Pricing
Priced like a student app. Built like the one you'll actually use.
Start free with everything you need to see where you stand. Upgrade when LumiArc starts thinking ahead for you — not before.
Plans · Choose Yours
Three simple plans.
Free gets you started. Monthly is low-commitment. Academic Year locks in the best value.
Free
Everything you need to get started
- Degree Overview, Checklist & GPA Tracker
- Semester Schedule — 5 AI revisions/semester
- Example Degree Path preview
- Full Financial Aid tracking — aid summary, FAFSA alerts, scholarships
- Career fairs, internship deadlines & resume score
- 10 AI messages/day, resets daily
- Document uploads always free
Monthly
Full access, cancel anytime
- All features from Free tier
- Full Degree Path to graduation
- Grade Tracker with automatic alerts
- Unlimited AI messages
- Aid health summary (monthly, opt into weekly)
- Resume reasoning, Career Roadmap & Interview prep
- Customizable home screen widgets
Academic Year
Full year + free summer
$3.89/mo effective
- Everything in Monthly
- Free summer access — no extra charge
- Save 35% vs month-to-month
Trial · 7 Days
The trial starts when you need it.
Student-triggered, not automatic
Every paid feature is available for 7 days when you choose to start. The trial isn't pushed during onboarding — you complete onboarding on the free plan and discover the paid walls naturally.
Start it when you need it
Midterms, registration week, FAFSA season — you decide when to flip it on. No credit card, no auto-start. When the pressure hits, everything unlocks instantly.
During the trial
Full access to Grade Tracker (syllabus uploads, grade projections, and automatic alerts), complete Degree Path to graduation, unlimited AI Counselor messages, unlimited schedule revisions, aid health summary, and Career Roadmap.
After 7 days
Paid features lock but no data is deleted. The Grade Tracker you configured is still there — you just can't see projections. One payment away from being accessible again.
Free Tier · AI Counselor
How the free tier works.
10 messages per day. Resets every morning — predictable, not rolling. Heavy use on Monday doesn't affect Tuesday.
All AI tiers are accessible on free — Simple through Complex. You experience the full product.
Free
- Complete answers on every query — full model routing, same quality as paid.
- All tiers accessible — Simple through Complex. Ask anything.
- Progress bar always visible in the chat window. You always know where you stand.
Paid
- Full reasoning — complete analysis, every implication, what to do next in order.
- Unlimited messages. No daily limit, no reset to wait for.
- Cross-pillar connections fully unpacked — a dropped class, its aid risk, the career impact, all in one answer.
Hit your daily limit and the AI counselor pauses until the next morning's reset. A prompt appears with your 7-day trial or the paid plan — no degraded fallback, no partial answers. The pause is the message.
Matrix · Every Feature
Know what's free. Know what isn't.
Degree Overview
FreeSee your progress at a glance. Credits by category.
Requirements Checklist
FreeEvery course required, marked as completed or remaining.
GPA Tracker
FreeLive GPA calculator with semester projections.
Semester Schedule
FreePaidNotifications for every class, deadline, and exam — generated automatically from your syllabus. Free: 5 AI revisions per semester. Paid: unlimited revisions plus custom alert rules.
Degree Path
ExamplePaidFree shows a generated example path for a fictional student. Your actual plan to graduation when paid.
Grade Tracker
PaidUpload your syllabus and LumiArc builds your tracker automatically — assignments, exams, weights — with alerts when your projected final grade drops below your target.
Aid Summary
FreeYour full financial picture in one view.
FAFSA Deadline Alerts
FreePush notifications at 30, 14, and 7 days out.
Scholarship References
FreePersonalized links filtered by your major and school.
Scholarship Upload & Tracking
FreeParse scholarships and track deadlines automatically.
Loan Tracker
FreeBreakdown of loans with disbursement schedule.
Work-Study Matching
FreeConfirm eligibility and link to campus job board.
Aid Health Check
FreeMonitors SAP, enrollment, loan limits, and FAFSA renewal. Full explanation on every flag — what's at risk, why it happened, and what to do next.
Aid Health Summary
PaidA monthly review of your entire aid picture delivered automatically — SAP standing, FAFSA timing, loan balance, upcoming disbursements. You don't have to remember to check; LumiArc keeps you current whether anything flagged or not.
Career Fair Calendar
FreeUpcoming fairs at your school with deadline alerts.
Internship Deadlines
FreeCurated programs by your major and target role.
Internship Finder
FreeCurated links to find programs in your field.
Resume Pass 1 Score
FreeStructured review with section-level grades.
Resume Pass 2 Reasoning
PaidContextual feedback tied to your target role.
Career Roadmap
ExamplePaidFree shows a generated example roadmap for a fictional student. Your actual gap analysis and semester plan when paid.
Interview Prep
PaidBehavioral and technical practice with feedback.
Ask Lumi
FreePaidFull-depth answers accessible from every screen — Academic, Financial Aid, Career Prep. Free: 10 messages/day. Paid: unlimited. Quality never changes, only volume does.
Widgets
PaidLive data from all three pillars pinned to your home and lock screens. The more you set up — syllabi, roadmap, aid info — the more tiles you unlock.
Details · The Fine Print
What you should know.
SEMESTER SCHEDULE & GRADE TRACKER
Your deadlines, handled automatically.
Students add events to their calendars — and forget them. LumiArc generates your class schedule, assignment deadlines, and exam alerts directly from your syllabus, so the calendar builds itself. You still control everything: add custom reminders, adjust times, and set alerts for anything beyond the syllabus.
TRIAL
Your free plan data is already loaded at trial start
When you start the trial, your transcript, degree requirements, and aid status are already in the system from your free account. Nothing to re-enter — you're working with your actual data from the first minute.
FINANCIAL AID SUMMARY
Not just current status — what's coming.
Each month, LumiArc automatically reviews your full aid picture and delivers a plain-language summary. SAP standing, FAFSA timing, loan balance, disbursement schedule. It flags what changed, confirms what's on track, and surfaces what to watch in the weeks ahead — without you having to ask.
DOCUMENT UPLOADS
AI parses it. You confirm it. Then it's locked.
Every document you upload — transcript, degree requirements, aid award letter, syllabus, scholarships — goes through the same flow. LumiArc extracts the data, presents it in plain language, and waits for you to review and correct before anything is saved. Nothing gets locked without your confirmation.
AI COUNSELOR
Volume is the paid line
Free users get 10 AI messages per day — full depth, every time. Paid users get unlimited messages. Same quality, full reasoning, complete analysis on both. The paid line is access, not answer quality — you upgrade when 10 messages per day isn't enough.
THE REAL GAP
Free tools answer questions. LumiArc asks them first.
ChatGPT explains what SAP means if you know to ask. Your school portal shows your credits. Handshake lists internships. None of them connect the three — or alert you before a dropped class threatens your Cal Grant.
Start free. Decide later.
Every student gets the free tier forever. Upgrade the moment LumiArc earns it — not before.