Thread
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Thread, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Thread's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Worldbuilder | $12 a month | 750 AI calls per month · 10 collaborators · Coming soon |
| Free | Free | Up to 3 projects · 100 documents per project · 20 AI calls/month (spell check excluded) · Markdown-only export · $0/month |
| Writer | $12 a month | Unlimited projects and documents · 500 AI calls/month (deep checks use 5) · Project sharing · PDF, DOCX, and EPUB export · $12/month; $120/year |
The facts
Each one read from Thread's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI data handling
- AI requests are user-initiated and send relevant text to OpenRouter; Thread says content is not used to train models.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI features
- AI features include suggestions, rewrites, spell check, connection analysis, and semantic search; semantic search and bulk embedding are Writer-only.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Thread describes itself as designed for novelists, game masters, writers, and creators managing interconnected knowledge.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Writer supports project sharing with collaborators and real-time co-editing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editor
- The editor has live preview and source modes, and wiki-links connect documents using double brackets.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- advancedchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Offline mode
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Thread is a markdown-first writing and worldbuilding platform with linked documents and an interactive graph.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security
- Thread says it encrypts data in transit with TLS/HTTPS and cloud-stored data at rest through Supabase.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Storage and sync
- Content is stored in the browser by default, while paid-plan content can sync to Thread’s servers through Supabase.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists [email protected] for questions and feedback.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Worldbuilding
- Characters, places, and factions can be organized as codex cards and extracted from prose with the story bible.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Subscriptions auto-renew at each billing period, can be canceled from account settings, and partial-period refunds are not offered.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Exports and ownership
- Free supports Markdown export, Writer adds PDF, DOCX, and EPUB, and the maker says users own their content.checked 11 Oct 2026
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