Pricing
One plan. No ads. No surprises.
Briefly has a single subscription: Briefly Pro at $5.99/week — about $0.86 a day — after a 3-day free trial. This page is everything about it: what the money pays for, exactly when billing starts, and how cancelling and refunds work. Nothing here is in fine print, because there isn't any.
3 days free, then $5.99/week — about $0.86 a day, billed weekly. No charge today, and we email you before the first charge lands.
- A focused briefing prepared for you each morning
- Story selection and depth tailored to your role
- Voice follow-ups grounded in cited sources
- Full transcripts and links to the original reporting
- No advertising, ever
What the subscription actually pays for.
Most news apps are free because your attention is the product being sold. Briefly is priced instead, and the price buys a specific set of work done on your behalf every day:
- A briefing made for you, not a feed made for everyone Each morning the day's stories are clustered, ranked and narrowed to a short lineup chosen against your role, industry and preferred depth — the full pipeline is public.
- Answers with receipts Interrupt any story with a spoken question and the answer comes back grounded in retrieved sources, with the citations attached so you can read the reporting yourself.
- Text when you want it Every briefing keeps a full transcript, and every story keeps its links to the original reporting.
- An incentive structure that points at you Because you pay, nothing in the briefing is sold to anyone else and no story placement is for sale — that promise is written into the disclosure page.
The trial, step by step.
Three days, the full product, and the exit is as easy as the entrance.
- 1 Ask for an invite Briefly is invite-only while we add coverage field by field. Join the waitlist and we email your invite when your spot opens; the 3-day trial starts when you create your account, with everything included and no charge until it ends.
- 2 Decide with full information We email you before the first charge, so the end of the trial is a date you know about, not one you discover on a statement.
- 3 Keep it, or leave in two clicks Cancel before the trial ends and you're never charged. Stay, and it's $5.99 a week until you say otherwise.
Cancelling is not a negotiation.
Cancel any time from Settings → Billing Portal. One confirmation screen, no retention offers to click through, and access continues to the end of the paid period. If something went wrong with a charge, email hello@brieflylab.ai — refund requests are read and handled by a person, not a form.
Billing questions, answered straight.
- What does Briefly cost?
- One plan: Briefly Pro at $5.99/week — about $0.86 a day, billed weekly. It starts with a 3-day free trial, and there is no charge until the trial ends.
- When does billing start?
- After the 3-day trial ends, unless you cancel first. We email you before the first charge, so the start of billing is never a surprise.
- How do I cancel?
- Settings → Billing → Billing Portal, which opens your provider's secure page. Two clicks, no email required, no retention call.
- Do I lose access the moment I cancel?
- No. Cancelling keeps your access until the end of the period you already paid for, and you're simply not billed again.
- Can I get a refund?
- Cancel during the 3-day trial and you're never charged at all. If you're billed and something went wrong, email hello@brieflylab.ai — refund requests are handled by a person, not a form.
- Is there a cheaper plan with ads?
- No, and there never will be an ad-supported tier. You pay for the briefing, so nothing in it is sold to anyone else and no story placement is for sale.
Hear it for yourself.
Invite-only for now. 3 days free once you're in, then $5.99/week. Cancel anytime.