SciFig Terms of Service for Research Platform

3.1 Account Requirements

To access certain features of the Services, you must create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep your account information up to date.

3.2 Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years of age (or the minimum age required in your jurisdiction) to use the Services. If you are under 18, you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian.

3.3 Account Security and Responsibility

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. Business users must have the authority to bind their entity to these Terms. We may suspend or terminate accounts for violations of these Terms, legal or security risks, nonpayment, government requests, or prolonged inactivity. You are responsible for maintaining your own backups of any data or content stored through the Services.

4.1 Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Services to:

• Exploit, harm, or attempt to exploit or harm minors in any way
• Generate false, misleading, or deceptive scientific information intended to cause harm
• Misuse personally identifiable information of any individual
• Infringe upon the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of third parties
• Engage in harassment, abuse, or any form of harmful behavior toward others
• Generate content that facilitates fully automated adverse legal decisions or discrimination
• Produce content that violates applicable law or publisher/journal/marketplace policies
• Use the Services to provide regulated professional advice (medical, legal, financial) without appropriate qualifications and disclosures
• Generate, attempt to generate, store, or distribute sexually explicit content, nudity, pornographic material, or any sexual content of any kind
• Generate, attempt to generate, store, or distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any content that sexualizes minors. All generated content is subject to automated moderation and may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) or equivalent authorities. Violations result in immediate account termination and law enforcement referral
• Generate deepfakes, photorealistic impersonations, or non-consensual depictions of real individuals — including political figures, celebrities, and private persons — without their explicit written consent
• Generate content depicting graphic violence or gore, weapons or weapon manufacturing instructions, or content promoting hatred, discrimination, or violence against any group based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other protected characteristics

4.2 Technical Restrictions

You agree not to:

• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Services
• Remove or alter any proprietary notices, labels, or marks
• Commercially exploit the Services themselves (as distinct from using Output commercially)
• Use automated tools to scrape, crawl, or extract data from the Services
• Upload or transmit malware, viruses, or other malicious code
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Services or related systems

5.1 Definitions

"Input" means any text, images, sketches, PDFs, prompts, or other materials you provide to the Services. "Output" means AI-generated scientific illustrations, figures, diagrams, and related materials produced by the Services. "User Content" means your Input and any modifications you make to Output. "SciFig Materials" means all software, algorithms, models, documentation, and other intellectual property comprising the Services.

5.2 Ownership of User Content

You retain all rights, title, and interest in and to your User Content, including any Input you provide to the Services.

5.3 Rights in Output; Commercial Use Authorization

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, SciFig grants paid subscribers a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license to use, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute Output for any lawful commercial or academic purpose. This includes the right to use Output in academic publications, journal articles, conference presentations, textbooks, grant applications, and other professional materials. These rights survive subscription cancellation for all Output generated during an active paid subscription period. SciFig does not claim ownership of raw AI-generated Output.

5.4 Free Plan Restrictions

Output generated under a free plan is limited to personal, internal, non-commercial, and non-publishing evaluation purposes only. You may not use free plan Output in any published work, commercial product, or public-facing material. Commercial or academic publishing use requires an active paid subscription.

5.5 Modifications and Derivative Works

You may freely export, edit, crop, annotate, modify, and incorporate Output into derivative works, including combining Output with other materials. SciFig claims no ownership in any user modifications or derivative works you create.

5.6 License Grant to SciFig

By using the Services, you grant SciFig a limited, non-exclusive license to host, store, reproduce, process, display, and transmit your User Content solely for the purpose of providing, maintaining, and improving the Services.

5.7 User Responsibilities and Warranties

You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights, licenses, and permissions for any Input you provide, and that your Input does not infringe the rights of any third party.

5.8 Disclaimer Regarding AI Output and Third-Party Models

5.9 Publication and Marketplace Policies

You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of Output complies with the policies, guidelines, and requirements of any target publisher, journal, institution, or marketplace. Different publishers may have varying policies regarding AI-generated content, and it is your responsibility to verify compliance before submission.

6.1 Paid Services

Some features of the Services are available for free, while others require payment through a subscription plan or credit purchase. SciFig reserves the right to modify, add, or discontinue any paid or free features at its sole discretion.

6.2 Purchase, Billing, and Renewal

Payments are processed through third-party payment processors (including Stripe and applicable app stores). By purchasing a subscription, you authorize automatic renewal billing at the then-current rate until you cancel. Subscription credits reset at the end of each billing cycle. Purchased credit packs do not expire.

6.3 Refund Policy

Refunds are available only for first-time paid subscriptions, provided the request is submitted within 7 days of the original purchase date and less than 10% of the subscription's included credits have been used. Each user, account, and device is limited to one refund. Subscription renewals, plan upgrades, and credit pack purchases are non-refundable. Refunds may also be issued for verified billing errors (such as duplicate charges) or where required by applicable law. To request a refund, contact [email protected].