Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy is incorporated into BioRender’s Enterprise Subscription Agreement and Individual Terms of Service.

This Policy places certain restrictions on the content you can upload, the content you create, and how you use the Services.

BioRender reserves the right to determine whether content violates this Policy. We may update this Policy from time to time.

Why Do We Have this Acceptable Use Policy?

We created this policy to ensure that:

• the BioRender services are safe and enjoyable for all users, and
• BioRender can further our mission of making science accessible to all.

Harmful Content Restrictions

You agree not to upload content, create content, or use the Services, directly or indirectly, in any manner that:

Creates risk of harm to persons or property, including:

• Physical or mental harm, emotional distress, death, disability, or disfigurement to any person or animal
• Damage to or loss of property

Creates harmful or offensive conduct, including content that:

• Is harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, or threatening
• Discriminates or incites discrimination based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry, national origin, or any other protected characteristic
• Is sexually gratuitous in nature
• Threatens or harms BioRender, its reputation, or its employees

Involves illegal or fraudulent activities, including:

• Sale or promotion of illegal products or services
• Fraudulent schemes or activities
• Any activities that violate applicable laws or regulations

Acceptable Use of BioRender Content

You may not:

• Use BioRender content in ways that compete with BioRender's business
• Use BioRender content in templates intended for distribution, resale, or commercial licensing, including but not limited to website templates, business card templates, greeting card templates, or similar products without authorization
• Allow any other party to access or use the Services with your unique username, password, or other security code

Content Integrity

You may not:

• Remove or alter watermarks, logos, copyright notices, or required citations
• Incorporate BioRender content in trademarks
• Misrepresent BioRender content ownership or origin
• Claim ownership of BioRender's content or any modifications, enhancements, or derivative works based on BioRender content

Acceptable Use of BioRender AI

This policy covers BioRender AI features included in the BioRender AI: All Access plan. It's part of your agreement with BioRender.

Some AI features are released in beta or preview so you can try them early. These aren't part of your plan's AI access. We may offer them separately, limit them separately, or withdraw them at any time.

Fair use and usage limits

BioRender AI is designed to support normal, day-to-day use of AI tools for scientific communication. To keep AI fast and available for everyone, AI features are subject to fair use.

Fair use means your team can use AI as part of regular work without tracking credits. We don't publish a usage limit for the BioRender AI: All Access plan. Instead, we monitor for usage that falls well outside normal scientific use.

AI features and capabilities are rapidly evolving. If we add a new feature to the BioRender AI: All Access plan that is particularly expensive to run, we may set specific usage limits on those new features.

What happens if usage is unusually high

Almost no organization reaches this point. If your organization does, we'll contact your administrator, and AI generations may be slowed, paused, or otherwise restricted until the start of your next cycle.

If we see signs of abuse, we may pause AI generations right away and contact your administrator. Abuse includes automated or scripted generation, sharing licenses between people, reselling output, or any use that breaks our Terms of Service.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as AI tools, usage, and costs change. 

If a change would meaningfully reduce the AI usage available to your organization during your term, we'll give your administrator 30 days' notice first. That doesn't apply to changes we need to make to stop abuse, keep the service secure, or follow the law.