Dovetail pricing
Dovetail pricing and what it adds up to
Quoted privately for Enterprise, with a Free plan limited to one project.
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The plans
What Dovetail charges
Dovetail lists a Free plan limited to one project and quotes its Enterprise subscription privately. Your bill depends on whether the Free plan fits or you need an Enterprise quote.
Free
Free
Dovetail lists one project on its Free plan, and a growing research archive may lead you to its paid offer.
Enterprise
Quoted privately
Dovetail does not publish an Enterprise tariff, so you need a private quote to compare the offer with your renewal.
How the bill is built
Free plan limit
Dovetail lists one project on its Free plan. If your research archive grows beyond what that allows, you may need to consider its paid offer. The plan details do not give a price for that offer.
Private Enterprise quote
Dovetail quotes its Enterprise subscription privately, with no public tariff to compare. Start with your renewal and the Enterprise capabilities your team uses, including access controls and connected research sources.
Connections and access
Dovetail supports connected research sources and includes access controls in its Enterprise offer. Enterprise DNA scopes the connections your own version needs, rather than assuming every team uses the same ones.
Moving your history
Readable exports can carry selected records, while the full-project archive is encrypted for use within Dovetail. A switch starts by checking which exports you can use and agreeing what can be mapped.
A year of Dovetail
Your annual Dovetail bill
Dovetail does not publish an annual Enterprise figure, so the cost is quoted privately. Compare your renewal and the Enterprise capabilities your team uses, including access controls and connected research sources. The Free plan lists one project, and a growing archive may lead you to the paid offer. The public information does not give a yearly total for that offer.
Underneath the bill
What you are really paying for
A wider research platform
Dovetail sells a wider research platform. If your recurring work centres on text evidence, review and decision follow-through, those records can instead live in a system you own.
Search and access controls
Search helps people recover earlier evidence, and Dovetail includes access controls in its Enterprise offer. You are paying for a way to find past research and manage access as part of the platform.
Connected research sources
Dovetail supports connected research sources. Which connections your team needs matters when comparing the platform with a version built around your own work, because those connections need to be scoped.
The owned alternative
Own your research evidence system
Enterprise DNA builds your version around how your business works, brings across Dovetail records available in readable exports, and runs it for you. It is a database you own, with one setup fee followed by a monthly retainer. The free version is available to run yourself. A full-project archive is encrypted for use within Dovetail, so Enterprise DNA checks your actual exports and agrees what can be moved before a switch.
Research Evidence for Claude Code
One setup fee, then a monthly retainer. No per-seat plans, no tiers, and the system is yours.
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Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Dovetail. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Questions
Dovetail pricing, answered
How much does Dovetail cost per year? expand_more
Dovetail does not publish a yearly Enterprise price. Its subscription is quoted privately, so compare your renewal with the capabilities your team uses, such as access controls and connected research sources. The Free plan lists one project, but there is no public yearly figure for the paid offer.
Is Dovetail priced per user? expand_more
Dovetail’s Enterprise price is quoted privately, and the public information does not state a per-user rate. Ask for a quote based on the offer your team needs, then compare it with your renewal and the work your research system must support.
Can you move Dovetail records to a system you own? expand_more
Readable exports can carry selected records, while the full-project archive is encrypted for use within Dovetail. Enterprise DNA checks your actual exports and agrees the mapping before a switch. The free version can import source text and research write-ups from separate spreadsheets, with a test run and counts to reconcile.
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