Transparent Pricing Designed Around the Way You Work
Pay for the Research You Use—Nothing More
Professional research is rarely predictable. One month you may be conducting a major acquisition, supporting complex litigation, or completing an extensive industry analysis. The next month your research activity may be considerably lighter. Traditional subscription models often fail to reflect those changing demands, forcing organizations to pay for capacity they may never use or limiting access when additional research is needed most.
The Franchise Intelligence Platform was designed with a different philosophy. Rather than requiring fixed monthly subscriptions or complicated licensing agreements, the platform operates on a simple usage-based funding model. Your account is pre-funded, and research activity is deducted from your available balance as you use the platform. This approach ensures that you pay only for the computing resources and research services you actually consume.
The result is a pricing model that is straightforward, transparent, and scalable for both individual professionals and large organizations.
Simple for Individual Professionals
Individual accounts are designed to make getting started as easy as possible. When a new account is created, an initial balance of $25 is added to the account. As research is performed, usage charges are deducted from that balance. When the available balance reaches $5, the system automatically replenishes the account with another $25, returning the balance to $30.
This process happens automatically, allowing professionals to continue their research without interruption while avoiding unexpected invoices or service interruptions. Users are notified whenever an automatic replenishment occurs, and account settings can be updated at any time through the account management portal.
For most individual users, the experience feels less like managing invoices and more like keeping a research account ready whenever it is needed.
Built for Professional Organizations
Organizations often have very different requirements than individual users. A law firm may have multiple attorneys working on separate client matters. A consulting firm may manage several engagements simultaneously. An investment firm may have analysts researching different industries while sharing the same administrative account.
Corporate accounts were designed to support those environments. Rather than maintaining separate payment methods for each individual user, organizations establish a single funding account managed by their designated administrator. Individual users receive their own secure accounts, maintain separate research histories, and work independently within their own project environments, while all usage is billed through the organization’s centralized payment method.
Corporate accounts are initially funded with $100. When the available balance reaches $10, the account is automatically replenished back to $100. Organizations with higher research activity may increase both the funding amount and replenishment threshold to better match their expected usage, reducing the frequency of transactions while ensuring uninterrupted access.
This flexible approach allows the platform to scale naturally from a single professional to an enterprise research team.
Complete Visibility into Every Dollar Spent
Professional organizations need more than accurate billing—they need accountability. Every research activity performed within the Franchise Intelligence Platform is recorded and reflected within a detailed usage history. Administrators can review account activity, monitor available balances, view automatic replenishments, and understand how research resources are being used across the organization.
For organizations with multiple users, usage reporting provides visibility into individual research activity while preserving the separation of each user’s private projects. This allows firms to understand how platform resources are being utilized and, when appropriate, allocate research expenses to specific clients, matters, or internal initiatives.
Our goal is simple: every charge should be understandable, traceable, and fully transparent.
Pricing That Grows with Your Organization
Research needs change over time. A professional may begin with occasional industry research and later expand into larger due diligence projects. A law firm may add attorneys as its franchise practice grows. An investment firm may increase research activity as new opportunities emerge.
The pricing model was designed to accommodate that growth without requiring organizations to renegotiate licenses or purchase additional software packages. As usage increases, organizations simply fund their accounts at levels appropriate for their expected research activity. The platform scales naturally alongside the business, allowing firms to focus on their work rather than their software licensing.
Built Around Fairness and Transparency
We believe professional software should be easy to understand. There are no long-term contracts required to begin using the Franchise Intelligence Platform. There are no hidden charges based on the number of users viewing reports, and no confusing licensing structures designed to force organizations into plans they do not need. You maintain control over your account funding, monitor your usage at any time, and pay only for the research resources you actually consume.
It is a simple approach, but one we believe better reflects the way professional organizations work.
Ready to Get Started?
Whether you are an independent professional exploring franchise opportunities or an organization managing research across multiple teams, the Franchise Intelligence Platform provides a pricing model designed to be transparent, flexible, and aligned with the way professionals actually work.
Create your account, fund it once, and begin researching with confidence.