BioRender FAQs

BioRender is an online software tool that helps scientists create and share beautiful, professional science figures in minutes.

• Browse more than 40,000 scientifically accurate life science icons
• Create figures for publications, posters, and grant applications up to 50 times faster
• Collaborate with your lab and track version history in BioRender’s web-based program

All free plan features, plus:

• Unlimited figures
• Figures can be used in journal publications, published thesis/dissertations, and textbooks that contain less than five figures (textbooks that contain five figures or more, produced using BioRender, require an industry license).
• High-resolution export without watermarks
• Create slide decks with BioRender Slides
• Effortlessly draw cells, membranes and more with premium ‘bio-brushes’
• Illustrate changes in temperature, pH and more with colour gradients

Free plan features include:

• Create a limited amount of figures
• For personal education use
• Over 1,000 pre-made templates designed by experts
• Low-resolution export
• Live customer support
• Upload your own images and icons
• Unlimited version history
• Create beautiful 3D models of proteins using the Protein Data Bank (PDB)

No. BioRender accounts are intended for individual use only. Sharing accounts among multiple users is strictly prohibited. Each user must create and maintain their own account.

The linked BioRender webpage provides a guide for users on how to properly publish figures created in BioRender, covering licensing requirements, author listing rules, and step-by-step instructions to ensure compliance with publishing standards. 

The linked article will help you understand your publication rights and how to obtain proof for using BioRender figures in various publications.

You can find customer resources and view BioRender's biweekly webinar on the BioRender website.