Lean Library Workspace offers a free Basic subscription, with limits on some features. Premium subscriptions provide additional features and higher project and collaboration limits.
When your 30-day trial ends, your account automatically moves to Basic unless you have an active subscription. For details about your existing work and account access, see What happens when my Workspace trial or subscription ends?
What you CAN do:
You still retain access to all projects, references, notes, tags etc that you have already (you keep access to shared projects too, unless you or another member deletes you from the project)
You can change the email associated with the account if needed (provided you haven’t used Google or Facebook to register with us)
You can still use the site and tools (browser extension, Word/Google Docs plugins) as normal apart from the restrictions listed below:
What you CAN’T do:
You will only be allowed to create up to 3 projects (if you’ve already created 3 or more then you won’t be able to create any more, but you can rename an existing project, or delete projects so you have less than 3, which will allow you to create new ones)
You can only send a max of 3 invitations per shared project
You will no longer receive article suggestions in the site, and smart citation suggestions in Word/Google Docs.
You won’t be able to upload PDFs from external cloud sources (Google Drive, DropBox and OneDrive)
Compare plans
Premium includes complimentary, institutional and lab subscriptions.
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Free 'basic' subscription (includes 30-day trial) |
Premium subscription (includes complimentary, institutional and lab subscriptions) |
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| Reference import | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Projects | Up to 3 projects you create yourself, including private and shared projects. Excludes subprojects and other people’s shared projects you join. Archived projects is not stated | Up to 250 projects, including private, shared, subprojects and archived projects. Treatment of other people’s shared projects you join is not stated. |
| Shared project (invitation) | Each person in a shared project can send up to 3 invitations. Revoked or declined invitations still count. | No limit per project. Everyone is limited to 25 invitations per send and 50 per day. |
| Shared project (member) | Up to 400 members per shared project | Up to 400 members per shared project |
| Tags per reference | Up to 25 | Up to 25 |
| Tags per shared project | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Total tags | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Browser extension and Word/Google Docs citation tools | Available, subject to Basic restrictions | Available |
| Article suggestions and smart citation suggestions | Not available | Available |
| PDF uploads from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive | Not available | Available |
How can I get a Premium subscription?
If your institution subscribes to Lean Library Workspace, see this article.
If this is not the case and you'd like full access to Workspace (up to 250 projects and restored access to smart suggestion features) you can purchase a subscription.
We offer subscriptions for small-medium groups and large institutions. For subscription options, please email support@leanlibrary.com