form of feedback. Covering slide design, voice and tone, handling Q&A and many other facets of successful communications, PSE makes it easy to create feedback at the speed of a live presentation. Your students will learn 5x more and be amazed at your ability to give such targeted feedback. Take advantage of the linked articles with tips from experts on everything from slide design to skills for online presentations like lighting and microphone setup. | $36/year/user |
Library Sharing
| Share | Forever-Free | AP+ | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Informally | N | N | Y |
| Formally | N | N | Y |
User Creation
| Signup | Forever-Free | AP+ | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create with email/password | Y | Y | Y |
| Google SSO | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft SSO | Y | Y | Y |
| Recognize email domain | N | N | Y |
| Admin user creation/editing | N | N | Y |
User Permissions
| Permission | Forever-Free | AP+ | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create Libraries/Comments | Y | Y | Y |
| Add Comments | Y | Y | Y |
| Informal Sharing | N | N | Y |
| Exec Editor Features | N | N | Y |
| Admin Features | N | N | Y |
| Turn Off Editing | N | N | Y |