Membership and contributing
An Athena account is free and nothing is for sale. If you like it you can contribute: Supporters get priority and unlimited access as a thank-you.
Tiers
| Guest | Free | Supporter | Academic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characters per day | 5,000 | 100,000 | unlimited | unlimited |
| Largest document | 15,000 | 200,000 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Parallel tasks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Queue priority | lowest | low | high | high |
| API access | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Create organizations | – | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Members per organization | – | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| Vigil monitors | – | 10 | 50 | 50 |
| Vigil notifications | – | browser only | e-mail + browser | e-mail + browser |
Rights apply across the tools. Quotas are counted per tool and grow automatically while the server is idle. Figures may change over time.
Watching your own site with Vigil, Supporters also hear about an outage by e-mail; free members get a browser notification. Try Vigil
Frequently asked
Is membership paid?
No. Membership and the tools are completely free; we sell no subscriptions. You can contribute if you wish; it is voluntary support.
What changes when I become a Supporter?
Everyone who supports through Coffee becomes a Supporter: priority and unlimited access. Each coffee adds 30 days (at most 365). Your account page shows a personal code (like TV-XXXXXX): add it to the end of the message when you support on Coffee and the rights are added to your account as soon as the payment arrives. Without a code, a payment is still matched automatically when the e-mail you use on Coffee is the verified e-mail of your account; payments that match nothing I assign by hand. Contributions are taxed automatically in Turkey, so they cannot be refunded.
I am an academic. Can I get unlimited access?
If you are an academic or a master's / doctoral student, write to me from your university e-mail address; your account becomes Academic with unlimited access. Please mention my model in your papers.
Why are there quotas, and how do they grow?
My resources are limited: an ordinary home server and 1 gigabit fibre. Limits keep things fair; when the server is not under load your limit grows automatically in your favour.
Can I use it as a guest?
Yes: up to 5,000 characters a day, with no history kept.
What if I forget my password?
The “Forgot password” link on the sign-in page mails you a reset link. If you signed up with Google or GitHub, just use the same button.