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Licensing and usage of figures made in BioRender

This article provides an overview of the licensing and usage for figures created using BioRender. It details what you can do with your illustrations based on your subscription, ensuring you understand how to use your figures appropriately.

Basic Free accounts:

BioRender offers different plans, each with varying licensing and usage restrictions:

Figures can only be used for academic purposes, including:

  • Unpublished grant applications
  • Posters
  • Educational presentations and assignments
  • Unpublished theses or dissertations

Note: 14-day free trial has the same publication restrictions as the Basic Free Plan.

FOR FREE OR TRIAL PLANS USERS:

Please review our Basic License Terms found at:
https://www.biorender.com/basic-license for further information on permitted and prohibited uses.

Paid subscriptions

If you wish to use your figures in published works or commercial projects, you will need to subscribe to one of our paid plans (Academic or Industry). 

FOR ACADEMIC PLAN USERS:

Please review our Academic License Terms found at: https://www.biorender.com/academic-license for further information on permitted and prohibited uses under an Academic plan.

Academic publishing permissions

 

 

Academic

 

 

Use Case

Free

Academic Individual License

Academic Lab License

Academic Institutional License

Publishing uses

 

 

 

 

Journal publication

 

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Journal Cover

 

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Published thesis

 

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Not-for-profit website

 

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Not-for-profit textbook figures, 5 or less

 

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Not-for-profit textbook figures, greater than 5 figures, or less than and equal to 15 

 

 

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Textbook figures, more than 15

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Personal YouTube / social media (no profit)

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Unpublished thesis

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Conference poster (academic user)

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Grant application

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Academic Poster

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Internal Meetings (lab or team)

 

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Conference Presentation (Academic Audience)

 

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Assignment/Exam

 

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Teaching Slides

 

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Personal Blog Website posts (No profit)

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FOR INDUSTRY PLAN USERS:

Please review our Industry License Terms found at: https://www.biorender.com/industry-license for further information on permitted and prohibited uses under an Industry plan.

Industry publishing permissions

 

 

Industry

 

 

Use Case

Free

Industry Individual License

Industry Team License

Industry Enterprise License

Publishing uses

 

 

 

 

Unpublished thesis

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Personal YouTube / social media

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Conference Presentation

 

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Journal publication

 

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Published thesis

 

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Journal cover

 

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Textbook figures, 5 or less

 

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Textbook figures, greater than 5 figures or less than or equal to 15 figures

 

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Textbook figures, more than 15

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YouTube / social media channels that generate revenue

 

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Marketing materials

 

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Conference poster (industry)

 

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Any commercial uses that generate profit

 

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Trade show materials including brochures

 

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Information Packets/User Guides that are associated with a product.

(Non-Educational)

 

 

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Company website

 

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  • The watermark must be included in the exported figure with a Basic account.
  • A Premium plan (paid Academic or Industry) is required for all print users.
  • Completed graphics included in any published or printed material, including websites and social media, containing BioRender content as permitted hereunder must include either “Created with BioRender.com” or your unique figure URL depending on your use case. 

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Additional information:

Theses and dissertations:

  • You can use the Basic Plan or 14-day Free Trial to create figures for theses and dissertations that will be uploaded to university libraries or databases. An academic license is required for publishing in journals or wider databases.

Not-for-profit textbooks and chapters

  • If you will not be gaining any profit from your textbook publication, the following subscription types can be used without incurring additional charges:
      • 5 or fewer figures: Requires an Academic Individual, Student, or Postdoc Plan
      • 5 to 15 figures: You will require the Academic Lab or the Annual Industry Plan
      • Institutional license: Members can publish up to 15 figures.
      • There will be an additional per-figure charge if you’re looking to publish more than 15 figures. 

For-profit textbooks and chapters

  • An Annual Industry Individual Lite Plan allows you to publish up to 15 figures in a for-profit textbook without incurring additional charges.
  • Please note that the Monthly Industry Plan cannot be used for this purpose. For more than 15 figures, additional per-figure charges will apply. 

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