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Marvin pricing
Marvin publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, Marvin pricing is free across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Marvin plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Starter | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
| Pro | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
| Enterprise | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 2 full seats and 3 collaborator seats, 5 file uploads per month, ai notetaking and transcription, basic repository search.
Starter
On requestOver Free, this tier adds:
- 2 full seats, 10 collaborator seats, 50 viewer seats
- Unlimited uploads
- Thematic analysis
- Clips and highlight reels
- Priced on application
Pro
On requestOver Starter, this tier adds:
- 5 full seats, 15 collaborator seats, 100 viewer seats
- Agentic Ask AI and Deep Research
- Marvin MCP server and API
- Translation across 40+ languages
- Compliance and Salesforce add-ons available at extra cost
Enterprise
On requestOver Pro, this tier adds:
- 5 full seats, 15 collaborator seats, unlimited viewer seats
- Salesforce integration included
- Dedicated support
- Priced on application
Where Marvin stops being free
Free, Free
- 2 full seats and 3 collaborator seats
- 5 file uploads per month
- AI notetaking and transcription
- Basic repository search
No paid tier on record
Marvin lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Marvin feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- AI Notetaker
- AI Moderated Interviewer
- Ask AI
- Deep Research
- Thematic and emotion analysis
- Clips and highlight reels
- Virtual observation room
- MCP server and API
People bring Marvin in for a two-person research team that needs interviews transcribed, tagged and searchable without hiring an analyst or buying an enterprise repository., a product organisation where findings are never read, wanting product managers to query past research from claude or chatgpt instead of logging into a research tool., a team running discovery at volume that wants an ai moderator to conduct unmoderated interviews overnight and have them analysed by morning., a researcher who needs to send stakeholders a highlight reel of customer quotes rather than a slide deck summarising them.. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Marvin are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Research
Too few research tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin (this page) | Free | quote | - | |
| Sapio Sciences | On request | quote | - | vs Marvin |
| Condens | €15/month | Per contributor per month | - | vs Marvin |
| LabArchives | Free, then $330/year | Per user per year | - | vs Marvin |
| LabVantage | On request | quote | - | vs Marvin |
| Florence eBinders | On request | quote | - | vs Marvin |
| Medidata Rave | On request | quote | - | vs Marvin |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Marvin badges page.
Before you pay for Marvin
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Marvin runs on web, and is published by Equafin Inc. of Oakland, California, United States. The full record is on the Marvin review, and the rest of the category is under best research tools.
Marvin pricing questions
- How much does Marvin cost?
- Marvin publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Marvin have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 2 full seats and 3 collaborator seats, 5 file uploads per month, ai notetaking and transcription.
- What is the difference between Free and Starter on Marvin?
- Starter costs On request against Free, and adds 2 full seats, 10 collaborator seats, 50 viewer seats, unlimited uploads, thematic analysis, clips and highlight reels.
- Which research tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 research tools listed alongside Marvin have a free tier: LabArchives.
- What am I actually paying for with Marvin?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a two-person research team that needs interviews transcribed, tagged and searchable without hiring an analyst or buying an enterprise repository., a product organisation where findings are never read, wanting product managers to query past research from claude or chatgpt instead of logging into a research tool., a team running discovery at volume that wants an ai moderator to conduct unmoderated interviews overnight and have them analysed by morning..
- Does Marvin charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Marvin prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Marvin against before paying?
- The closest research tools in this directory are Sapio Sciences, Condens, LabArchives, LabVantage. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Marvin covering price, platforms and features.